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

Re:Google mitigated the largest DDoS attack to date, peaking... by xnx on Wednesday October 11, 2023 @01:45PM (#37847755)

This is exploiting a new technique. This technique wasn't known previously, or wasn't viable when HTTP/2 wasn't widespread. This technique is a ~100x multiplier on the impact any size botnet can have. A previous botnet might have needed 20,000,000 machines to achieve the same impact.

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Re:Google mitigated the largest DDoS attack to date, peaking... by southernplaces7 on Wednesday October 11, 2023 @02:41PM (#37848545)

Thanks for explaining in such a straightforward way, appreciated!

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