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*terabits It's a lot, but think about it this way, if the average home connection is say 10 megabits, it only takes a hundred to make a terabit. Some of these
by devindotcom 12y ago
*terabits
It's a lot, but think about it this way, if the average home connection is say 10 megabits, it only takes a hundred to make a terabit. Some of these botnets command many thousands.
- waitwaitwhay 12y agoNo, 100 connections 10 Mbps each would make it 1 Gbps not 1 Tbps.
- RadioactiveMan 12y agoAmplification attacks can be used to gain huge boosts in bandwidth.[1] For example, in the attack on Spamhaus in 2013[2] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denial-of-service_attack#Reflected_.2F_spoofed_attack https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denial-of-service_attack#Refle... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CyberBunker#Spamhaus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CyberBunker#Spamhaus
- BorisMelnik 12y agobits, bytes whats the difference.
- merlincorey 12y ago8 times currently.
- devindotcom 12y agoOops. Skipped.... several digits there. My basic math skills are in decline. I'd delete this comment if I could. Please downvote.