March 4, 201115 yr 'Ello there.Lately there's been way too much talk about the term "DDOS" around the RS community, with 95% emo, and 5% fact. Basically, Runescape players claim to either be using the method to attack other players, revenge (!) for account theft, (mainly) to threat each other, and similar big words for the illiterate. Now, I'm not new in the IT world, but Security isn't my field, so I want to get my knowledge in par.Am I correct that, in practical terms, you can't attack a home machine? Furthermore, is it even possible to execute such thing, since even if you have the DNS address, you still have to go through a dozen routers and firewalls?
March 4, 201115 yr Yes it's very possible to attack a home machine, you just need the IP address of it, a upload speed greater than the victims download speed. And you are set. Hence why you never should skype or msn with someone before duelling them. Edited March 4, 201115 yr by Y_Guy link removed My lame drops:6 Effigys1 D Med - 1 D Dagger1 Verac's Helmet - 1 Guthan's Platebody
March 4, 201115 yr It's very possible, and is quite rampant in RuneScape (more so in the clan world).
March 4, 201115 yr It's entirely possible - any machine on the internet can be ddosed. RS players are using the term incorrectly, however. Most of the time, they are perpetrating a DOS attack, not a DDOS one. "It's not a rest for me, it's a rest for the weights." - Dom Mazzetti
March 6, 201115 yr DoS = denial of serviceDDoS = distributed denial of serviceI know ;) That's exactly my point. Using a program like loic is only going to cause a DOS attack, not a DDOS(unless they've got multiple people doing it, which happens in the clan world from time to time). "It's not a rest for me, it's a rest for the weights." - Dom Mazzetti
March 8, 201115 yr DoS = denial of serviceDDoS = distributed denial of serviceI know ;) That's exactly my point. Using a program like loic is only going to cause a DOS attack, not a DDOS(unless they've got multiple people doing it, which happens in the clan world from time to time). I've got a private botnet with 5 computers connected to the internet with 10/10, 10/10 25/25 25/25 and 50/100 respectively, but i have no intention of DDoS'ing anyone whom does not attack me or [bleep]s with me :3 Edit: Look Here: http://forum.tip.it/topic/288283-staking-high-amounts-82-f2p-combat-50m/ Obvious DoS ^^ My lame drops:6 Effigys1 D Med - 1 D Dagger1 Verac's Helmet - 1 Guthan's Platebody
March 10, 201115 yr Author Thanks for the replies. Can anyone explain this more on the technical side? I.e. effect on dynamic IPs, at what level the bottleneck happens - the ISP routers (unlikely I guess), or my modem - ways to avoid it (hardware firewalls on the ISPs side), etc. Since the attack is only incoming connections, isn't there a way to defend against it? I don't work in networking so I'm not entirely sure about what I'm talking about myself, but would love to know more on the subject.
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