Re:Cloudflare mitigates record-breaking 71M request-per-seco...
by bbarnett on Tuesday February 14, 2023 @05:03PM
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I love it. Statements peppered with "almost" and "mostly". How if you are updated, well then you're golden, cause mostly it's old CVEs.
Which ignores that even 0.001% of traffic is a load of more skilled bad actors, this IP space is rotten to the core.
Throughout, I have stated 0 downside, all upside. Even one dedicated hacker gone, is a plus in this scenario. Even showing yourself to be actively, aggressively defending is a plus, if comparables are less guarded.
And you're bracketing the use case, others and I have been speaking of the generic. Many run MTAs, so cutting down on inbound spam and malware, pre-filtering is a plus.
Canning all this address space is a never lose, always win, plus plus plus.
Which ignores that even 0.001% of traffic is a load of more skilled bad actors, this IP space is rotten to the core.
Throughout, I have stated 0 downside, all upside. Even one dedicated hacker gone, is a plus in this scenario. Even showing yourself to be actively, aggressively defending is a plus, if comparables are less guarded.
And you're bracketing the use case, others and I have been speaking of the generic. Many run MTAs, so cutting down on inbound spam and malware, pre-filtering is a plus.
Canning all this address space is a never lose, always win, plus plus plus.
Save yourself the grief. Hot potato it.