[AusNOG] DDoS attack sizes

[Damien Gardner Jnr]

Yeah that's very true. I've seen windows games servers taken out by tiny
little 30mbps / 100kpps syn attacks.

On 8 February 2016 at 18:25, Joshua D'Alton <joshua at railgun.com.au> wrote:

> Something alluded to but not specifically pointed out, DDoS isn't always
> just about size. Application layer attacks can decimate your system with
> minimal bandwidth.
>
> This is where a mitigation provider comes in, as they are able to filter
> the traffic on their edge/network before it is delivered to you.
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