/plushcap/analysis/cloudflare/65gbps-ddos-no-problem

How to Launch a 65Gbps DDoS, and How to Stop One

What's this blog post about?

The text discusses a 65Gbps DDoS attack experienced by CloudFlare on September 17, 2012. It explains that such an attack is considered large and requires significant resources to execute. The attacker likely used a botnet of compromised computers to generate the traffic. Additionally, the attack utilized a technique called DNS reflection, which amplifies the size of the attack by exploiting misconfigured DNS resolvers. CloudFlare mitigates such attacks through its network architecture and filtering mechanisms.

Company
Cloudflare

Date published
Sept. 17, 2012

Author(s)
Matthew Prince

Word count
1402

Hacker News points
11

Language
English


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