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DDOS attacks explanation please

Hugo_

Hugo_

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Hi,

I was reading Taylors goodbye and saw DDOS. Now i'm a 35 year executive that knows you click a mouse button and up pops a game to play. That's all.

Can someone explain to me what a DDOS is, am I vulnerable? How do I know it is happening to me and how do I protect myself from such a process? @Neo(Only if you have time please)

REgards

SPC Hugo

 
Hugo000 said:
Hi,

I was reading Taylors goodbye and saw DDOS. Now i'm a 35 year executive that knows you click a mouse button and up pops a game to play. That's all.

Can someone explain to me what a DDOS is, am I vulnerable? How do I know it is happening to me and how do I protect myself from such a process? @Neo(Only if you have time please)

REgards

SPC Hugo
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DDOS stands for: Distributed Denial of Service.

It is a type of attack on the internet where a person, who has access to a Bot Network (this a a network of possible thousands, if not tens of thousands of computers that are infected with malware / viruses that allow someone to control these machines). With access to this bot network, the perpetrator can send millions of requests a seconds of whatever type (websites would be HTTP / HTTPS requests). 

These millions of requests cause the targeted website, or system to crash due to too many simultaneous requests.

You do not have to worry personally, DDOS attacks are targetted at a specific person, or website.
They are not infectious in any way. There's very little you can do to protect yourself from them if they do occur to you personally, there is some mitigation possible but its not 100% effective.

TL:DR, a DDOS attack is like hundreds / thousands of people shouting at someone which makes them temporarily deaf.

 
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No your not vulnerable via AltisLife.co.uk, However if you visit other teamspeaks or use skype and surround yourself with these kids that are upto no good then its likely.

Never share your IP with anyone, Also no staff member of ALUK will ever ask for it.

 
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Ahh thanks. So how do I know if a DDOs attack is happening? One of the things NEO wrote was that currently as he type the message, there were thousands of DDOS attacks happening. And how do you trace the source if it does occur?

Lastly, will the likes of Norton prevent this from happening?

 
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Ahh thanks. So how do I know if a DDOs attack is happening? One of the things NEO wrote was that currently as he type the message, there were thousands of DDOS attacks happening. And how do you trace the source if it does occur?

Lastly, will the likes of Norton prevent this from happening?
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If you're internet is gone or slow. You can't really protect yourself for DDOS attacks when they are happening. Prevention is the key. 

 
Hugo000 said:
Ahh thanks. So how do I know if a DDOs attack is happening? One of the things NEO wrote was that currently as he type the message, there were thousands of DDOS attacks happening. And how do you trace the source if it does occur?

Lastly, will the likes of Norton prevent this from happening?
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If a DDOS is directed at you, you'll probably have extremely limited or no connection to the internet.

Tracing DDOS attacks is essentially a pain in the arse, as mentioned before there are thouands of computers hammering your system with connection attempts.
You can use tools like Netmon or Wireshark (Network Capture tools) to log incoming connections, but there's not much you can do once you have this information.
Only reporting it to the police would get any kind of attention, and even then DDOSing on a smaller scale is not dealt with as seriously as it should by the police.

I doubt Norton will do anything to help unfortunately, if you do suspect you're being targets with a DDOS attack, best thing to do is contact your ISP (Internet service provider). They'll probably be able to hop you onto a different IP address to negate the DDOS attacks.

 
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Hugo000 said:
Thanks lads.........I certainly feel old now lol.....
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Pfft, you're not that much older that me mate. 
I just had a father that insisted I learnt about computing from a young age. 

Glad we could help though.

 
Most DDOS attacks come from kids using paid for booters/stressers which unfortunately take home connections down easily so as others have said never give out your ip to anyone.

Since they the attacks come from spoofed ip's there is little chance you can trace it and the police wont really care.

 
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If you believe you're being DDoS'd, simply pull out your router from the mains or unplug your internet hub box. This, seriously, works. It stops the packages being sent to your IP, so even when you plug your hub box in again the person would have to "restart" the DDoS attack. 

 
Your IP  is like your internet "Social Security Number" or internet "Identification Number." Never give it out.

 
And just a reminder, if you do experience a DDOS attack, you can change your IP address very easily which definitely helps. It is very unlikely however but just in case! If you have any queries or need clarification feel free to drop me a private message.

 
Simple solution for this is to upgrade your ISP package back when I use to play a lot of competitive games kids prime weapon would be a booter simply paying an extra £11 something a month upgraded my line to a business line.. Obviously you will have to lie saying you work from home but that's besides the point as technically I was earning money through tourneys. So yeah upgrade to business problem solved :)

 
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