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> they could cause a large enough DDoS to affect the > massive juggernaut that is Facebook You don't need to send Facebook more traffi...

> they could cause a large enough DDoS to affect the > massive juggernaut that is Facebook You don't need to send Facebook more traffic than it normally gets, you simply need to nail a pain point, and cause an unusual traffic event. There's (I assume) no chance that it's been done using Slow Loris, but that's a good example of doing something unusual to deplete a resource in an unusual way. I would tend to agree that it's unlikely Facebook have simply been flooded off the internet, but there are many other ways to perform much more targeted DDoS attacks, and presumably Facebook haven't mitigated against _all_ of them.

Posted by peteretep on Jan 27, 2015, 7:29 AM

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> they could cause a large enough DDoS to affect the > massive juggernaut that is Facebook You don't need to send Facebook more traffi...

peteretepJan 27, 2015, 7:29 AM

> they could cause a large enough DDoS to affect the > massive juggernaut that is Facebook You don't need to send Facebook more traffic than it normally gets, you simply need to nail a pain point, and cause an unusual traffic event. There's (I assume) no chance that it's been done using Slow Loris, but that's a good example of doing something unusual to deplete a resource in an unusual way. I would tend to agree that it's unlikely Facebook have simply been flooded off the internet, but there are many other ways to perform much more targeted DDoS attacks, and presumably Facebook haven't mitigated against _all_ of them.

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