I wonder what is the goal of this DDoS today. Was it due the sudden drop in ASICMINER shares price and the DDoS allows the high bids to be locked still so it cannot be cancelled until the attacker decides to end it?
Hmm well like Mt Gox, there can be "cool off periods" but yeah, your idea seems viable in the same way one could aim a firehose at the register of a mcdonalds, and shuttle the mcnuggets out the back during the fray.
What I would like, would be detailed IT based info on whom attacks these exchanges. We need to punish and hurt some of the right forces, that seek to prevent bitcoin from become a store of wealth. Seeing as it's a 25 year timeline for bitcoin, we have years like odessa, to track down those would steal of f-with our coin investments.
In Pirate terms,
"Arr, if'n ye be firin' upon vessel that carry coin belonging to me or mine, rest assured you'll sleep in the deepest brine."