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0 pointsjamesfinlayson1y ago0 comments

> does anyone have a reason to think this isn’t a real concern?

I suppose it is, but it's possible for someone to DOS a $5/month server too (touch wood they don't).

AWS could get expensive but it will always be up, so there's a trade-off there. You could use AWS WAF to mitigate someone running up your bill, but I'm not sure how well it works/how easy it is to configure/how cost-effective it is.

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rogerrogerr1y ago

Difference is that I don’t usually care if a static site gets DDoS’d - They’ll get bored eventually, and it’s not that important to have uptime. I do care about DDoS’ing my wallet.

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