Quote Originally Posted by sagacious View Post
The simplest way to stop a DDOS attack is shut the servers down.
I agree, but when you shut the servers down wait 30 mins and start them back up won't you see the DDOS attacker pouring in? and can't you id him then?
I did say that the simplest way to stop a DDOS attack is shut down the servers so the attack can't reach them. I'm not a server admin or a hacker, but kinda doubt that simply restarting servers (which would be a huge production for SE given the amount of computers they must have) would then allow anyone to track, find or trace the "DDOS attacker" quickly. The attackers are likely coming from multiple sources, using proxies/VPNs etc., and hiding its/their tracks very very well.

I would think that SE is working more to find their vulnerabilities and plug them up at this point.