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Cloudflare is a very popular choice.

• pronoiac 13y ago
  Yes, but if you largely deal with non-web protocols - like git - Cloudflare's much less effective.
  • xxdesmus 13y ago
    We have solutions that would definitely work for GitHub. :)
• jgrahamc 13y ago
  It is not CloudFlare, but I would be fascinated to learn some more technical detail of these attacks as I work on systems to block this type of Layer 7 attack.
• eli 13y ago
  Very popular among consumers. I think large organizations are more likely to pay someone like http://www.prolexic.com/ http://www.prolexic.com/
  • Fomite 13y ago
    I read this as 'prilosec.com' and was like "Yeah, if I worked for a really visible organization, I'd probably have an anti-heartburn medication habit."
  • gandalfu 13y ago
    I have seen the folks from prolexic at work and they service/platform is impressive. On their spare time they take down botnets: http://www.prolexic.com/knowledge-center-ddos-vulnerability-disclosure-dirt-jumper.html http://www.prolexic.com/knowledge-center-ddos-vulnerability-... http://arstechnica.com/security/2012/08/ddos-take-down-manual/ http://arstechnica.com/security/2012/08/ddos-take-down-manua... Shameless plug for hackmiami, if anyone is interested in learning how its done up and close they run frequent talks/meetups locally: http://hackmiami.org/ http://hackmiami.org/