According to SANS, the first Distributed Denial of Service (DDOS) attack was in 1999, more than 20 years ago. Since then, DDOS attacks have become bigger and more frequent. Today, a DDOS mitigation strategy is an essential part of any high-profile site’s hosting strategy. These attacks often occur frequently in the gaming community and with any site hosting anything remotely controversial.
Have you encountered a DDOS attack? What was the impact? How was it resolved? Please participate in our survey below and we’ll post a wrap-up with all the results to see how DDOS attacks are impacting the LEB community.
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Raindog308 is a longtime LowEndTalk community administrator, technical writer, and self-described techno polymath. With deep roots in the *nix world, he has a passion for systems both modern and vintage, ranging from Unix, Perl, Python, and Golang to shell scripting and mainframe-era operating systems like MVS. He’s equally comfortable with relational database systems, having spent years working with Oracle, PostgreSQL, and MySQL.
As an avid user of LowEndBox providers, Raindog runs an empire of LEBs, from tiny boxes for VPNs, to mid-sized instances for application hosting, and heavyweight servers for data storage and complex databases. He brings both technical rigor and real-world experience to every piece he writes.
Beyond the command line, Raindog is a lover of German Shepherds, high-quality knives, target shooting, theology, tabletop RPGs, and hiking in deep, quiet forests.
His goal with every article is to help users, from beginners to seasoned sysadmins, get more value, performance, and enjoyment out of their infrastructure.
You can find him daily in the forums at LowEndTalk under the handle @raindog308.
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