Fastmail.com suffering DDOS attack

Re:Fastmail.com suffering DDOS attack by leblancfg on Thursday June 30, 2016 @01:28PM (#12010177)

Security really isn't my strong suit, but isn't it standard practice to automate DDoS mitigation strategies?

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Re:Fastmail.com suffering DDOS attack by corford on Thursday June 30, 2016 @01:31PM (#12010207)

Depends on the type and size of the DDoS and where on the network path it's hitting.

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Re:Fastmail.com suffering DDOS attack by abpavel on Thursday June 30, 2016 @03:14PM (#12010938)

DoS is a threat from identifiable source, like Russia. DDoS looks just like normal users, like terrorist sleeping cells.

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