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Re:KrebsOnSecurity being taken down due to persistent DDoS by Analemma_ on Thursday September 22, 2016 @08:00PM (#12561363)
Is Akamai's DDoS protection tiered? That's not how it works for e.g. CloudFlare: you pay a flat fee and (they claim) they'll keep you up no matter the size or frequency of the attack. If Krebs simply wasn't signed up for a high enough tier than I guess Akamai did the right thing, but if they charge a flat fee for protection and make similar claims to CF then they deserve to be raked over the coals for this.
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Re:KrebsOnSecurity being taken down due to persistent DDoS by ryanlol on Thursday September 22, 2016 @08:24PM (#12561459)
That's not how CF works either, they'll force you to a custom plan if you get hit enough.

If it wasn't clear, Krebs wasn't paying Akamai a penny. I'd assume their cheapest solutions start around 10k a month, hard to justify for a journo.

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Re:KrebsOnSecurity being taken down due to persistent DDoS by Analemma_ on Thursday September 22, 2016 @08:36PM (#12561500)
Ok, I did not see Krebs' latest tweet that he was getting free service (https://twitter.com/briankrebs/status/779111614226239488), that's a lot more justifiable. You'd think a netsec journalist would be the first to find it worth it to get on the paid plan.
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Re:KrebsOnSecurity being taken down due to persistent DDoS by ryanlol on Thursday September 22, 2016 @08:39PM (#12561511)
>You'd think a netsec journalist would be the first to find it worth it to get on the paid plan.

How much do you think a solo netsec journalist with only a couple of ads on his site earns?

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Re:KrebsOnSecurity being taken down due to persistent DDoS by pasbesoin on Saturday September 24, 2016 @04:16PM (#12572451)
Krebs' reporting (now, after leaving the Washington Post under whatever circumstances -- cost cutting? -- on his own "blog"), has for years now shone a very useful, researched insight into various matters of important technological vulnerability.

He provides a real service. Which is probably why Akamai offered him their services for free, in the first place.

Krebs shines a light on shadows that very much don't want to be seen, much less outed. The years long level of escalating attacks against him and his site reflect this.

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Re:KrebsOnSecurity being taken down due to persistent DDoS by detaro on Thursday September 22, 2016 @08:45PM (#12561532)
The "pro bono" part reads to me like Akamai offered him something he'd normally have to pay for for free, so he probably had a "paid plan" equivalent.

Still understandable that Akamai dropped that after while, despite the PR damage, especially if it affected their work for paying customers.

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