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thih9 ◴[] No.44366680[source]
> DDoS sizes have continued a steady climb over the past three decades.

This is a bit misleading; according to Wikipedia[1], the first DDoS is said to have occurred less than three decades ago.

[1] "Panix, the third-oldest ISP in the world, was the target of what is thought to be the first DoS attack. On September 6, 1996, Panix was subject to a SYN flood attack, which brought down its services for several days while hardware vendors, notably Cisco, figured out a proper defense.", source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denial-of-service_attack

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arp242 ◴[] No.44368737[source]
round(29 years) is three decades. This is hyper-pedantic to the point of being obnoxious.
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1. thih9 ◴[] No.44368900[source]
Fair enough, apologies.

In my defense, reading that for the first time gave me an impression that DDoS attacks themselves were older; I was disappointed and wanted to share so that others wouldn’t get similar hopes. Next time I’ll round more decimals.