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Re: Reddit is currently experiencing a malicious DDoS attack

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Post by criley »

garethadams wrote: post #23
manojlds wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

By definition, DDOS, are malicious no? Otherwise, the site is just having high traffic that it cannot handle. If my blog goes down after being on the front page of HN, is that a DDOS?

I think it's more the term "attack" that indicates maliciousness. Getting Slashdotted or Hacker Newsed is definitely a distributed denial of service, but it's not so much an attack

I don't think it's appropriate to use the DDoS acronym when not referring to an "attack". It's non-standard and will only create confusion. Every "source" online describing a DDoS uses it explicitly to refer to an attack.

Re: Reddit is currently experiencing a malicious DDoS attack

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Post by pmorici »

GHFigs wrote: post #45
krcz wrote: post #35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Actually posts containing speculations about Sunil (missing student) were instantaneously deleted (as groundless and potentially harmful) , at least before name appeared on police scanner, at least on r/findbostonbombers. Info was spread somewhere else, because new people constantly were creating ones.

before name appeared on police scanner Is there a recording of this? Because it sounds a lot like it never happened.

It didn't the student's name was mentioned by a friend of his on Twitter who after looking at the photos released by police said that they thought there was a resemblance between the suspect in the white hat and her friend who had been missing for a month after dropping out of school and becoming depressed. There were several articles about the individual already on the web predating the bombing because the FBI had been contacted by the guy's family to help find him. The name mentioned on Police scanners was a different person also incorrect.

Re: Reddit is currently experiencing a malicious DDoS attack

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Post by darkarmani »

radge wrote: post #30

I hope this is a retaliation for the abhorrent behaviour of reddit users in blind smearing of innocent individuals in an attempt to prove the worth of social media/the internet/their "community". Information is dangerous when it is placed in the hands of these clowns and reddit needs to address their problems quickly before they ruin more lives. http://www.newstatesman.com/world-affairs/2013/04/reddit-bos...

> I hope this is a retaliation for the abhorrent behaviour of reddit users

You don't like vigilantes, but you hope vigilantes are punishing reddit users?

Re: Reddit is currently experiencing a malicious DDoS attack

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Post by josteink »

UnoriginalGuy wrote: post #44
josteink wrote: post #15

As opposed to a non-malicious DDOS attack? Sorry about the snarky remark, but the headline does feel a tad redundant.

Yes, as opposed to a non-malicious one. The best example off the top of my head was a D-Link firmware update which added an NTP server operated by a third party for "public use." This wound up increasing the NTP server's traffic by 90% and costing them over $8K/year in additional bandwidth fees. See [1]. Then you have so called "slashdotting." Or linking to a small web-site with an interesting story and overloading i…

Getting a slashdotting is not a "DDOS attack" under any definition although the practical consequence is the same. If the resulting traffic overload is caused by a (massive) router-configuration error or similar mishaps, it's also by definition not an attack.

Sorry about being picky around semantics, but still: No point in throwing words around to the point where they become completely pointless.

Re: Reddit is currently experiencing a malicious DDoS attack

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Post by wjamesg »

windsurfer wrote: post #27
alienth wrote: post #4

We're mostly recovered, at this time.

You might be overzealous with your bot blocking. I'm being told I'm actually a robot: you appear to be a bad robot check out the rules for robots. thanks.

I believe I've had this happen when using a VPN service (though I could be mistaken)

Re: Reddit is currently experiencing a malicious DDoS attack

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Post by RobotCaleb »

radge wrote: post #30

I hope this is a retaliation for the abhorrent behaviour of reddit users in blind smearing of innocent individuals in an attempt to prove the worth of social media/the internet/their "community". Information is dangerous when it is placed in the hands of these clowns and reddit needs to address their problems quickly before they ruin more lives. http://www.newstatesman.com/world-affairs/2013/04/reddit-bos...

of some reddit users. FTFY. Let's not smear everybody in your blanket statement.

Re: Reddit is currently experiencing a malicious DDoS attack

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Post by SnydenBitchy »

RobotCaleb wrote: post #56
radge wrote: post #30

I hope this is a retaliation for the abhorrent behaviour of reddit users in blind smearing of innocent individuals in an attempt to prove the worth of social media/the internet/their "community". Information is dangerous when it is placed in the hands of these clowns and reddit needs to address their problems quickly before they ruin more lives. http://www.newstatesman.com/world-affairs/2013/04/reddit-bos...

of some reddit users. FTFY. Let's not smear everybody in your blanket statement.

The voting majority of reddit users.

Re: Reddit is currently experiencing a malicious DDoS attack

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Post by facorreia »

darkarmani wrote: post #53
radge wrote: post #30

I hope this is a retaliation for the abhorrent behaviour of reddit users in blind smearing of innocent individuals in an attempt to prove the worth of social media/the internet/their "community". Information is dangerous when it is placed in the hands of these clowns and reddit needs to address their problems quickly before they ruin more lives. http://www.newstatesman.com/world-affairs/2013/04/reddit-bos...

> I hope this is a retaliation for the abhorrent behaviour of reddit users You don't like vigilantes, but you hope vigilantes are punishing reddit users?

Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?

Re: Reddit is currently experiencing a malicious DDoS attack

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Post by jaredmcateer »

Pyramids wrote: post #37
windsurfer wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You might be overzealous with your bot blocking. I'm being told I'm actually a robot: you appear to be a bad robot check out the rules for robots. thanks.

Same here, are you using RES or anything else which might increase request volume?

I use RES, not having any issues.

Re: Reddit is currently experiencing a malicious DDoS attack

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Post by smoyer »

josteink wrote: post #54
UnoriginalGuy wrote: post #44

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes, as opposed to a non-malicious one. The best example off the top of my head was a D-Link firmware update which added an NTP server operated by a third party for "public use." This wound up increasing the NTP server's traffic by 90% and costing them over $8K/year in additional bandwidth fees. See [1]. Then you have so called "slashdotting." Or linking to a small web-site with an interesting story and overloading i…

Getting a slashdotting is not a "DDOS attack" under any definition although the practical consequence is the same. If the resulting traffic overload is caused by a (massive) router-configuration error or similar mishaps, it's also by definition not an attack. Sorry about being picky around semantics, but still: No point in throwing words around to the point where they become completely pointless.

Well ... It's definitely a DDOS but you're right about the attack part.
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