Re:GitHub hit by DDoS attack
by true_religion on Friday March 27, 2015 @11:03AM
(#9276680)
A 301 avoids a database hit, and avoids having to go through the cache framework all together.
It just says given this URL, we return an header that tells the browser to redirect. The only thing faster would be just dropping the connection as soon as its given to you.
It just says given this URL, we return an header that tells the browser to redirect. The only thing faster would be just dropping the connection as soon as its given to you.