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KrebsOnSecurity moves to [Google's] Project Shield for protection against DDoS attack censorship
From: "dfarber" <dave () farber net>
Date: Sun, 25 Sep 2016 14:47:20 -0400
Begin forwarded message: From: Lauren Weinstein <lauren () vortex com> Subject: [ NNSquad ] KrebsOnSecurity moves to [Google's] Project Shield for protection against DDoS attack censorship Date: September 25, 2016 at 1:09:48 PM EDT To: nnsquad () nnsquad org KrebsOnSecurity moves to [Google's] Project Shield for protection against DDoS attack censorship http://www.networkworld.com/article/3123806/security/krebsonsecurity-moves-to-project-shield-for-protection-against-ddos-attack-censorship.html His site has been protected by Prolexic, which was acquired by Akamai; yet after sustained attacks were hitting his site with about 620 Gbps of junk data, Akamai opted to stop providing Krebs with pro bono protection service; protecting his site was affecting the company's paying customers. Akamai, which Krebs does not fault for dropping him, claimed a sustained DDoS attack against Krebs' site could have cost millions of dollars to mitigate. Akamai told The Boston Globe that the scale of attack on Krebs "stunned its engineers" since it was "almost twice as much traffic as Akamai had ever seen in a previous attack." ... Yet Krebs needed to bring his site back up, so he opted for Project Shield which offers "free, unlimited protection." The service is built on Google Cloud Platform in order "to protect news sites and free expression from DDoS attacks on the web." - - - --Lauren-- ------------------------------------------- Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/247/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/247/18849915-ae8fa580 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=18849915&id_secret=18849915-aa268125 Unsubscribe Now: https://www.listbox.com/unsubscribe/?member_id=18849915&id_secret=18849915-32545cb4&post_id=20160925144727:7F529294-8350-11E6-8D4C-DC816E5F3A18 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
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