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0 pointsmaratd13y ago0 comments

Someone who wants to test the limits of their botnet and technique. Can you think of a more tech savvy target?

0 pointsmaratd13y ago0 comments

Someone who wants to test the limits of their botnet and technique. Can you think of a more tech savvy target?

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lucisferre13y ago· 1 in thread

Amazon.

Amazon has a service outage every time you look at it funny, much less a DDoS...

hyuk, hyuk

adgar213y ago· 1 in thread

Google. Amazon. Microsoft. Apple. Facebook. Most startups.

tensor13y ago

Most startups? Name even one startup in the same league as the others you've named.

Attacking a rails application, you would be proud of that? Rails sites are not exactly known for their performance.

DDOSs are typically defeated through buying lots and lots of transit. That's an exercise in outspending your adversary.

A small entity like github should be trivial to saturate.

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