Linode is suffering on-going DDoS attacks
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Linode is suffering on-going DDoS attacks
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Re: Linode is suffering on-going DDoS attacks
#2Been happening daily for about 5 days now. Pretty frustrating but I'm sure it's frustrating for them too.
Thinking about moving to Google Compute Engine instead.
Re: Linode is suffering on-going DDoS attacks
#3Yep, this started on Friday (Christmas day). I assume Linode itself is the target of the attacks, since they have spanned multiple regions.
Re: Linode is suffering on-going DDoS attacks
#4Yep, this started on Friday (Christmas day). I assume Linode itself is the target of the attacks, since they have spanned multiple regions.
An extortion attempt, I suspect.
Re: Linode is suffering on-going DDoS attacks
#5Link says DoS, not DDOS (which isn't even a proper acronym).
Re: Linode is suffering on-going DDoS attacks
#6Been happening daily for about 5 days now. Pretty frustrating but I'm sure it's frustrating for them too. Thinking about moving to Google Compute Engine instead.
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Re: Linode is suffering on-going DDoS attacks
#7Link says DoS, not DDOS (which isn't even a proper acronym).
DoS == Denial of Service;
DDoS == Distributed Denial of Service
Re: Linode is suffering on-going DDoS attacks
#8Been happening daily for about 5 days now. Pretty frustrating but I'm sure it's frustrating for them too. Thinking about moving to Google Compute Engine instead.
I worry that moving to a larger company will just hasten the consolidation of hosting to a few players.
Re: Linode is suffering on-going DDoS attacks
#9My four London servers were also unreachable last week. Looks like Linode have a pretty rough time.