Xanga drama...

[imported_Tomato]

What's a DDOS attack?

Due to continued and ongoing DDOS attacks, Xanga has now been down for over 24 hours.

This is the most concerted and determined of all the attacks we have experienced. Every time we bring the site back up, our attacker will find another avenue to renew their attack. I'm sure whoever is attacking us sees this all as a game, and is having a grand old time. I don't really get that mindset. Also, each and every one of these attacks is a felony charge.

These attacks have placed us in a classic Catch-22.


We want to share as many details as possible with our fellow Xangans
We don't want to give information that our attacker can use against us
We have chosen to break that conflict by upgrading both our hardware and our ISP. As many of you have pointed out, it is difficult to defend a Distributed Denial of Service attack. However, there are things that you can do to greatly increase your defenses - and rest assured, we are doing every one of them.

Many of you have asked for an ETA on bringing the site back up. Here's the deal - there's a chance we can get the site back up tonight, at our current ISP. If that doesn't work, then we will move the site first thing tomorrow morning and have it up by the afternoon.

We will find a way to make it up to all of you. In the meantime, our entire team is working around the clock to bring the site back up - better and stronger than ever.

Thanks for your patience,
The Xanga Team

 

[bootymac]

DDOS = Distributed Denial of Service

It says right there

 

[KingNothing]

Awww, now the emo kids can't write about the inticracies of their lives.

 

[EvilYoda]

Oh no, what will all my Xanga-whore friends do in the meantime!? That sucks tho, Xanga is quite useful to a lot of people...and being Chinese, at least half of my friends probably have one.

 

[Nocturnal]

I think they aren't only targeting Xanga.com but many other sites as well.

 

[imported_Tomato]

Originally posted by: bootymac
DDOS = Distributed Denial of Service

It says right there

Gah. I meant a more detailed explanation of it... or does it just mean an attack that denies all users usage of the site?

I can't update mine. Should've stuck with Livejournal...

Xanga = convenient way to keep my friends updated on life, etc.

 

[dighn]

Originally posted by: Dezign

Originally posted by: bootymac
DDOS = Distributed Denial of Service

It says right there

Gah. I meant a more detailed explanation of it... or does it just mean an attack that denies all users usage of the site?

I can't update mine. Should've stuck with Livejournal...

Xanga = convenient way to keep my friends updated on life, etc.

an attack that originates from many sources that interrupts the target's function

eg 1000 computers flooding 1 site slowing it down to a crawl

 

[newbiepcuser]

DDOS

 

[LocutusX]

Why not just use LiveJournal or blogspot then?

 

[KEV1N]

LJ is the bomb!

 

[imported_Tomato]

Originally posted by: dighn

Originally posted by: Dezign

Originally posted by: bootymac
DDOS = Distributed Denial of Service

It says right there

Gah. I meant a more detailed explanation of it... or does it just mean an attack that denies all users usage of the site?

I can't update mine. Should've stuck with Livejournal...

Xanga = convenient way to keep my friends updated on life, etc.

an attack that originates from many sources that interrupts the target's function

eg 1000 computers flooding 1 site slowing it down to a crawl

Got it, thank you.

 

[AccruedExpenditure]

God damn script kiddies won't let me and my fellow xanga whores tell the rest of the world whats going on in our lives :|

 

[pray4mojo]

My friend thought it was down because of the RPC exploit.

 

[pray4mojo]

I hate it when I kill threads...

Does the link work anymore?

 

[MrCodeDude]

<3 for NewsPro/Coranto
-- mrcodedude

 

[Anghang]

it's been down for the most part since the beginning of the weekend...

 

[chiwawa626]

AHH THE INTERNET IS COMMING TO AN END!

 

[bleeb]

XANGA XANGA .. I admit it... I'm a member~

 

[weezergirl]

Argh! I know..so annoying. I am going through withdrawal without my xanga. hehe.

 

[dighn]

what is xanga? (the site is currently unrechabke)

 

[Ameesh]

Originally posted by: Dezign

Originally posted by: dighn

Originally posted by: Dezign

Originally posted by: bootymac
DDOS = Distributed Denial of Service

It says right there

Gah. I meant a more detailed explanation of it... or does it just mean an attack that denies all users usage of the site?

I can't update mine. Should've stuck with Livejournal...

Xanga = convenient way to keep my friends updated on life, etc.

an attack that originates from many sources that interrupts the target's function

eg 1000 computers flooding 1 site slowing it down to a crawl

Got it, thank you.

there is rarley any good defense against such attacks. The people who initiate them usually have much more experience then your average script kiddie.

 

[bleeb]

Originally posted by: dighn
what is xanga? (the site is currently unrechabke)

Its basically a web BLOG site.

 

[Ameesh]

Originally posted by: chiwawa626
AHH THE INTERNET IS COMMING TO AN END!

OMG!!! OH NO! AIIIIIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!! NOOOOOO!O!OO!O!!!!

 

[bleeb]

Originally posted by: Ameesh

Originally posted by: chiwawa626
AHH THE INTERNET IS COMMING TO AN END!

OMG!!! OH NO! AIIIIIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!! NOOOOOO!O!OO!O!!!!

OMG!!! OH NO! AIIIIIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!! NOOOOOO!O!OO!O!!!!

 

[dighn]

Originally posted by: bleeb

Originally posted by: dighn
what is xanga? (the site is currently unrechabke)

Its basically a web BLOG site.

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