Douglas Muth on 9 Aug 2012 14:39:59 -0700


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Re: [PLUG] emerg web server repair


On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 4:31 PM, Eric at Lucii.org <eric@lucii.org> wrote:
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> Is there a "sink" somewhere where the domain can be pointed that
> will simply absorb or ignore the DDOS attack?  Perhaps if there is
> a DDOS attack we could just de-register the domain until the DDOS
> stops?   Other ideas?
>

127.0.0.1

But I wouldn't consider changing DNS unless such an attack happens.
Also keep in mind what your TTL is, since it will take at least that
long for the changes to propagate.

-- Doug
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