Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.15063]
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C:\Users\Deep>ping bitcointalk.org

Pinging bitcointalk.org [52.45.214.107] with 32 bytes of data:
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.

Ping statistics for 52.45.214.107:
    Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 0, Lost = 4 (100% loss),

C:\Users\Deep>tracert bitcointalk.org

Tracing route to bitcointalk.org [52.45.214.107]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

  1    <1 ms    <1 ms    <1 ms  192.168.10.1
  2    31 ms    49 ms    20 ms  SYNOLOGYROUTER [192.168.1.1]
  3     *        *        *     Request timed out.
  4    39 ms    33 ms    39 ms  67.59.255.193
  5    28 ms    39 ms    41 ms  rtr1-ge1-19.mhe.whplny.cv.net [67.83.231.1]
  6    53 ms    82 ms    30 ms  64.15.8.168
  7    43 ms    37 ms    39 ms  rtr1-tg11-1.in.nwrknjmd.cv.net [64.15.0.82]
  8    31 ms    44 ms    33 ms  52.95.216.134
  9     *        *        *     Request timed out.
 10     *        *        *     Request timed out.
 11     *        *        *     Request timed out.
 12     *        *        *     Request timed out.
 13     *        *        *     Request timed out.
 14     *        *        *     Request timed out.
 15     *        *        *     Request timed out.
 16     *        *        *     Request timed out.
 17     *        *        *     Request timed out.
 18    59 ms    56 ms    53 ms  54.239.110.167
 19    47 ms    40 ms    55 ms  54.239.111.55
 20    33 ms    35 ms    36 ms  205.251.244.212
 21     *        *        *     Request timed out.
 22     *        *        *     Request timed out.
 23     *        *        *     Request timed out.
 24     *        *        *     Request timed out.
 25     *        *        *     Request timed out.
 26     *        *        *     Request timed out.
 27     *        *        *     Request timed out.
 28     *        *        *     Request timed out.
 29     *        *        *     Request timed out.
 30     *        *        *     Request timed out.

Trace complete.

C:\Users\Deep>

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It seems that about a third of people are able to connect to
bitcointalk.org just fine, and the rest are not. I believe that
this is due to a DDoS attack which for some reason only ends up
denying service to certain ISPs. Most of the people affected seem
to be in Europe, though I also have one report from someone in the
US.

I have some ideas of my own for mitigating this, but if you have
any ideas/advice, email me at [theymos [at] mm [dot] st].

If you can't connect, try putting `IP bitcointalk.org` in your
hosts file, replacing IP with one of these:
52.55.72.170
34.203.182.172
34.206.81.205
34.198.191.99
34.204.121.174
52.203.157.197
34.200.166.199
34.202.40.180

IMPORTANT: It is very likely that some or all of those IPs will not
be operational in a few weeks, so you should remember to REMOVE
this entry from your hosts file as soon as you can, and certainly
if bitcointalk.org stops working for you after a while.

theymos
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