Topic: MTGox vs mysterious Russia (Read 36027 times)
Since the end of the Cold War and the beginning of "globalization" the Chinese are the new Russians!
It doesn't help.
Russian criminals have some of the biggest botnets (multiple gbit/s downlink) that can even bring down sites like Twitter & Facebook at the same time.
http://www.pcworld.com/article/169809/twitter_ddos_attack_politically_motivated_says_report.html
Note that Facebook used some of the highest bandwidth servers in the world during the attack.
It still doesn't help even with attack patterning.
A site such as Mt. Gox has no chance to survive even if an attack with just a fraction of that, or 5-10k connections TCP flood it.
Most small to medium sized companies will pay protection money to stop the attacks coming because they lose more in business daily than they would pay the attacker.
The problem is that this opens you up for frequent extortion because you already paid once.
I don't think Mark considered the option of paying $7000 as requested earlier.
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Well in that case maybe TORing mtgox.com is the solution.
IT WAS THE RUSSIANS.... should have known it !!!
I think at least until we have multiple large stock markets mtgox needs to try to be distributed too just as BTC maybe Fortigate with load balancers .. cloud data centers across the globe ... One thing people love about BTC is that it is (DISTRIBUTED) even more than being anonymous .. and the DDoS/hacks we seen in mtgox is such a proof along with the governments games with their currencies.
The closest I can think of for a URL to be distributed is cloud hosting with load balances and different data center across the globe.
The closest I can think of for a URL to be distributed is cloud hosting with load balances and different data center across the globe.
It doesn't help.
Russian criminals have some of the biggest botnets (multiple gbit/s downlink) that can even bring down sites like Twitter & Facebook at the same time.
http://www.pcworld.com/article/169809/twitter_ddos_attack_politically_motivated_says_report.html
Note that Facebook used some of the highest bandwidth servers in the world during the attack.
It still doesn't help even with attack patterning.
A site such as Mt. Gox has no chance to survive even if an attack with just a fraction of that, or 5-10k connections TCP flood it.
Most small to medium sized companies will pay protection money to stop the attacks coming because they lose more in business daily than they would pay the attacker.
The problem is that this opens you up for frequent extortion because you already paid once.
I don't think Mark considered the option of paying $7000 as requested earlier.
I think at least until we have multiple large stock markets mtgox needs to try to be distributed too just as BTC maybe Fortigate with load balancers .. cloud data centers across the globe ... One thing people love about BTC is that it is (DISTRIBUTED) even more than being anonymous .. and the DDoS/hacks we seen in mtgox is such a proof along with the governments games with their currencies.
The closest I can think of for a URL to be distributed is cloud hosting with load balances and different data center across the globe.
The closest I can think of for a URL to be distributed is cloud hosting with load balances and different data center across the globe.
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why blame Russia ? i don't get it :/
I cant reach it either. When I try to connect There is a message saying the cite is under DDoS attack.
Is mtgox.com down? cant reach it
Looks like MtGox.com is down.
Is it under DDOS or whatever?
Does anybody have any info on it?
Edit: Is working now.
Is it under DDOS or whatever?
Does anybody have any info on it?
Edit: Is working now.
Is bitcoincharts being DDOSed also?
Is MtGox getting attacked again? I'm unable to access the site.
Attack pattern changed, we're changing settings accordingly.It's all good now
Is MtGox getting attacked again? I'm unable to access the site.
Attack pattern changed, we're changing settings accordingly.
Is MtGox getting attacked again? I'm unable to access the site.
Hi, how can I reach MTgox admin? I was trying to send him message, but did not get reply. I am having problems with not deposited funding via LR - probably due to DDOS attack.
Does anybody help?
Does anybody help?
You can also try irc freenode channel #bitcoin-otc. Look for MagicalTux
Hi, how can I reach MTgox admin? I was trying to send him message, but did not get reply. I am having problems with not deposited funding via LR - probably due to DDOS attack.
Does anybody help?
Does anybody help?
[email protected]
Hi, how can I reach MTgox admin? I was trying to send him message, but did not get reply. I am having problems with not deposited funding via LR - probably due to DDOS attack.
Does anybody help?
Does anybody help?
Connect over https instead of http, and you're fine.
Safer to use HTTPs anyway.
Safer to use HTTPs anyway.
Seems like Mr. Mysterious is after running out of carrots. Mt. Gox down again...
Hi,
Not totally down. It's still up if you try enough, but it's not optimal. We are tweaking ddos filters to match the new attack pattern.
Thanks,
Mark
Seems like Mr. Mysterious is after running out of carrots. Mt. Gox down again...
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