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

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Post Details
Company
Date Published
Author
Matthew Prince
Word Count
1,402
Company Posts That Month
7
Language
English
Hacker News Points
11
Post removed?
No
Summary

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.

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