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Re:Google mitigated the largest DDoS attack to date, peaking... by tpetry on Tuesday October 10, 2023 @09:04AM (#37831548)
Only for mini DDoS attacks - for larger ones they disable routing for your ip address. I guess they don‘t have the capacity to handle the big DDoS attacks nowadays.
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Re:Google mitigated the largest DDoS attack to date, peaking... by tmpX7dMeXU on Tuesday October 10, 2023 @09:28AM (#37831823)
Yep, and null-routing your IP is exactly what providers did in the days GP is longing for, and still do do, especially outside of big cloud providers.
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