Google mitigated the largest DDoS attack to date, peaking above 398M rps

Re:Google mitigated the largest DDoS attack to date, peaking... by londons_explore on Tuesday October 10, 2023 @08:54AM (#37831440)

Plenty of even quite-large websites just don't get attacked by DDoS attacks, because nobody has any particular reason to attack them.

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Re:Google mitigated the largest DDoS attack to date, peaking... by tristan9 on Tuesday October 10, 2023 @10:10AM (#37832340)

You’re completely wrong.

All large sites regularly get attacked.

The average skiddie’s motivations are that they’re bored. So they DoS a site they use regularly just to see.

Heck they generally don’t even mean to cause damage per-se, and just think it’s a funny use of their evening.

You have to stop thinking DoS attacks are always particularly personal. They really often just aren’t, and it’s a monumental pain in the ass to be on the receiving end.

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Re:Google mitigated the largest DDoS attack to date, peaking... by londons_explore on Tuesday October 10, 2023 @11:48AM (#37833688)

I run boring sites like government websites which say what kinds of recycling go in which color trash cans.

Well used, but never attacked.

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Re:Google mitigated the largest DDoS attack to date, peaking... by tristan9 on Tuesday October 10, 2023 @08:27PM (#37839542)

Well, lucky you. Or unlucky me and everyone I know running a large website. Guess we’ll never know.

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