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Re: DDoS Attacks
A firewall only goes so far when it comes to mitigating a DoS or DDoS attack. It will stop the packets from reaching the PC, but the attack will still saturate his bandwidth, they do after all, have to reach the firewall first, before they can be rejected.
The end result is the same, the user will disconnect, owing to an overly high ping, and a worse case scenario is that the user will effectivly lose their internet connectivity until the attack abates, as legitimate traffic can't get through.
Worst cases need to be filtered by the provider (aka, Virgin, can't see them doing much, tbh), or aquire a new IP.
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