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Re:Google mitigated the largest DDoS attack to date, peaking... by xnx on Tuesday October 10, 2023 @02:38PM (#37835768)
The attacking system is shooting a firehose of requests at the target system, but doesn't have to deal with handling any responses being sent back to the requesting systems.
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Re:Google mitigated the largest DDoS attack to date, peaking... by imheretolearn on Tuesday October 10, 2023 @02:41PM (#37835813)
Makes sense, thank you!
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