Hacker Read

tptacek · 2022-05-25 18:54:14

It's not DDOS. That's "rhetorical flair" from the author.

detaro | karma 40664 | avg karma 1.79 · | 2021-12-26 15:04:15

the "DDOS attack" quote is from somebody else...

walrus01 | karma 33280 | avg karma 4.42 · | 2019-01-15 18:49:06+00:00

A DDoS is not "hacking". I've personally seen DDoS much bigger than the one described in the article over things as trivial as League of Legends online gaming.

dunnevens | karma 807 | avg karma 4.43 · | 2021-08-08 01:03:47

Good point on the DDOS. Didn't think of it that way.

sayit | karma 2 | avg karma 0.5 · | 2013-07-19 13:17:20+00:00

They are not going to say "this person did this error", so "we have a DDOS" sounds more pro.

EForEndeavour | karma 2613 | avg karma 2.56 · | 2019-04-13 19:09:52+00:00

A DDoS is by definition also a DoS, so the OP's statement stands just fine on its own.

arrrg | karma 6593 | avg karma 3.11 · | 2013-03-21 23:43:58+00:00

I quoted the segment where I think the statement makes reference to the DDoS.

It is open to interpretation, but I don’t think it’s an unreasonable interpretation.

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quietbritishjim | karma 6398 | avg karma 3.74 · | 2022-07-05 01:26:35

DDOS is essentially the exact opposite of what the parent comment is talking about.

xandfor | karma 4 | avg karma 4.0 · | 2023-11-29 03:51:49

Call it DDoS and not unspecific clickbaity

polynomial | karma 563 | avg karma 0.82 · | 2016-10-11 16:46:38+00:00

Seems somewhat ironic that an article about DDoD is published on CloudFlare's blog.

giancarlostoro | karma 13964 | avg karma 2.4 · | 2019-04-04 11:23:01

> The title of the article does say DDOS, however, which is focused more on saturating bandwidth, not CPU.

Sadly DDoS has at times been used as a blanket term that also includes DoS.

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oars | karma 609 | avg karma 1.97 · | 2021-10-23 19:45:42

Fantastic discussion about DDoS in these comments, thank you.

jaifraic | karma 71 | avg karma 1.42 · | 2020-06-16 13:18:31

So... it actually is a DDoS attack ;)

rmbyrro | karma 3453 | avg karma 1.97 · | 2022-04-27 19:43:08

DDoS'ing is not hacking.

ggggtez | karma 3199 | avg karma 2.31 · | 2021-03-11 22:51:46+00:00

Oh, I see. Sure I guess. But it's not a DDoS either. It would just be a DoS.

jlgaddis | karma 11467 | avg karma 2.4 · | 2016-10-11 22:33:18+00:00

Ironic? To me, it seems quite fitting that a company who has "protecting you from DDoS attacks" as one of their major selling points would publish an article about (recent and relevant) DDoS attacks.

txutxu | karma 669 | avg karma 1.97 · | 2013-10-03 05:29:14

It's something usual, and It's always by a supposed DDoS.

Deestan | karma 3297 | avg karma 4.95 · | 2013-01-16 09:46:03+00:00

> The same is not true of DDoS attacks.

It should be pretty clear in this case, though.

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alan_cx | karma 6033 | avg karma 3.47 · | 2013-03-22 01:01:45+00:00

The bit you quoted makes no reference to the DDoS. You decided that the quoted text implied that. You then talk about interpretation, having claimed a specific reference that doesn't exist. You can't have it both ways.

blibble | karma 9766 | avg karma 3.04 · | 2022-08-31 12:30:39

> And let's be real. DDoS attacks are acts of digital terrorism. They're attacking infrastructure due to political motives.

in my experience most of the time it's due to:

  - boredom ("gotta nuke something")
  - revenge for being banned/fragged/...
  - extortion ("ban this person I don't like, or else")