But, a slight defense of it—the really big providers can already sink a massive DDoS anyway. So, this is just a scheme to help little websites. It doesn’t really matter if a school, or even a cellphone network, can’t access my little website for an afternoon.
You’d have to decide if you want to send the block request. If you are hosting your personal blog, you’ll probably go for it regardless. If you are providing a small service; hosting git for a couple friends or whatever, you’ll probably block with some discretion.
But, a slight defense of it—the really big providers can already sink a massive DDoS anyway. So, this is just a scheme to help little websites. It doesn’t really matter if a school, or even a cellphone network, can’t access my little website for an afternoon.
You’d have to decide if you want to send the block request. If you are hosting your personal blog, you’ll probably go for it regardless. If you are providing a small service; hosting git for a couple friends or whatever, you’ll probably block with some discretion.