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Re:Ask HN: How to survive indefinite DDoS attack? by hknmtt on Monday October 30, 2023 @03:29PM (#38074484)
why would i care about udp when i run only tcp?
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Re:Ask HN: How to survive indefinite DDoS attack? by pjc50 on Tuesday October 31, 2023 @05:09AM (#38082031)
If I saturate your uplink with UDP, none of your TCP is going to get through. Before you have a chance to drop it at your firewall. You have to get your ISP to do that for you, and hope there isn't too much traffic for their uplink.
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