DDoS

[Senior]

Is game being attacked right now or smth? Can't log in.

[Stormy Dawn]

Probably. It's become a nigh daily occurrence.

[Sel Und Irae]

Originally posted by Senior:

Is game being attacked right now or smth? Can't log in.

I got booted off yesterday twice and gave up, Don't expect anything to happen if it doesn't make SE additional money they'll pretend its not there.

[Alternity]

Originally posted by Sel Und Irae:

Originally posted by Senior:

Is game being attacked right now or smth? Can't log in.

I got booted off yesterday twice and gave up, Don't expect anything to happen if it doesn't make SE additional money they'll pretend its not there.

Speaking like a true network connaiseur.

[DAWG]

Originally posted by Alternity:

Speaking like a true network connaiseur.

A true network connoisseur knows that DDOS protection cost 100 of thousands of $ and no they wont fix it its been happening for a year +

Billion $ company btw

[Shield]

Originally posted by DAWG:

Originally posted by Alternity:

Speaking like a true network connaiseur.

A true network connoisseur knows that DDOS protection cost 100 of thousands of $ and no they wont fix it its been happening for a year +

Billion $ company btw

Tbf DDoS attacks are like, minimal investment for the attacker and maximum for the defender. The rate for small-scale DDoS as a service is like, $20 an hour and can be as easy as buying something on Amazon.

You or I could stage a small DDoS attack on 14 for an entire day without even hitting 4 digits, though obviously it might not even dent their infrastructure with a 'cheap' DDoS.

Blizzard has its own pentagon-esque situation room for at least a decade to monitor attacks and they still can't fully stop them. It's unfortunately not exactly a problem that mindlessly throwing some cash out will fix. In fact, if you ever take an interview for a cybersecurity job, they may ask you how to stop a DDoS as a trick question; if you say yes, they know you're full of sh!t. You say you try to mitigate impact.

Of course, that doesn't help us here trying to play the damn game.

[Hyperdimension]

Hahahahahahahahahahaha game sucks

[Sunny]

Shield is 100% accurate. It's a well written explanation too; thanks for explaining it so plainly.