• SuiXi3D@fedia.io
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    3 months ago

    DDoS is more like everyone buying all the toilet paper all at once. At least, that’s my limited understanding. Traffic is just a bandwidth issue. Turns out that, over longer distances, we should be using fiber (trains) instead of normal cat-5.

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      3 months ago

      DDoS is more like everyone buying all the toilet paper all at once.

      I would say its more akin to one malicious actor ordering a bunch of zombies to wander into a store, buy a roll of tolietpaper, walk over to the return counter, get a refund, and then go back to buy a roll of toilet paper, with the intent of clogging all the check out counters indefinitely.

      But the root difference is that a DDoS exists to obstruct traffic not to perform a legitimate function. A bunch of people clearing the shelves of supplies before a storm are still intent on obtaining the things. Their traffic is legitimate, not an attempt to deny other people access to the store by spoofing serious interactions.

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        3 months ago

        A DDoS attack on a street would be a protest with a march

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          3 months ago

          Perhaps you’re thinking of a picket line during a strike? But a parade isn’t tranditionally considered a hostile act.