alt Hacker NewsBut for such a "proof of power" a short attack which takes the service down once is enough, long attacks are not so common and actually require some work from the attacker
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devin • yesterday at 8:57 PM
Unless part of the social proof is that mitigation is more difficult.
If the attack doesn't last long, bystanders can't know whether it was trivially mitigated by the victim.
A shorter attack won't make as many news headlines, either.