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Re:Google mitigated the largest DDoS attack to date, peaking... by 542458 on Tuesday October 10, 2023 @09:08AM (#37831579)
Where this breaks down is that because of the nature of the internet and DDoS attacks it’s not something that can easily be solved with better policing - even identifying a perp might be near-impossible, and they might be in another country anyways. The government does try to prosecute botnets and DDoS attacks today, but it’s of limited success. Is there a practical solution here I’m missing?
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Re:Google mitigated the largest DDoS attack to date, peaking... by gwright on Tuesday October 10, 2023 @12:50PM (#37834503)
I don't know about a "practical solution", but there are research efforts to think about new ways to build internets that mitigate some of these problems.

Here is one that I'm aware of: https://named-data.net

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