Quote Originally Posted by hynaku View Post
They really need to focus more on server security to block DDoS attacks instead of adding more servers. What good is adding more servers if one DDoS can just shut them all down.
SE has probably done all it can, but a normal company can't stop or handle a large DDoS attack by itself. They need help from their ISP to stop the attack before it even comes close to the servers.

Theoretically they could get much more powerful servers and a lot more network bandwidth so they could absorb a DDoS attack without problem - but then subscription prices would have to triple to pay for all the extra hardware that would just sit unused 99% of the time.