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Re:DNSimple DDOS Attack by pkfrank on Monday December 01, 2014 @04:11PM (#8683829)
Can anyone expand on what this means: "This attack is volumetric in nature." (?)
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Re:DNSimple DDOS Attack by styger on Monday December 01, 2014 @04:32PM (#8683971)
According to http://www.arbornetworks.com/attack-ddos:

"DDoS attacks...will generally fall into one of three broad categories:

Volumetric Attacks: Attempt to consume the bandwidth either within the target network/service, or between the target network/service and the rest of the Internet. These attacks are simply about causing congestion."

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Re:DNSimple DDOS Attack by binarylogicben on Monday December 01, 2014 @04:32PM (#8683968)
Pretty sure it means the traffic is overwhelming them.
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