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Ten steps for combating DDoS in real time - IT News Africa – Africa's Technology News Leader
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To the uninitiated, a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack can be a scary, stressful ordeal. But don’t panic. Follow these steps by David Holmes, senior technical marketing manager: Security, F5 Networks, to successfully fight an attack:
If you appear to be suffering a volumetric attack, it helps to have a historical sense of your own traffic patterns. Keep a baseline of normal traffic patterns to compare against. If you have determined that you are under a DDoS attack, record the estimated start time in your attack log.