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

Re:Google mitigated the largest DDoS attack to date, peaking... by 6510 on Tuesday October 10, 2023 @09:44AM (#37832027)

I just imagined this: isp's could make a isp.com?target=yourwebsite.org/fromisp [slow] redirecting url. If you receive unusual amounts of requests from the isp you redirect it though their website.

They can then ignore it until their server melts (which takes care of the problem) or take honorable action if one of their customers is compromised. The S stands for service after all.

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Re:Google mitigated the largest DDoS attack to date, peaking... by oefrha on Tuesday October 10, 2023 @09:55PM (#37840072)

It appears you don’t understand DDoS at all. There aren’t humans sitting behind browsers or scripts using browser automation software. No one cares about less respects your “redirect” because no one’s reading your response. Most of the time the attacks aren’t even HTTP, they are just packet floods.

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Re:Google mitigated the largest DDoS attack to date, peaking... by 6510 on Wednesday October 11, 2023 @12:41PM (#37846766)

> It appears you don’t understand DDoS at all.

I can confirm this. I see web pages talking about redirecting traffic to scrubbing centers.

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