The dust is settling from this week's Dutch DDoS attacks — by some accounts, the largest denial-of-service action ever mounted, channeling 300 gigabits of junk traffic to the web's weakest spots. For the most part, our tubes performed admirably. Most web users didn't see anything more than a mild slowdown. Spamhaus, the European anti-spam watchdog site targeted by the action, is still online. But behind the scenes, the attack overwhelmed critical pieces of internet infrastructure, and left serious questions about the vulnerabilities of the machinery that powers the web.
via The Verge - All Posts http://www.theverge.com/2013/3/28/4156570/Dutch-spamhaus-DDoS-took-down-london-internet-exchange
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