Earlier quoted context omitted.
Certain beyond any shadow of doubt.
What are the indicators that this is a malicious DDoS attack rather than just unprecedented traffic from interest in the Boston manhunt? Also, what reason is there for a DDoS attack on Reddit right now?
Reddit is currently experiencing a malicious DDoS attack
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#12I was on Reddit until 2am (EST) with no issues. Back on at 6:45am with no problem.
Either they've been doing a wonderful job with mitigation, or I'm missing something (I suppose I did miss a few hours while sleeping...). If anything I figured they're getting hammered with EST sunrise/Boston incident traffic...but a simultaneous malicious DDoS attack "beyond any shadow of doubt"? Wow
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#13We're mostly recovered, at this time.
Seems like you're still down...
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#14Is there a defense against DDoS attacks? CloudFlare? Incapsula? Does anyone have experience with how well these solutions work?
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#15As opposed to a non-malicious DDOS attack?
Sorry about the snarky remark, but the headline does feel a tad redundant.
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#16As opposed to a non-malicious DDOS attack? Sorry about the snarky remark, but the headline does feel a tad redundant.
Non-malicious DDOS attacks might be considered those where the traffic is genuine, like a normal website reaching the frontpage of reddit or hn.
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#17Could this have something to do with reddit's co founder speaking against CISPA and calling out major tech companies? [1] Considering reddit played a big role in killing SOPA, CISPA backers feel threatened? [1] - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5570670
I think it's far more likely that someone decided to mess with the party all the Boston observers are having on Reddit. It's all idle speculation, though.
Yes, reddit was up for a bit and I saw two (edit: now four) huge threads with 10k+ comments and live updates from the shoot out in Boston. So maybe they are indeed messing with the Boston live event updates thing on reddit. DDOSing reddit is no small feat, unless you have a botnet at your disposal. Should be more than just some "fun".
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#18Is there a defense against DDoS attacks? CloudFlare? Incapsula? Does anyone have experience with how well these solutions work?
yah, put a swarm of raspberry pi attack reflectors in front.
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#19As opposed to a non-malicious DDOS attack? Sorry about the snarky remark, but the headline does feel a tad redundant.
People sometimes make mistakes. If those people create and distribute consumer level routers those mistakes can be severe.
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#20As opposed to a non-malicious DDOS attack? Sorry about the snarky remark, but the headline does feel a tad redundant.
Non malicious DDOS happen all the time, but mostly reddit does it to other small sites that people discover and reddit ends up overwhelming the servers. Still technically a DDOS, but non malicious. Also during Obama AMA, site was in shambles because of itself.