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by matheweis 1233 days ago
> Right now our provider is getting DdoS'ed, so my employer is not reachable.

> It got me really curious what the right mitigation to being unreachable is.

Sometimes what can be done technically and the best solution are not always the same.

Is there a reason that you can’t simply move to a better provider without resorting to more advanced DNS infrastructure?

Cloudflare for example is sort of the gold standard for DDOS protection and they also offer excellent DNS services.

There are other major DNS service providers with excellent reputations as well, aws, dnsmadeeasy comes to mind.