Thread: PgFoundry Down?
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 DDoS against an IP caused us some issues today ... we blocked the IP (and are helping the client move to another provider, as this isn't the first time) and everything seem fine now, so the queues are being pushed out ... - -- Marc G. Fournier Hub.Org Hosting Solutions S.A. (http://www.hub.org) Email . scrappy@hub.org MSN . scrappy@hub.org Yahoo . yscrappy Skype: hub.org ICQ . 7615664 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.8 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkf2hNYACgkQ4QvfyHIvDvMsHACggybMrdrdjpyCdKlVnM4nvyIm HdwAoJf/zUvN9DVbBoDndHioSuhhV8qs =+NxB -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
On Fri, 04 Apr 2008 16:43:18 -0300 Marc G. Fournier wrote: > DDoS against an IP caused us some issues today ... we blocked the IP (and are > helping the client move to another provider, as this isn't the first time) and > everything seem fine now, so the queues are being pushed out ... That's not the first time, this machines was DDoSed, or? Kind regards -- Andreas 'ads' Scherbaum German PostgreSQL User Group European PostgreSQL User Group - Board of Directors
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - --On Friday, April 04, 2008 22:22:13 +0200 Andreas 'ads' Scherbaum <adsmail@wars-nicht.de> wrote: > On Fri, 04 Apr 2008 16:43:18 -0300 Marc G. Fournier wrote: > >> DDoS against an IP caused us some issues today ... we blocked the IP (and >> are helping the client move to another provider, as this isn't the first >> time) and everything seem fine now, so the queues are being pushed out ... > > That's not the first time, this machines was DDoSed, or? Nope, but its the last time ... that client's VPS/site will not be coming back online ... - -- Marc G. Fournier Hub.Org Hosting Solutions S.A. (http://www.hub.org) Email . scrappy@hub.org MSN . scrappy@hub.org Yahoo . yscrappy Skype: hub.org ICQ . 7615664 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.8 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkf27KwACgkQ4QvfyHIvDvOHAQCfVvk3Id49J4NRdvVyjIrwaqiP dDwAnjkNKXdd9SG2fOY62IxHyK18aiUy =WG++ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
"Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@hub.org> writes:
> <adsmail@wars-nicht.de> wrote:
>> That's not the first time, this machines was DDoSed, or?
> Nope, but its the last time ... that client's VPS/site will not be coming back
> online ...
While I can't argue with that, it's kinda depressing, because that's the
exact result the DDOS'ers hoped to achieve.
regards, tom lane
Tom Lane wrote: > "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@hub.org> writes: > > <adsmail@wars-nicht.de> wrote: > >> That's not the first time, this machines was DDoSed, or? > > > Nope, but its the last time ... that client's VPS/site will not be coming back > > online ... > > While I can't argue with that, it's kinda depressing, because that's the > exact result the DDOS'ers hoped to achieve. What was the DDOS client doing that was causing this? -- Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> http://momjian.us EnterpriseDB http://enterprisedb.com + If your life is a hard drive, Christ can be your backup. +
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - --On Friday, April 04, 2008 23:16:59 -0400 Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote: > "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@hub.org> writes: >> <adsmail@wars-nicht.de> wrote: >>> That's not the first time, this machines was DDoSed, or? > >> Nope, but its the last time ... that client's VPS/site will not be coming >> back online ... > > While I can't argue with that, it's kinda depressing, because that's the > exact result the DDOS'ers hoped to achieve. Ya, I wish there was a better route I could take, but other then putting him onto his own network, with a dedicated server, I can't see any other way of protecting the other clients from this (well, beyond putting in so much bandwidth that a DDoS would have little effect, of course) ... - -- Marc G. Fournier Hub.Org Hosting Solutions S.A. (http://www.hub.org) Email . scrappy@hub.org MSN . scrappy@hub.org Yahoo . yscrappy Skype: hub.org ICQ . 7615664 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.8 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkf29jcACgkQ4QvfyHIvDvPeIgCfZOFirn1wCh+IsGq+JCxcTqGT k4EAnRnmXc/r64PWnTikXpop9xci65zd =/6CI -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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- --On Friday, April 04, 2008 23:26:54 -0400 Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
wrote:
> Tom Lane wrote:
>> "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@hub.org> writes:
>> > <adsmail@wars-nicht.de> wrote:
>> >> That's not the first time, this machines was DDoSed, or?
>>
>> > Nope, but its the last time ... that client's VPS/site will not be coming
>> > back online ...
>>
>> While I can't argue with that, it's kinda depressing, because that's the
>> exact result the DDOS'ers hoped to achieve.
>
> What was the DDOS client doing that was causing this?
Well, most DDoS' attack a single IP from multiple hosts across the Internet ...
take a read of the following, which should explain it to you more indepth:
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denial-of-service_attack>
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Marc G. Fournier Hub.Org Hosting Solutions S.A. (http://www.hub.org)
Email . scrappy@hub.org MSN . scrappy@hub.org
Yahoo . yscrappy Skype: hub.org ICQ . 7615664
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Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> writes:
> What was the DDOS client doing that was causing this?
I imagine he'd ticked off some people who would be willing to stoop to
such depths in order to get his website shut down. Marc is quite
properly not naming any names, to protect his (ex) client's privacy,
but basically what you saw here was internet thuggery in action.
regards, tom lane