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		corford on June 30, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Fastmail.com suffering DDOS attack A ~1 hour response time from identifying to mitigating the DDoS isn't exactly bad. I'd say their engineers did a pretty good job.

leblancfg on June 30, 2016 [–]

Security really isn't my strong suit, but isn't it standard practice to automate DDoS mitigation strategies?

corford on June 30, 2016 | | [–]

Depends on the type and size of the DDoS and where on the network path it's hitting.

abpavel on June 30, 2016 | | [–]

DoS is a threat from identifiable source, like Russia. DDoS looks just like normal users, like terrorist sleeping cells.

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