[erlang-questions] Erlang/OTP based systems and DDoS

[Gokhan Boranalp]

Hi,

You have no choice for this kind of attack [1].
Even Erlang can not help for this magnitude.
Please consider solving DDOS separately by using different techniques.
i think nor Erlang neither any other languages has nothing to do with
it directly.

[1] http://blog.cloudflare.com/technical-details-behind-a-400gbps-ntp-amplification-ddos-attack/
[2] https://www.cloudflare.com/
http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/collateral/security/traffic-anomaly-detector-xt-5600a/prod_white_paper0900aecd8011e927.html


On Fri, Oct 24, 2014 at 8:36 PM, Rainer Hansen <rainer.hansen@REDACTED> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I wonder what are the strengths and weaknesses of Erlang/OTP based
> system in genearl regarding DDoS?
>
> It seems that the fine grained processes help Erlang/OTP systems to
> handle attack situations better because they can handle more load. I
> guess that might not be the only reason. The concept of process
> supervision should make Erlang/OTP also better to handle such attacks.
>
> Are there some mechanisms or principles that make Erlang/OTP superior to
> systems build in Node.js, PHP or Java?
>
> What are the weak points? Are there best practices to handle them?
>
> Thanks for your help.
>
> Rainer
>
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