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Re:Large DDoS hitting CloudFlare by callesgg on Monday February 10, 2014 @06:11PM (#7214468)
We would people try to do a ddos on them. A ddos is a temporary thing. Only time it is worth it do do a ddos is when there is some kind of event thing.

Like if some one wants to get a site down today so people can't vote.

And cloudflare does not really have anything like that. Their customers yes, them no.

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Re:Large DDoS hitting CloudFlare by PhasmaFelis on Monday February 10, 2014 @07:30PM (#7214818)
> We would people try to do a ddos on them.

The same reason anyone ever DDOSes anything: because they're assholes.

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Re:Large DDoS hitting CloudFlare by CrowderSoup on Monday February 10, 2014 @10:04PM (#7215504)
This is the most succinct and accurate assessment of anyone who DDOSSes anything.
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Re:Large DDoS hitting CloudFlare by verandaguy on Monday February 10, 2014 @07:09PM (#7214731)
They're a CDN for a sizeable chunk of the Internet. What do you think happens when you "temporarily" bring it to its knees?
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