Again it derives from trying to push an older non-FBW design to new limits; a 767 wasn't designed for the large shifts in CoG which occur when offloading fuel in flight. A FBW type like the A330 that was its rival for the USAF contract can just subtly command constant minir trim changes.
Interesting, I didn't know this. Maybe the KC-46 was the prototype (though it might be checking other inputs) to the MAX system?
> The KC-46 has a two-sensor MCAS system, which “compares the two readings,” the Air Force said.
> Moreover, while the MAX 8 MCAS will reset and come back on automatically, the KC-46’s system is “disengaged if the pilot makes a stick input,” according to the Air Force
So it seems someone did their homework in this case (well hadn't they done, it would have gotten very ugly as well)
I'd bet that 'one client' getting the ~200gbps DDoS has a massive monthly bill (likely hundreds/thousands of servers) so they're happy to mitigate short term DDoS.
Most dedicated server providers won't go that far if you have a handful of servers.
This seems to ignore the fact that they will null route traffic at levels high enough to cause degradation for other customers on the same physical equipment. How is this even a solution in a world where a 20Gbps DDOS attack for a few hundred dollars? Real DDOS solutions are still big money only because AWS does not invest to solve this problem on the core network. It's becoming common practice to a hire a 3rd party to direct the traffic off their network (cloud flare, akamai, etc) and do the filtering there.
