Yes, you're absolutely right - it was done for fun. I'm testing a new method for DDoSing Amazon targeted servers, and stacker.news is the right place for such testing.
I apologize if I did any harm :c
I read stacker.news regularly myself and like lightning news
No real harm. It's nice to be be aware of these things should unfriendly attacks come. I've never been DDoS'd so it was kind of educational for me as well.
Do you have any recommendations for things we should do to prevent these kinds of attacks?
Hmm, I wonder what party would have an interest in doing this... I don't think they would've managed to dp anything other than keep it down for a little bit.
Decentralized? No… How do you imagine that would look?
You can DIY something w/HAproxy or similar, but it won’t have a chance of mitigating a large DDoS attack.
This is one of those areas where you probably need to work in big tech to get hands on experience with the state of the art, because the resource requirements are too large for a small operation where DDoS mitigation isn’t the core product.
I'm glad it's over... I just found this place.
It seemed mostly like someone just having a laugh.
Maybe they'll come here and tell us?
DDoSer on the phone.
Yes, you're absolutely right - it was done for fun. I'm testing a new method for DDoSing Amazon targeted servers, and stacker.news is the right place for such testing.
I apologize if I did any harm :c I read stacker.news regularly myself and like lightning news
No real harm. It's nice to be be aware of these things should unfriendly attacks come. I've never been DDoS'd so it was kind of educational for me as well.
Do you have any recommendations for things we should do to prevent these kinds of attacks?
Cloudflare, AWS Shield
Avoid expensive operations (db or node hits) from unauthenticated endpoints.
DDoS-ed, confessed, got paid OR didn’t DDoS, lied, got paid
glad to see bitcoin is alive and well for criminals and/or liars. JK JK. this is fun, wild stuff.
Hmm, I wonder what party would have an interest in doing this... I don't think they would've managed to dp anything other than keep it down for a little bit.
The most obvious awnser is why not? DDOS is not that hard to pull off, anyone can do it if they are willing to throw some money away.
Can a system like Cloudflare or AWS shield be decentralized?
Decentralized? No… How do you imagine that would look?
You can DIY something w/HAproxy or similar, but it won’t have a chance of mitigating a large DDoS attack.
This is one of those areas where you probably need to work in big tech to get hands on experience with the state of the art, because the resource requirements are too large for a small operation where DDoS mitigation isn’t the core product.
My first weekend working for SN and site gets taken down, lol