If you live in The Netherlands you probably noticed that a series of DDoS attacks caused quite some uproar in our little corner of the world. One of the questions I get asked regularly is why we still cannot deal with these types of attacks.

We are at un unfair disadvantage, or more accurately phrased, the criminals have an unfair advantage. The cost, in terms of money, time, lost functionality, etc., of preventing a crime or attack are often higher than those the criminal or attacker needs to make to actually commit his deed.