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Re:Dyn Statement on 10/21/2016 DDoS Attack by ssharp on Saturday October 22, 2016 @07:08PM (#12770996)
If they are residential or business IPs, it would be nice for the ISPs to let them know something on their local network is part of a massive botnet.
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Re:Dyn Statement on 10/21/2016 DDoS Attack by lilott8 on Saturday October 22, 2016 @11:03PM (#12771661)
why would they? I mean with how they are charging by the GB these days, it gives them financial incentive to not tell you your refrigerator (or any device) is part of a botnet, that's free money for them.
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Re:Dyn Statement on 10/21/2016 DDoS Attack by totalZero on Sunday October 23, 2016 @02:32AM (#12772305)
Assuming you mean this seriously and not just as a tongue-in-cheek dig at internet carriers...

Even if every refrigerator were on a pay-as-you-go plan, handling all of the data may ruin throughput for other customers, especially at peak usage.

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Re:Dyn Statement on 10/21/2016 DDoS Attack by mirimir on Saturday October 22, 2016 @07:10PM (#12771005)
That makes sense to me.
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