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Am 01.04.2013 01:12, schrieb walt:
> Any of you admin types out there have any grumpy thoughts about this
> article? :)  Is it really just marketing BS from cloudflare, or is it
> solid stuff?
>
> http://blog.cloudflare.com/the-ddos-that-almost-broke-the-internet
>
>
>
well, it was bad for spamhaus and London's inet traffic was higher than
normal - and that was it. No danger, no slowdowns (apart from LINX)....
but the media made a huge fuss about it.

If it helps to take down spammer friendly hosters, it was worth it.