GitHub hit by DDoS attack second day in a row
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GitHub hit by DDoS attack second day in a row
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Re: GitHub hit by DDoS attack second day in a row
#2Who would try to disable github?
Re: GitHub hit by DDoS attack second day in a row
#3Who would try to disable github?
Thank is exactly what I was thinking. Who in their right mind would want to do that?
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#6Maybe it's because I just personally identify with the founders of github (i.e. entrepreneurial sw engineers), but I'm starting to get mad at whoever keeps doing this. Here's hoping that with all the smart people this is affecting, the people responsible will be tracked down and exposed.
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#7Anyone else having trouble connecting to GitHub via SSH from AWS?
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#8Who would try to disable github?
I know a few governments who would be more than happy for github to be disabled.
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#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
Thank is exactly what I was thinking. Who in their right mind would want to do that?
Someone who wants to test the limits of their botnet and technique. Can you think of a more tech savvy target?
DDOSs are typically defeated through buying lots and lots of transit. That's an exercise in outspending your adversary.
A small entity like github should be trivial to saturate.
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#10Who would try to disable github?
I know a few governments who would be more than happy for github to be disabled.
Care to elaborate why GitHub would be a target for a state sponsored DDOS attack? Seems a little far-fetched, for a website that is virtually unknown outside of the developer community