As Jason said, just blocking his IP isn't good enough since the attack comes from many other IP's. And since the server queries go through Valve's master servers, I don't think what Jason wants to accomplish is possible.
On Tue, Oct 22, 2013 at 9:00 PM, Doctor McKay <[email protected]> wrote: > Use iptables or a similar firewall to drop all traffic from his IP. > > > Dr. McKay > www.doctormckay.com > > > On Tue, Oct 22, 2013 at 6:12 AM, Jason Tango <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hello, >> >> We've had several DDOS attacks in the past several weeks. We now know the >> IP address of the person who is initiating the attacks (he has admitted as >> much). Unfortunately, he is using some kind of reflection attack that comes >> from hundreds of different IP addresses, so just blocking his IP won't do us >> much good. >> >> My question is - is there some way to prevent our server from even >> appearing in the server browser for his IP address? >> >> It sure would be wonderful for server operators to be able to blacklist >> certain IPs from even being able to see our servers in the server browser >> ;-) >> >> _______________________________________________ >> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, >> please visit: >> https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds >> > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds > -- Idleness is not doing nothing. Idleness is being free to do anything. - Floyd Dell _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds
