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Comment by Animats

Dyn, Inc. is toast. They created a central point of failure for the Internet. Major sites will stop using their services within hours.

Things need to get more distributed. Don't load Jquery from some central site. Don't load fonts from Google. Make sure your site will work if all the trackers and ad sites are not responding. Use multiple independent DNS providers.

It's also time for serious litigation. Find some vulnerable IoT device being used for the attack, and sue the retailer, distributor, and manufacturer for negligence. Junk IoT manufacturers need to feel fear.

parent Animats 10 years ago

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