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Re:Gitlab servers are being exploited in DDoS attacks by Someone1234 on Thursday November 04, 2021 @07:57PM (#29113917)
I've seen companies use Headless Chrome and then WebAssembly to process files. You then lock down the Headless Chrome process. You're then "triple covered"; WebAssembly's limited context, JavaScript engine's limited context, and the Chrome process boundary itself.

This is obviously "expensive" though. Doesn't scale very well.

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Re:Gitlab servers are being exploited in DDoS attacks by magicalhippo on Thursday November 04, 2021 @08:15PM (#29114030)
> This is obviously "expensive" though. Doesn't scale very well.

Unlike this issue then, going by the 1Tbps attack it's reportedly causing...

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