What is the role of DNS providers in mitigating DDoS attacks like the one on Dyn?

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What is the role of DNS providers in mitigating DDoS attacks like the one on Dyn?
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DNS providers play a crucial role in mitigating DDoS attacks by using techniques like Anycast routing, traffic filtering, and over-provisioning of resources to absorb the attack traffic and maintain service availability. They can also offer DDoS protection services.