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sometimes i cant connect to the site
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our provider was experiencing a DDoS attack (aimed at another customer) which caused problems on their network.
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distributed denial of service. It's basically when a botnet is used to flood a server with data until it crashes or drops offline.
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Replying to #4
Now you explain what that means. I was clueless >.>
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LOL, i had problems connecting to this site a few hours ago...
Post Merge: [time]1295138291[/time]Replying to #5
It's basically when people (and botnets) spam the IP address constantly so others cant access the server(s)
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I see that now. :P
When I IM'd Loony to see as to why it was down, he just said a DDoS attack, and they were gonna do something...
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garychencool · #6It's basically when people (and botnets) spam the IP address constantly so others cant access the server(s)
DDoS is botnet usually, DoS is a single attacker.
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Tomoka · #7I see that now. :PWhen I IM'd Loony to see as to why it was down, he just said a DDoS attack, and they were gonna do something...
switch internet service providors just like WikiLeaks?
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oh, lol most of the botnets are infected PCs I think...