On Tue, 22 Apr 2008 14:36:59 PDT, Blue Boar said: > Possibly more of a bad name. I don't see anything inherently evil in > distributed front-end proxies. Doubtful how workable it is, though.
Am I misreading the fine article, or are they saying it's harder for a botnet to DDoS a server if it's load-balanced across a shitload of front-end servers, preferably geographically diverse? The guys who have been anycasting the root DNS servers for years will welcome this advance. ;)
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