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krobertson on Aug 25, 2010 | parent | context | favorite | on: The penultimate guide to stopping a DDoS attack – ...

I do find it ironic for a hosting company to post that their DDoS strategy is to offload the load on other hosting companies.

They're talking about $5-10/month VPSes and want them to handle 100Mbps each? Sure those providers love that traffic.

JoachimSchipper on Aug 25, 2010 [–]

Meh, if the traffic only lasts a couple of hours before the attacker gives up, the VPS provider could still make a tidy profit - it's not like the VPS would do much for the rest of the month...

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