Fallout from GoDaddy’s recent DDoS experience
First, my heartfelt condolences to everyone who was impacted personally or financially by yesterday's DDoS attack against GoDaddy. That includes customers and employees, and as an admin, I know firsthand what it's like when the systems grind to a halt under one of these things, when all that's left is simply to put something else on the front line to check for traffic and wait it out (or request new address blocks all the way around). This, of course, does not take place in a vacuum: when these things hit, we are always surrounded by The Suits who have no clue as to why we can't do anything more (or faster), constantly complaining of our inadequacies (we should have known better; we should have predicted; we should have been better prepared; etc.).