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Re:Google mitigated the largest DDoS attack to date, peaking... by candiddevmike on Tuesday October 10, 2023 @09:06AM (#37831558)
ISPs will gladly quarantine/rate limit folks for pirating stuff, why don't they use those tools to combat botnets? Though I could see this leading to a slippery slope of remote attestation for internet access.
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Re:Google mitigated the largest DDoS attack to date, peaking... by KomoD on Tuesday October 10, 2023 @11:12AM (#37833106)
> why don't they use those tools to combat botnets?

Because they probably don't care.

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