▲ 245 ▼ Mastodon says its flagship server was hit by a DDoS attack (techcrunch.com) submitted 6 months ago by nemeski@piefed.social to c/fediverse@lemmy.world 21 comments fedilink hide all child comments ❤ 1
[–] tofu@lemmy.nocturnal.garden 6 points 6 months ago (6 children) Who do you mean with them? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Goodlucksil@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 6 months ago (4 children) The DDoS perpetrators permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] tofu@lemmy.nocturnal.garden 10 points 6 months ago (3 children) Well they targeted the biggest instance. Their attack didn't stop mastodon as a whole, but many users were impacted permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] jafra@slrpnk.net 2 points 6 months ago (2 children) Maybe it was about silencing s/o on this instance for some time. Idk. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] FreeBooteR69@lemmy.ca 3 points 6 months ago (1 child) Sure but it is ultimately futile because Mastodon, using the ActivityPub protocol, aka The Fediverse, can't be completely shut down. Somebody ddos's one instance, well there are other instances you can join to easily defeat the ddos. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] daychilde@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago You make a good point, however a counterpoint: Instance information is not hidden. It would be relatively trivial for a bad actor with resources to DDOS one instance to add other instances. permalink fedilink source parent [–] SharkAttak@kbin.melroy.org 3 points 6 months ago them' mofuckers. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Goodlucksil@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 6 months ago (4 children) The DDoS perpetrators permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] tofu@lemmy.nocturnal.garden 10 points 6 months ago (3 children) Well they targeted the biggest instance. Their attack didn't stop mastodon as a whole, but many users were impacted permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] jafra@slrpnk.net 2 points 6 months ago (2 children) Maybe it was about silencing s/o on this instance for some time. Idk. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] FreeBooteR69@lemmy.ca 3 points 6 months ago (1 child) Sure but it is ultimately futile because Mastodon, using the ActivityPub protocol, aka The Fediverse, can't be completely shut down. Somebody ddos's one instance, well there are other instances you can join to easily defeat the ddos. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] daychilde@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago You make a good point, however a counterpoint: Instance information is not hidden. It would be relatively trivial for a bad actor with resources to DDOS one instance to add other instances. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] tofu@lemmy.nocturnal.garden 10 points 6 months ago (3 children) Well they targeted the biggest instance. Their attack didn't stop mastodon as a whole, but many users were impacted permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] jafra@slrpnk.net 2 points 6 months ago (2 children) Maybe it was about silencing s/o on this instance for some time. Idk. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] FreeBooteR69@lemmy.ca 3 points 6 months ago (1 child) Sure but it is ultimately futile because Mastodon, using the ActivityPub protocol, aka The Fediverse, can't be completely shut down. Somebody ddos's one instance, well there are other instances you can join to easily defeat the ddos. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] daychilde@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago You make a good point, however a counterpoint: Instance information is not hidden. It would be relatively trivial for a bad actor with resources to DDOS one instance to add other instances. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] jafra@slrpnk.net 2 points 6 months ago (2 children) Maybe it was about silencing s/o on this instance for some time. Idk. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] FreeBooteR69@lemmy.ca 3 points 6 months ago (1 child) Sure but it is ultimately futile because Mastodon, using the ActivityPub protocol, aka The Fediverse, can't be completely shut down. Somebody ddos's one instance, well there are other instances you can join to easily defeat the ddos. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] daychilde@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago You make a good point, however a counterpoint: Instance information is not hidden. It would be relatively trivial for a bad actor with resources to DDOS one instance to add other instances. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] FreeBooteR69@lemmy.ca 3 points 6 months ago (1 child) Sure but it is ultimately futile because Mastodon, using the ActivityPub protocol, aka The Fediverse, can't be completely shut down. Somebody ddos's one instance, well there are other instances you can join to easily defeat the ddos. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] daychilde@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago You make a good point, however a counterpoint: Instance information is not hidden. It would be relatively trivial for a bad actor with resources to DDOS one instance to add other instances. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] daychilde@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago You make a good point, however a counterpoint: Instance information is not hidden. It would be relatively trivial for a bad actor with resources to DDOS one instance to add other instances. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SharkAttak@kbin.melroy.org 3 points 6 months ago them' mofuckers. permalink fedilink source parent