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Re:Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp outages by rorykoehler on Thursday July 04, 2019 @10:24AM (#20354874)
You could do that but if you become a target due to unexpected viral growth then it's useless.
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Re:Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp outages by pbhjpbhj on Thursday July 04, 2019 @10:40AM (#20354994)
It's more "stops you appearing on Shodan" level. But surely if you can reduce the traffic then you are more likely to notice proper attacks.
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Re:Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp outages by rorykoehler on Thursday July 04, 2019 @11:09AM (#20355235)
Shodan is amazing. Creepy too. I used to spend hours trawling video feeds on there. Fascinating.
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