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Cloudflare hosts and defends the sites of numerous DDoS-for-pay services and they refuse to take them down. http://krebsonsecurity.com/2014/02/the-new-normal-2
by stevenh 12y ago
Cloudflare hosts and defends the sites of numerous DDoS-for-pay services and they refuse to take them down.
http://krebsonsecurity.com/2014/02/the-new-normal-200-400-gbps-ddos-attacks/ http://krebsonsecurity.com/2014/02/the-new-normal-200-400-gb...
"[The DDoS-for-pay] industry probably would destroy itself without Cloudflare’s protection, and furthermore ... some might perceive a credibility issue with a company that sells DDoS protection services providing safe haven to an entire cottage industry of DDoS-for-hire services."
- spindritf 12y agoThat actually makes me trust them more. If they don't take down a site like that, then whatever site I run is certainly in the clear.
- eastdakota 12y agohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7968247 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7968247
- pktgen 12y agoGlad you posted that, as I'm interested in seeing this discussion continued (re. my admittedly late post in that thread).
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