Spamhaus is the victim of the record largest DDoS attack in internet history - 300 gigabits/second
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[url]http://www.theverge.com/2013/3/27/4152540/largest-ddos-attack-spamhaus-linked-to-cyberbunker-spam[/url]
[quote=The Verge]If your internet service has been running slower than usual lately, your cable company may not be the one to blame: a massive distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack that began on March 18 against the website of Spamhaus, a European volunteer spam-fighting organization, has increased to the point that it's now affecting websites around the globe, including Netflix, according to The New York Times and the BBC. Experts said it was the largest attack of its kind publicly identified, and Spamhaus told the BBC that law enforcement in five different countries were investigating the attacks.
The precise identity of the attackers remains unknown for now, but the Times and BBC quoted Sven Olaf Kamphuis as their spokesperson. Kamphuis said the attacks were being carried out in retaliation for Spamhaus's recent move to add a libertine Dutch domain hosting company named Cyberbunker to its list of suspected spam-hosting websites. Spamhaus recommends email operators block all traffic from the sites on this list, but Kamphuis accused Spamhaus of "abusing their influence." Cyberbunker maintains it doesn't host spammy domains.
To mitigate this record attack, Spamhaus turned to security firm Cloudflare, who seems to have done the trick, as Spamhaus is now back online.[/quote]
Cloudflare also has an analysis: [url]http://blog.cloudflare.com/the-ddos-that-knocked-spamhaus-offline-and-ho[/url]
Holy fuck
Holy shit, thats just insane.
Cyberbunker is throwing a fit because they got put on the naughty list.
Despite their behavior, Cyberbunker is probably the most badass hosting company. Their datacenter is in a Coldwar era NATO bunker that is 3 stories underground.
Confirmed affecting porn sites.
Holy shit.
This will sound dumb but can DDoS attacks cause physical damage to servers? If so, that could have done some serious harm without Cloudflare.
The Cloudflare analysis is a great read.
Holy shit.
Is this why youtube had been ass with loading videos the past few days?
[QUOTE=Ricool06;40058586]Holy shit.
This will sound dumb but can DDoS attacks cause physical damage to servers? If so, that could have done some serious harm without Cloudflare.[/QUOTE]
Not unless access to whatever cooling systems are in place is gained.
wow that's so fucking childish
i mean how upset can you get
And I thought butthurt people getting banned from Gmod servers was bad
[QUOTE=Ricool06;40058586]Holy shit.
This will sound dumb but can DDoS attacks cause physical damage to servers? If so, that could have done some serious harm without Cloudflare.[/QUOTE]
A DDoS is just spamming a website with requests to destroy their bandwidth AFAIK. Not sure how it could damage the physical server unless they were also doing something else to try and gain control of the servers
That's disturbingly amazing and look in the comment's.. "We are legion, expect us". :suicide:
Stupid ass..
[QUOTE=wickedplayer494;40058623]Not unless access to whatever cooling systems are in place is gained.[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=Elspin;40058663]A DDoS is just spamming a website with requests to destroy their bandwidth AFAIK. Not sure how it could damage the physical server unless they were also doing something else to try and gain control of the servers[/QUOTE]
Okey dokey. Thanks for the brain food.
How many computers would be needed to perform this large of an attack?
[QUOTE=Ricool06;40058720]Okey dokey. Thanks for the brain food.
How many computers would be needed to perform this large of an attack?[/QUOTE]
Thousands. Cloudflare's analysis details what it would take just to get a 75 gigabit/second DDoS.
So this is why I had to pause and let my porn stream a bit last night? and here I was in a drunken haze shouting at my modem and slandering Virgin Media for being slow.
[quote]Cyberbunker maintains it doesn't host spammy domains.[/quote]
yeah this'll prove we're not spammy
though is it confirmed it came from CB at all? what if it was the actions of a client who believed they'd be affected through the block of CB
[QUOTE=Mr Anonymous;40058706]I got DDoS'd at home once, and it fried my router. I don't know how, but after the attack, the router would no longer work.[/QUOTE]
DDoS attacks can put a lot of strain on hardware because they get to deal with huge amounts of data, kind of like a stress test. Considering that a home router is just a bare chip without any proper cooling, a DDoS attack can indeed fry it. Data center grade hardware however is used to the big load and are generally better cooled, so the chances of physically breaking them isn't as big.
Is youtube affected in any way? Took 10 mins to load a 2 minute 1080p video on a 10Mbps network earlier.
[QUOTE=Mr Anonymous;40058706]I got DDoS'd at home once, and it fried my router. I don't know how, but after the attack, the router would no longer work.[/QUOTE]
Riiiiiiiight.
[QUOTE=Rangergxi;40058702]That's disturbingly amazing and look in the comment's.. "We are legion, expect us". :suicide:
Stupid ass..[/QUOTE]
"The End Is Coming. Make Preparations".
-Prank Caller, The Sims.
Well, shit, I thought it was my router. I moved it to the sofa and it seemed to work better. Placebo effect, I guess.
I guess that's why YouTube has been a total asshat loading videos for a while
[QUOTE=Aetna;40058755]Riiiiiiiight.[/QUOTE]
Let's see, increased load on the main chipset, that's an increased net draw of power. That increased power draw? That manifests as heat/thermal dissipation and exactly how many home routers do you see with active cooling? Not many! So yeah, right. Unless you're off in cloud-cuckoo-superconducting-consumer-goods-land. In which case, send some our way!
[QUOTE=daijitsu;40058746]yeah this'll prove we're not spammy
though is it confirmed it came from CB at all? what if it was the actions of a client who believed they'd be affected through the block of CB[/QUOTE]
I wouldn't be surprised if the primary suspects are on the client list of CyberBunker customers.
Conspiracy: CloudFlare performed the attack and mitigated it too as a marketing campaign to show how good their service is.
:tinfoil:
[QUOTE=Fuxed;40058814]Let's see, increased load on the main chipset, that's an increased net draw of power. That increased power draw? That manifests as heat/thermal dissipation and exactly how many home routers do you see with active cooling? Not many! So yeah, right. Unless you're off in cloud-cuckoo-superconducting-consumer-goods-land. In which case, send some our way![/QUOTE]
Thing is that every single piece of computer electronics, routers included, are designed to at the very worst case clock down/shut down in case of overheating.
It might have HELPED the router to die, but it must have had a previously existing condition which just simply needed a peak to be thrown off.
Spammers are, literally, the scum of the earth.
Murderers and rapists suck but there is little that pisses me off more than someone who spams.
[QUOTE=Awesomecaek;40058868]Thing is that every single piece of computer electronics, routers included, are designed to at the very worst case clock down/shut down in case of overheating.
It might have HELPED the router to die, but it must have had a previously existing condition which just simply needed a peak to be thrown off.[/QUOTE]
Well, that's the joy of manufacturing tolerances! While 99 percent of a batch can handle their respective extremes, that 1 percent can still fail spectacularly or close to it. Given 'fried' could be anything from a shorted diode to blown silicon LSI, the extra stress of a DoS can easy be a killer.
You're quite right though; but you do get lovely oddities like Sagem routers, of which I've had one get hot enough to melt plastic fascia and still keep on trucking. This off-topic ramble has been brought to you by IPEE, the Institute of Pedantic Electronic Engineers.
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Looks like they are getting some backlash or just can't handle the popularity boost, also their site looks like its from 2005 when it does load.
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