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I have some experience managing servers that were targeted by script kiddies using services like this. Dealing with the attacks is usually pretty simple due to
by jzelinskie 13y ago
I have some experience managing servers that were targeted by script kiddies using services like this. Dealing with the attacks is usually pretty simple due to clear ways to identify the traffic (i.e. the bots all have the same useragent). However, if they're powerful enough to fully saturate your connection, you're going to have a tougher time. It's great that sysadmins can mostly get away with just paying for CloudFlare, nowadays.
What actually surprises me more about this article is that he is operating in the United States. However, I'm not sure the value of an "FBI backdoor" in this situation. People "renting a botnet" are not usually important people that I'd think the FBI should be spending their budget on.
- adrow 13y agoThere were some interesting comments below the post hinting that a lot of these services are themselves using CloudFlare to protect against being taken out by their competitors. The advantage to CloudFlare apparently being that these booters also drive more users to their own services.
- andrewcooke 13y agothe article describes dns-based reflection attacks. they don't have user agents and don't need large botnets either. https://deepthought.isc.org/article/AA-00897/0/What-is-a-DNS-Amplification-Attack.html https://deepthought.isc.org/article/AA-00897/0/What-is-a-DNS...