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kwikbreaks · 13-01-2014, 15:05

Surely if enough bandwidth was used sending requests to your IP the downstream could become overloaded even if you didn't respond at all and there is diddly squat your router could do to stop that happening - it would need blocking somewhere upstream of you.

Anyway just what chance is there that a home IP is going to be the target of any form of DoS? Despite seeing the option to defend against DoS attacks in home router settings I fail to see what they could do other than turn themselves off.

13-01-2014, 15:05	#4317
kwikbreaks cf.mega poster Join Date: May 2010 Services: Plusnet FTTC, FoxSat HDR for TV, Vonage VOIP. Posts: 2,082	Re: Think Broadband Ping Monitor Results (POST YOURS) Surely if enough bandwidth was used sending requests to your IP the downstream could become overloaded even if you didn't respond at all and there is diddly squat your router could do to stop that happening - it would need blocking somewhere upstream of you. Anyway just what chance is there that a home IP is going to be the target of any form of DoS? Despite seeing the option to defend against DoS attacks in home router settings I fail to see what they could do other than turn themselves off.