It wont be just 1 guy. The way this usually works is using computers of innocents infected with malware, usually referred to as zombies or trojans. The hacker then uses the infected computers to launch the attack. So it could easily be thousands of unsuspecting people doing it.
Regards Russ Michaels On Sep 11, 2012 5:04 AM, "Byron Mann" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Be interesting to see what they say about this. > > One guy doing a ddos probably has limited resources to do an attack. So, a > provider the size of Godaddy, should be able to mitigate that type of > attack within a few minutes with little fallout afterwords. > > The hours of downtime point to something else in the mix. > > Byron Mann > Lead Engineer and Architect > Hostmysite.com > On Sep 10, 2012 7:09 PM, "Eric Roberts" <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > That is what all the news articles about this are saying... > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Three Ravens Consulting > > Eric Roberts > > Owner/Developer > > [email protected] > > tel: 630-486-5255 > > fax: 630-310-8531 > > http://www.threeravensconsulting.com > > ------------------------------------ > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Russ Michaels [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Monday, September 10, 2012 3:38 PM > > To: cf-talk > > Subject: RE: Anyone having issues with godaddy DNS? I can't even pull up > > their website. > > > > > > Sugest you google dos attacks, it is nothing to do with godaddy > > > > Regards > > Russ Michaels > > On Sep 10, 2012 9:28 PM, "Eric Roberts" <[email protected] > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > I am really glad I moved my sites and DNS away from them LOL. > > > Freedns.angy.com is a free dns host site. My actual sites are at > > > hostek these days. > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > Three Ravens Consulting > > > Eric Roberts > > > Owner/Developer > > > [email protected] > > > tel: 630-486-5255 > > > fax: 630-310-8531 > > > http://www.threeravensconsulting.com > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Casey Dougall - Uber Website Solutions > > > [mailto:[email protected]] > > > Sent: Monday, September 10, 2012 3:07 PM > > > To: cf-talk > > > Subject: Re: Anyone having issues with godaddy DNS? I can't even pull > > > up their website. > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 4:04 PM, Scott Stewart > > > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > > > Their getting DDOS'd > > > > > > > > > > > > http://techcrunch.com/2012/09/10/godaddy-outage-takes-down-millions- > > > > of > > > > -sites/ > > > > > > > > > > > I like these lines here... > > > > > > Later, the AnonymousOwn3r account said in response to a question of > > > whether he took down the whole block of DNS (Domain Name System) > servers: > > "yes! > > > it's not so complex." > > > > > > That was followed by: "when i do some DDOS (Distributed Denial of > > > Service) attack i like to let it down by many days , the attack for > > > unlimited time, it can last one hour or one month." > > > > > > > > > http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-57509753-83/go-daddy-serviced-web-sit > > > es-tak > > > en-down-in-apparent-attack/ > > > > > > So a month of down time, NICE! lol > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:352482 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
