Ask HN: YouTube down? • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: YouTube down?

#191

Post by ClassAndBurn » Wed, Oct 17, 2018, 1:59 AM UTC

Now we all get track how our user traffic increases when YouTube is down...

Re: Ask HN: YouTube down?

#192

Post by [deleted] » Wed, Oct 17, 2018, 1:59 AM UTC

corodra wrote: post #102

Are we going to start a betting pool as to why? I put $20 on DDoS, but I'm hedging $5 that someone spilled their drink on something important and quickly got out of there before anyone noticed.

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Re: Ask HN: YouTube down?

#193

Post by baking » Wed, Oct 17, 2018, 1:59 AM UTC

baking wrote: post #147

MissionControl wrote: post #99

Earlier quoted context omitted.

A long long time ago, I can still remember how those videos used to make me smile... (Take it)

And I knew if I had my pick, that I could make those people click, and maybe they'd be happy for a while

or "And I knew if I was slick, ..."

Re: Ask HN: YouTube down?

#194

Post by rashthedude » Wed, Oct 17, 2018, 1:59 AM UTC

Youtube is love...Youtube is life(or so we thought). R.I.P 2005 - 2018.

Re: Ask HN: YouTube down?

#195

Post by kobayashi » Wed, Oct 17, 2018, 1:59 AM UTC

I was setting up a new network and thought it was my settings! I've been driving myself mad for the last 45 minutes thinking that I had fudged up somewhere! Thank goodness for this post

Re: Ask HN: YouTube down?

#196

Post by [deleted] » Wed, Oct 17, 2018, 2:00 AM UTC

mikesickler wrote: post #151

typon wrote: post #121

I'm imagining millions of kids in restaurants crying out because their "iPads aren't working"

My son is having "a moment"

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Re: Ask HN: YouTube down?

#197

Post by orangepenguin » Wed, Oct 17, 2018, 2:00 AM UTC

corodra wrote: post #131

Escapado wrote: post #115

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Wouldn't DDoS be incredibly hard to pull off given YouTubes vast resources? I mean they generate so much traffic all the time and serve so many requests a second I don't know if botnets of that size exist. Anyone here more knowledgeable?

Would it involve hitting whoever/whatever handles their DNS like that one attack about a year ago? FYI: I legit am retarded to such things and my networking knowledge is...meh. So please correct me.

DNS is resolving because people can get to the site. Because of the distributed nature of YouTube's resources (at DNS as well as other layers), it's very unlikely to be DDoS related. Static content loads, but video content doesn't. Seems like an application error, or a problem with media streaming infrastructure.

Re: Ask HN: YouTube down?

#198

Post by DonaldFisk » Wed, Oct 17, 2018, 2:00 AM UTC

Down and out in London.

Re: Ask HN: YouTube down?

#199

Post by mdani » Wed, Oct 17, 2018, 2:00 AM UTC

Google search very slow / down for me. Anyone seeing the same?

Re: Ask HN: YouTube down?

#200

Post by Thaxll » Wed, Oct 17, 2018, 2:00 AM UTC

sarim wrote: post #58

I have never seen Youtube not work. Ever. This is a special moment. Glad you are all here to share it with me :)

Google sites are probably the most reliable, I don't think I've ever seen google / gmail / yt going down.