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		spindritf on Nov 10, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: OVH servers exploited through shellshock Yeah their anti-DDOS is actually to null route everything to your server No, it's not. They have a proper anti-ddos solution in place for attacks from outside of their network[1]. [1] https://www.ovh.co.uk/anti-ddos/ddos-attack-management.xml

dwild on Nov 10, 2014 [–]

Like I said, maybe it's different from the last time I saw an attack on an OVH server, however when I saw it, it was literally impossible to reach the server even though it was still up. Using their ip failover system was the only way.

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