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I'm confused that none of them expressed fear of being the target of a serious DDoS attack. Is it regarded as such a black swan event that it's not even in the

• arohner 13y ago
  That's one of those 'good problems'. step 1) worry about how to get big enough that people even know who you are, and think that DDoSing is worth their time step 2) worry about how to deal with the DDoS completing step 1 is much, much harder :-)
• LeBlanc 13y ago
  There's not a lot you can to do prevent your site from being targeted by a DDoS attack. If you are unfortunate enough to get DDoS'd you probably have enough money to pay for a service like Prolexic, etc that will shield you almost entirely from DDoS attacks. DDoS protection services are used to people signing up during an attack, so they are usually pretty quick to implement. The downside is that services like this tend to be expensive and can mess up regular traffic (especially if you are providing an API).
• mwetzler 13y ago
  That's what the CTO of Stanford Hospital listed as his biggest fear, interview #3 in the series (not in this post, but the one before it).