"Project Shield - Using Google's infrastructure to protect freedom of expression

Project Shield is an initiative to use Google's infrastructure to protect free expression online. The service currently combines Google's DDoS mitigation technologies and Page Speed Service (PSS), which allow websites to serve their content through Google to be better protected from DDoS attacks. The service is currently seeking 'trusted testers' and people with sites that serve media, elections and human rights-related content are invited to apply for an invite at g.co/projectshield

"DDOS on the VideoLAN downloads infrastructure

Logstalgia visualizes web-server access logs as a pong-like game. As the app's official site says, it's a "battle between the web server and a never ending torrent of requests."...