FBI kicks some of the worst ‘DDoS for hire’ sites off the internet

Re:FBI kicks some of the worst ‘DDoS for hire’ sites off the... by cft on Friday December 21, 2018 @03:23AM (#18732070)

If you have a serious sustained DDoS (40+Gbps as mentioned in the affidavit), most ISPs will first null route you, and then attempt to terminate your contact. I leave it up to you to draw the parallel with the corresponding landlord's actions.

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Re:FBI kicks some of the worst ‘DDoS for hire’ sites off the... by stef25 on Friday December 21, 2018 @06:29AM (#18732717)

Is the obvious solution Cloudflare? Otherwise I don't see how this isn't the perfect way to knock competitors offline.

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Re:FBI kicks some of the worst ‘DDoS for hire’ sites off the... by Arie on Friday December 21, 2018 @07:23AM (#18732904)

For web traffic, yes, it's a solution. But if you deal with gameserver traffic like me, Cloudflare can't save you.

OVH's anti-DDoS (GAME variant) is quite good in my experience for protecting non-web traffic.

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Re:FBI kicks some of the worst ‘DDoS for hire’ sites off the... by jgrahamc on Friday December 21, 2018 @07:27AM (#18732918)

Cloudflare has a product called Spectrum that is used for game servers and other things: https://www.cloudflare.com/en-gb/products/cloudflare-spectru... (does arbitrary TCP and UDP).

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