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Re: Krebs on Security booted off Akamai network after DDoS attack
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Patrick W. Gilmore)
Fri Sep 23 21:05:29 2016
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From: "Patrick W. Gilmore" <patrick@ianai.net>
In-Reply-To: <CAPiURgVbbbxbYt4g_3KcL=SEWWDVQGy_CeBGMR+3NaLuuxx=CA@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2016 14:07:19 -0400
To: NANOG list <nanog@nanog.org>
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On Sep 23, 2016, at 1:58 PM, Grant Ridder <shortdudey123@gmail.com> =
wrote:
>=20
> Didn't realize Akamai kicked out or disabled customers
> =
http://www.zdnet.com/article/krebs-on-security-booted-off-akamai-network-a=
fter-ddos-attack-proves-pricey/
>=20
> "Security blog Krebs on Security has been taken offline by host Akamai
> Technologies following a DDoS attack which reached 665 Gbps in =
size.=E2=80=9D
Even Brian Krebs doesn=E2=80=99t think Akamai kicks out or disables =
customers. In the article, he admits he is not paying Akamai.
Should Akamai have kept protecting Krebs? Maybe. But I do not think =
anyone should pass judgement on Akamai - unless that person is willing =
to pick up the tab.
(And some of the companies claiming they will pick up the tab are just =
hoping for PR, since they could not have actually protected Krebs.)
--=20
TTFN,
patrick
