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Re: FCC’s comment system targeted by DDoS during filing period for net neutrality

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Post by duncan_bayne »

EGreg wrote: post #9

Oh yeah, like these comments really matter this time around. A certain sector of society elects Donald Trump, who appoints the new FCC chair, and they'll do whatever they want within legal possibilities. Do you really think the sector of society which most cares about this rule change will affect the outcome with comments? They will no more do so than scientists will affect the budget of the EPA with comments.

I'm not a Trump supporter by a long shot - I think he's the purest embodiment of American fascism to date, save for FDR.

(I did have a few hopes for his Presidency when he was campaigning; most of those have evaporated as he's turning out to be every bit the warmonger people feared, instead of a non-interventionist).

But: "a certain sector" indeed! You mean "the American people", I think. What would you think if someone described Obama's election in the same fashion?

Re: FCC’s comment system targeted by DDoS during filing period for net neutrality

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Post by throwaway91111 »

ixwt wrote: post #41
callesgg wrote: post #21

The site works just fine for me. http://www.gofccyourself.com press the link "+ Express" I mean i have not posted anything as i am not a US citizen but the form loads and i can fill it in

There is a checkbox for International people. This could still potentially affect everyone outside of the US.

This is especially true for foreign companies that still rely on equal access tk US infrastructure for both serving domestic needs and routing.

Re: FCC’s comment system targeted by DDoS during filing period for net neutrality

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Post by rgbrenner »

pera wrote: post #33
ben174 wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

John Oliver's video is #3 trending on YouTube right now. It specifically calls for people to write comments on that page. He even bought up a domain that points directly to the page. http://gofccyourself.com

Citing the second paragraph of the posted article: > “These were deliberate attempts by external actors to bombard the FCC’s comment system with a high amount of traffic to our commercial cloud host. These actors were not attempting to file comments themselves; rather they made it difficult for legitimate commenters to access and file with the FCC.”

That still seems to fit the description of John Oliver..

Hes an external actor (to the FCC system).. he wasn't attempting to comment himself, but his actions sent a large number of people to the FCC website.. too much for the host to handle, which made it difficult for commenters to access the site.

Re: FCC’s comment system targeted by DDoS during filing period for net neutrality

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Post by throwaway91111 »

JustSomeNobody wrote: post #12

Besides the ISPs and the Government (rather, the part that wants this), who has anything to gain by this?

Anyone with cash to negotiate with multi-billion dollar ISPs for rates will like this move. They can buy top quality service (hypothetically).

Re: FCC’s comment system targeted by DDoS during filing period for net neutrality

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Post by thomastjeffery »

unityByFreedom wrote: post #36
pera wrote: post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Citing the second paragraph of the posted article: > “These were deliberate attempts by external actors to bombard the FCC’s comment system with a high amount of traffic to our commercial cloud host. These actors were not attempting to file comments themselves; rather they made it difficult for legitimate commenters to access and file with the FCC.”

And the official statement from the FCC, > “Beginning on Sunday night at midnight, our analysis reveals that the FCC was subject to multiple distributed denial-of-service attacks (DDos). These were deliberate attempts by external actors to bombard the FCC’s comment system with a high amount of traffic to our commercial cloud host. These actors were not attempting to file comments themselves; rather they made it diffi…

That sounds like they are using the term "DDoS" to define John Oliver asking his viewers to actually write legitimate comments.

That would be a very incorrect usage of the term.

Re: FCC’s comment system targeted by DDoS during filing period for net neutrality

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Post by pohl »

thaumasiotes wrote: post #45
unityByFreedom wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

And the official statement from the FCC, > “Beginning on Sunday night at midnight, our analysis reveals that the FCC was subject to multiple distributed denial-of-service attacks (DDos). These were deliberate attempts by external actors to bombard the FCC’s comment system with a high amount of traffic to our commercial cloud host. These actors were not attempting to file comments themselves; rather they made it diffi…

I'm imagining something like - User tries to load the page to comment. - High traffic. It fails. - User reloads the page. It fails. - "We're being hit by malicious requests that don't attempt to file comments!"

Yeah, today after I watched the video, I went to the domain, clicked the button to express, saw the form fields, and decided I'd come back to it after work.

I'm probably not the only one who dropped-off after seeing all the form fields.

Re: FCC’s comment system targeted by DDoS during filing period for net neutrality

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Post by Uehreka »

wcarron wrote: post #11

Real confirmation of an attack would be a nice-to-have in this situation. I can see 3 probable realities: 1. The sheer volume of commenters and responses took down the system. They cover it by saying a DDoS attack was the cause. 2. They are intent on crippling Net Neutrality anyway, and either designed the system to insufficiently handle traffic and call it a DDos or even DDos themselves. 3. Since there are groups wi…

After watching John Oliver's show on HBO Now, I tried to leave a comment and the site was down. This was at midnight, around the time all HBO Now subscribers would've been getting to the "Here's how to leave a comment" part of the program. No doubt live viewers had posted about gofccyourself.com on social media after doing it themselves, adding to the traffic.

This was no attack, this was legitimate public outrage.

Re: FCC’s comment system targeted by DDoS during filing period for net neutrality

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Post by ben174 »

pera wrote: post #33
ben174 wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

John Oliver's video is #3 trending on YouTube right now. It specifically calls for people to write comments on that page. He even bought up a domain that points directly to the page. http://gofccyourself.com

Citing the second paragraph of the posted article: > “These were deliberate attempts by external actors to bombard the FCC’s comment system with a high amount of traffic to our commercial cloud host. These actors were not attempting to file comments themselves; rather they made it difficult for legitimate commenters to access and file with the FCC.”

He specifically called out to 4chan and other "trolls". It may be an attack, but I still think it's a result of John Oliver's calling.

Re: FCC’s comment system targeted by DDoS during filing period for net neutrality

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Post by JumpCrisscross »

ben174 wrote: post #28
wcarron wrote: post #11

Real confirmation of an attack would be a nice-to-have in this situation. I can see 3 probable realities: 1. The sheer volume of commenters and responses took down the system. They cover it by saying a DDoS attack was the cause. 2. They are intent on crippling Net Neutrality anyway, and either designed the system to insufficiently handle traffic and call it a DDos or even DDos themselves. 3. Since there are groups wi…

John Oliver's video is #3 trending on YouTube right now. It specifically calls for people to write comments on that page. He even bought up a domain that points directly to the page. http://gofccyourself.com

To those trying http://gofccyourself.com, your TL;DR instructions are to click "Express," fill in your comment (you're the "filer"), review and submit.

Re: FCC’s comment system targeted by DDoS during filing period for net neutrality

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Post by alexchantavy »

unityByFreedom wrote: post #36
pera wrote: post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Citing the second paragraph of the posted article: > “These were deliberate attempts by external actors to bombard the FCC’s comment system with a high amount of traffic to our commercial cloud host. These actors were not attempting to file comments themselves; rather they made it difficult for legitimate commenters to access and file with the FCC.”

And the official statement from the FCC, > “Beginning on Sunday night at midnight, our analysis reveals that the FCC was subject to multiple distributed denial-of-service attacks (DDos). These were deliberate attempts by external actors to bombard the FCC’s comment system with a high amount of traffic to our commercial cloud host. These actors were not attempting to file comments themselves; rather they made it diffi…

I really hope that they take they take this as a sign of high level of interest and not DDoS :\
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