The site works just fine for me.
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
FCC’s comment system targeted by DDoS during filing period for net neutrality
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Re: FCC’s comment system targeted by DDoS during filing period for net neutrality
#22Real 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…
In 2016, Australia held its first online-first national census. Unsurprisingly it was a complete disaster, and the government told us the system was the victim of a DDoS attack right around dinner time for the east coast. They also told us they expected around 10 million participants and that during capacity planning they took the expected 1 million submissions per hour and doubled it to be safe, i.e. that a bunch of statisticians thought that 10 million people would form a uniform distribution over a day rather than spiking when they get home from work.
Re: FCC’s comment system targeted by DDoS during filing period for net neutrality
#23The 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
Might as well do so anyway, its still going to affect you :)
Re: FCC’s comment system targeted by DDoS during filing period for net neutrality
#24Oh 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.
The man's got a 40% approval rating in his first few months, and Republicans are attempting to push a healthcare bill through congress that currently has an 18% approval rating and a 56% opposed rating.
Opening up ANOTHER front for republicans, prior to the midterms should, actually, be quite upsetting. These are not the sorts of numbers the majority party wants to have before a midterm election.
Re: FCC’s comment system targeted by DDoS during filing period for net neutrality
#25So which ISP has a botnet under its control, I wonder?
Re: FCC’s comment system targeted by DDoS during filing period for net neutrality
#26Under pure net neutrality ISP's would be required to give DDoS attacks equal access.
Re: FCC’s comment system targeted by DDoS during filing period for net neutrality
#27Real 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…
1a. Incompetent IT failed to implement proper monitoring/logging and they honestly don't know if it was legitimate traffic or a DDOS attack.
Re: FCC’s comment system targeted by DDoS during filing period for net neutrality
#28Real 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
Re: FCC’s comment system targeted by DDoS during filing period for net neutrality
#29Oh 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.
The man's got a 40% approval rating in his first few months, and Republicans are attempting to push a healthcare bill through congress that currently has an 18% approval rating and a 56% opposed rating. Opening up ANOTHER front for republicans, prior to the midterms should, actually, be quite upsetting. These are not the sorts of numbers the majority party wants to have before a midterm election.
They don't care. They gerrymandered the districts for the House using REDMAP. It gives them superpowers.
Re: FCC’s comment system targeted by DDoS during filing period for net neutrality
#30Real 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…
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