Krebs on Security booted off Akamai network after DDoS attack proves pricey

Fri Sep 23 19:30:43 UTC 2016

Yes, they do (or advertise):
https://support.cloudflare.com/hc/en-us/articles/200170216-How-large-of-a-DDoS-attack-can-CloudFlare-handle-

Jörg

On 23 Sep 2016, at 21:26, Patrick W. Gilmore wrote:

> Is CloudFlare able to filter Layer 7 these days? I was under the 
> impression CloudFlare was not able to do that.
>
> There have been a lot of rumors about this attack. Some say 
> reflection, others say Layer 7, others say .. other stuff. If it is 
> Layer 7, how are you going to ‘step in front of the cannon’? Would 
> you just pass through all the traffic?
>
> I realize Matthew is always happy for publicity (hell, the whole 
> planet is aware of that). But if your system cannot actually do the 
> required task, I’m not sure your company should give you credit for 
> offering a service the user cannot use.
>
> -- 
> TTFN,
> patrick
>
>> On Sep 23, 2016, at 3:16 PM, Justin Paine via NANOG <nanog at nanog.org> 
>> wrote:
>>
>> FWIW, we have offered to help. No word so far. We're more than 
>> willing
>> to step in front of the cannon pointed his way.
>>
>> ____________
>> Justin Paine
>> Head of Trust & Safety
>> CloudFlare Inc.
>> PGP: BBAA 6BCE 3305 7FD6 6452 7115 57B6 0114 DE0B 314D
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Sep 23, 2016 at 11:58 AM, Marcin Cieslak <saper at saper.info> 
>> wrote:
>>> On Fri, 23 Sep 2016, jim deleskie wrote:
>>>
>>>> They were hosting him for free, and like insurance, I can assure 
>>>> you if you
>>>> are consistently using a service, and not covering the costs of 
>>>> that
>>>> service you won't be a client for long.  This is the basis for 
>>>> AUP/client
>>>> contracts and have been going back to the days when we all offered 
>>>> only
>>>> dialup internet.
>>>
>>> Does being a victim of a DDoS constitute a breach of AUP?
>>>
>>> Marcin Cieślak
>