Three Ways Companies Can Avoid DDoS Attacks

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Dyn Principal Architect Andrew Sullivan runs through three ways companies can avoid DDoS attacks.

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Avoiding DDOS Attacks:

Three Best Practices To Protect Your Company

Andrew SullivanDirector of DNS Engineering

@dyninc

Avoiding DDoS Attacks: 3 Best Practices @dyninc

1. The DNS is fundamental to (almost) everything on the Internet.

Avoiding DDoS Attacks: 3 Best Practices @dyninc

1. The DNS is fundamental to (almost) everything on the Internet.

2. In the DNS, it is easy to pretend to be someone else (spoof).

Avoiding DDoS Attacks: 3 Best Practices @dyninc

1. The DNS is fundamental to (almost) everything on the Internet.

2. In the DNS, it is easy to pretend to be someone else (spoof).

3. The DNS provides an excellent way to generate a lot of traffic without needing to send a lot of traffic (amplification).

Avoiding DDoS Attacks: 3 Best Practices @dyninc

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