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		drv on Aug 25, 2010 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The penultimate guide to stopping a DDoS attack – ... Not to mention that the attacker's DNS resolver could merely ignore the TTL and bombard your DNS server - if that's the weakest link, why even bother with the rest?

JoachimSchipper on Aug 26, 2010 [–]

Because quite a few companies outsource DNS, and attacking a DNS provider involves many companies. Not to mention the fact that most DNS providers have been attacked before...

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