How much capacity does DNSimple have though. It appears as though you are another unicast network.
ns1.dnsimple.com is a server at Slicehost / Rackspace
ns2.dnsimple.com is a server at Linode
ns3.dnsimple.com is a server at prgmr.com / EGIHosting / Hurricane Electric
ns4.dnsimple.com is a EC2 instance on Amazon
How much computing power and attack traffic can those really handle?
If you are going to offer a solution to a massive DDoS I would think that you would be careful on when to propose your solution.
Instead of adding another unicast network to the mix, why wouldn't you start using an IP anycast network?
Instead of adding another unicast network to the mix, why wouldn't you start using an IP anycast network? DNSMadeEasy / Route53 / EasyDNS / etc..
It seems crazy to move from one service that purchases 6 name servers to another one that is only on 6 servers.... DNS Made Easy fought an attack that was over 200 Gbps a few months ago.
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Can any unicast provider even really get close to fighting an attack like this?
Let's be serious at some point.... 6 servers... the MOST you can push is 6 Gbps. And most likely they are bound to about 400 Mbps of DNS traffic (based on CPU load). Unless you have hundreds of name servers and multiple locations... are you even really competing in uptime anymore?
How much computing power and attack traffic can those really handle?
If you are going to offer a solution to a massive DDoS I would think that you would be careful on when to propose your solution.
Instead of adding another unicast network to the mix, why wouldn't you start using an IP anycast network?
Please explain how much capacity you have.