Being DDos'ed

[Blade of Grass]

Hey guys, just a question. What precautions do you guys take, to prevent being ddosed? Firewall? Vpn?

Those would really help against a DDoS attack, since it would flood the line coming from your ISP.

But, if you look at data centers, they usually use Arbor Networks DDoS protection and mitigation systems.

[ShadowCaptain]

 

B. I show them my afro in my user picture (since I don't have one in real life).

 

I always thought that the gif was a video of you

 

Dissapoint

 

OP, why would you get DDOS'd its not normally something that would happen to you, people dont around doing it randomly, they are targeted attacks

[Torg73]

Eat cheese and drink iron bru.

Sounds like a good plan ... but its Irn Bru just blame the ITC

[Leonard]

Hey guys, just a question. What precautions do you guys take, to prevent being ddosed? Firewall? Vpn?

I just use a proper networking firewall. For all of you who say "i don't give out my IP" as long as you use the internet that information is transmitted. Now if you were to say you broadcast a fake one through some sofware, well ok then sure that is possible.

[Leonard]

I always thought that the gif was a video of you

 

Dissapoint

 

OP, why would you get DDOS'd its not normally something that would happen to you, people dont around doing it randomly, they are targeted attacks

It happens more often that not. If you have a firewall with a notifier for attacks you would see how many DDOSs are all over the internet.

[Blade of Grass]

I just use a proper networking firewall. For all of you who say "i don't give out my IP" as long as you use the internet that information is transmitted. Now if you were to say you broadcast a fake one through some sofware, well ok then sure that is possible.

If you send out a fake one you'll never receive any data back, because it will reply to that address

[Leonard]

If you send out a fake one you'll never receive any data back, because it will reply to that address

 

Have you ever used an IP masker? It is what square spaces uses and it is how they can make online streams like Netflix region free. I had one 6 years ago. I don't use it anymore.

[Blade of Grass]

Have you ever used an IP masker? It is what square spaces uses and it is how they can make online streams like Netflix region free. I had one 6 years ago. I don't use it anymore.

That's different form sending a fake address, your talking about something like a VPN.

[Leonard]

That's different form sending a fake address, your talking about something like a VPN.

I made a mistake earlier about it being like square space, what i meant is that it is like hotspot shield and yes that is a VPN service but what i am talking about is finding servers around the world and using a certain software to use the server to get an IP address without their knowledge then the person continues to browse the interwebs. It can be considered a VPN but in reality it is accessing servers for your own use.

[flibberdipper]

So you're telling me, that you don't ACTUALLY have an Afro?

Internet security, you're doing it right! Also, what was the back story to this? I'm curious...

Nope. I have short hair.

[FireFox]

cheese burger

 

Or fried chicken

[Camul]

And you spelt Irn Bru wrong, gg sir from the UK.

Stuff tastes fucking awful anyway. I can't stand the smell. Fuck, when someone drinks it and talks right in your face, I want to kill them.

[Blade of Grass]

I made a mistake earlier about it being like square space, what i meant is that it is like hotspot shield and yes that is a VPN service but what i am talking about is finding servers around the world and using a certain software to use the server to get an IP address without their knowledge then the person continues to browse the interwebs. It can be considered a VPN but in reality it is accessing servers for your own use.

It's still called a VPN, or a tunnel.

[FireFox]

I once put my ip on 4chan 

 

How did that go lol

[TetraSky]

Did Skype fix the IP exploit yet?

[Hans Christian | Teri]

How did that go lol

 

The thread 404'ed because no one cared (I'm guessing here).

[MJSBLUES]

dynamic ip, and not giving it away

[doubley_m]

Using a VPN will only hide your true IP address but it won't actually stop anyone from DDoS'ing you if they already know your internet-facing IP.

 

Also, nobody is going to DDoS you. Script-kiddies might try and DoS you after you infuriate them in a game of LoL or whatever, naturally using their own machine and IP, making it nice and easy for law enforcement.

 

Real DDoS is reserved for larger entities/sites/services with well known, static IPs.

[Ahnzh]

A hardware firewall might help. If you got a computer standing around, get Sophos UTM Home edition (it's free) and set it up as your router. It's got ddos protection integrated (to a certain degree ofc since brute force will always win vs everything...

[beau]

I am pissing alot of ppl off, some of the forum members knows that. Then they lure me up on their TS3 server and they says: HA we got your IP, prepare for ddos.

 

Then I turn on and Off my router.

 

problem solved..

You know your ISP controls whether your public IP address is dynamic or static.  If they have set it to static then rebooting your router/modem won't change it.  You should probably find out.