Warding against the Dark Arts - Crafting a Defense Strategy against Botnet DDoS Attacks

Warding against the Dark Arts - Crafting a Defense Strategy against Botnet DDoS Attacks

Explore a comprehensive defense strategy against large-scale Botnet DDoS attacks in this 42-minute conference talk from SREcon23 Americas. Delve into the importance of surviving DDoS attacks for service performance and hardening, and gain insights into understanding real-user traffic patterns. Learn about the defense-in-depth approach to engineering services, moving beyond reliance on CDN capabilities to achieve high availability targets. Designed for SREs new to large-scale DDoS mitigation, acquire a structured framework for creating a robust defense strategy against sophisticated attacks.