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Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: DDoS attacks
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on: May 27, 2013, 04:31:05 AM
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You can never pay them, it was mentioned here before, but as a good philosophy in general is to never pay blackmail or extortion... they'll always come back for more. You need to upgrade your stuff. Get an Akamai front end, a WAF tuned into typical ddos methods, and maybe some simple routines in your code to better verify normal users and not bad accounts.... but this all takes money.
Be glad the day you've been ddos'ed, it means you've arrived. You just need to get your shit together now. Be better, faster and stronger.
Good luck!
worth reposting I think what people don't seem to understand is that if you give these individuals money then you support DDoS attacks on fellow businesses, I would rather have the website unresponsive than pay, it's quite comforting to know these individuals wouldn't make a cent for their efforts. Wish everyone was like that, then we wouldn't have this problem. |
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Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: website idea
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on: May 27, 2013, 04:27:45 AM
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Think about it for a second. Would you really allow anyone from this forum to live in your place? I know I wouldn't.
I agree, but I like the idea You seem a little bit anti social, do you really think I wouldn't be able to take care of your apartment? I mean there will be many people who are far from responsible but there will also be many very responsible open minded individuals who can be just as awesome as you. |
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Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: website idea
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on: May 27, 2013, 03:32:59 AM
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www.stayforabit.comWas genius, sorry about losing the domain man. But meh, that's life I guess, no point in crying over spilled milk. Entrepreneurs vulture this forum for ideas day and night, still 90% that the person that stole the idea will not finish it.
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Other / Off-topic / Re: FREE Hugs
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on: May 27, 2013, 03:12:28 AM
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Send me some love
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Is one of their hands on the ass? I never had heartly hug with a stranger, so let me test it. And 5th post as well to be honest  |
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Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: DDoS attacks
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on: May 27, 2013, 03:09:57 AM
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Posts like this will encourage them.
How so? Posts like this will show that we will not be bullied and that we are open to talk about it. |
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Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: DDoS attacks
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on: May 26, 2013, 10:38:45 PM
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If you pay even once, you have to accept that you pay every month.
PM me if you want an intro to a firm that specialises in handling this type of ddos.
We've already switched to a company that seems to handle themselves but thanks. Haven't even considered paying them, just letting the community know. |
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Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: DDoS attacks
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on: May 26, 2013, 10:34:16 PM
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No, they've been doing this for many years. You just don't hear about it much since nobody wants to draw attention to these terrorists.
Well they certainly deserve every cent they get for the risk they put themselves in, albeit a little difficult it would still be possible to track them down. I think a long time ago when MtGox was younger they said that someone was DDoSing them but would stop for a $10k ransom. Or maybe that was some other site. Point is, this is extremely common. In fact, it's one of the best ways for botnet operators to monetize their botnets.
I've heard of botnets mining LTC but never blackmailing websites... I was under the impression that that was the newest trend. How long have you been in gaming? Sportingbet used to get attacked that way in the 90s. Every big match was preceded by a ddos and a message "Pay us or no revenue for you." Pretty long but I'm talking about BTC businesses, it amazed me that they demanded ransom in BTC and that websites such a bitzino, Strikesapphire, S. Dice etc weren't attacked (I don't even recall them being offline after all the times I've played). Anyway Maged is probably right, these dogs don't deserve a mention, no serious bitcoin site would send ransom to Iranian 13 year old teenagers with moustaches. |
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Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: DDoS attacks
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on: May 26, 2013, 09:36:56 PM
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I think a long time ago when MtGox was younger they said that someone was DDoSing them but would stop for a $10k ransom. Or maybe that was some other site. Point is, this is extremely common. In fact, it's one of the best ways for botnet operators to monetize their botnets.
I've heard of botnets mining LTC but never blackmailing websites... I was under the impression that that was the newest trend. |
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Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: DDoS attacks
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on: May 26, 2013, 09:00:49 PM
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DDOS of gaming sites is normal. My sites are under constant attack that range from 5 to 15 gbps. It just never stops and the reason is simple. If you are down, someone else has revenue that would otherwise have been yours.
What is your website? Our DDoS peaked at 25gbps but what surprises me is that there apparently not have been many similar attacks on more popular bitcoin sites. I feel quite honored to be honest. |
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Economy / Gambling / Re: mem's BITCOIN GAMBLING LIST
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on: May 26, 2013, 04:15:37 PM
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I think random listing is fair, though we would be happy to pay for top spot  Maybe a veteran icon could be used to show sites older than 1 year ? Who would be the oldest bitcoin game I wonder ? If their still operating now I bet they have amassed a sizeable amount of btc  As far as I know it goes like: 1. ~Games from the hidden wiki~ 2. StrikeSapphire 3. Casinobit 4. S. Dice Not 100% sure though. |
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Other / Off-topic / Re: FREE Hugs
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on: May 26, 2013, 02:43:09 PM
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I could really use a hug over here please  YEAHH stay awesome DaisyPusher! |
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Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / DDoS attacks
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on: May 26, 2013, 02:29:58 PM
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I am curious have there been instances of DDoS and the attacker demanding ransom in other services in the community?
We have been experiencing DDoS attacks until the mitigation server was switched, now everything seems to be better *knocks on wood*.
What had really left me puzzled is how come we got attacked and asked for ransom but businesses such as Mt Gox, S Dice etc never had any problems?
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Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Shadow BTC coins
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on: May 26, 2013, 03:52:34 AM
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Since I like to keep my BTC in my offline wallet, I was wondering...
Would it be hard to implement a new protocol layer to 'shadow' coins ?
If I have 50BTC, and I want to potentially trade 10 of them on any exchange, I would love to be able to:
- Prove the exchange I have them by letting then mark 10 of my BTC with their signature for a given period - 1 year minimum (or any period agreed upon).
- Exchange would allow me to sell those, as if they owned it, while they are still in my cold storage.
- The network would refuse any of those coin if I was to send them elsewhere, since they are "marked" with someone else signature.
- If the exchange actually sells some of my BTC, it requires a confirmation from me to allow it (I still have to send them, as current protocol)
- If I don't give the confirmation, then they can rollback the transaction, but the coins are still marked and unusable until period expires.
Exchanges would just then become escrow, and they would not hold any BTC.
Would it be exploitable ?
Couldn't you just use a seed of (your secret) + (exchange secret) as the hash for the private key? |
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