jesse
Touchdown! Greaser!
Access to PoA this morning has been intermittent and it may go down again. We're currently responding to what is likely a DDOS attack against another part of our network and PoA isn't a priority at this point.
Not fun. Hope you got it sorted.
It's sorted in the sense that it stopped and we hope it doesn't happen again as it flooded our upstream interfaces beyond our ability to even have a chance of figuring out what was going on.
We have dealt with these from time to time. Typically they stop and then start again. You can try to null route the main ip address they come in on but if there is an infected machine inside that phones home it will just follow you. The last one we had went on for about an hour we got it to stop 2 or 3 times and it eventually just went away.
The question always is why are they targeting you.
Who's in favor of the death penalty for miscreants who hack networks and create viruses to spread misery to countless people they don't know?
I'm in favor.
Why someone would spend their time trying to knock it offline I have no idea.
Who's in favor of the death penalty for miscreants who hack networks and create viruses to spread misery to countless people they don't know?
I'm in favor.
It's sorted in the sense that it stopped and we hope it doesn't happen again as it flooded our upstream interfaces beyond our ability to even have a chance of figuring out what was going on.
How about just death penalty for anyone who spreads misery period?
I think we need a bit more specificity for the death penalty.
By the way there are companies who for a large sum will announce your BGP space to come to their massively connected server farms, drop the malicious traffic, and forward on the real stuff to your servers. It's really only cost effective for giant DDoS attacks against massive websites making serious money. Numerous online casinos have had to utilize these services when attacked at important getting times. Articles about it a few years ago in a few security trade rags.
Or get your ISPs to install IPSs for you upstream of you and drop the traffic before it ever makes it to your circuits.