Pledge for new beginning

Root · #1 11-22-2009, 01:12 AM

If Rogean and his team has it in them to start it up again with added security and a new host- I pledge $75.

Dijalin · #2 11-22-2009, 01:14 AM

Shit, I'll throw 50 bucks at the server.

Zarniwooop · #3 11-22-2009, 01:16 AM

Whatever it takes.

That's the most gaming fun I've had in many, many years.

Root · #4 11-22-2009, 01:19 AM

My friends and I been waiting for a classic EQ server of this quality since 2002. It would be a shame to allow 1 individual to stop us. And we all know money fixes everything. I bet we throw around 500 bucks at the issue and we never see it again.

Orichalcum · #5 11-22-2009, 01:21 AM

Yeah, I am pretty ignorant about the problem but it is generally my experience that money can fix most problems in some way. Maybe we just need to raise enough money to buy this guy health insurance so he can get his adult acne taken care of, and he'll stop taking it out on us?

Lance · #6 11-22-2009, 01:19 AM

Dudes would just hit the new server hard again like it was np.

Dolalin · #7 11-22-2009, 01:22 AM

I know you can get front-facing, DDoS-hardened proxies that forward the traffic on to your server, never exposing its real IP to the public.

Halladar · #8 11-22-2009, 01:26 AM

Would only allowing ip numbers registered at the forum to connect at all help?

By that I mean you supply an ip number when you create an account.

It may not work at all, since validation is through the eqemu login server.

I don't know what all is involved in a ddos attack, but if something like ip registration doesn't help, does that mean virtually any site could be dropped by a hoster if someone is mad enough at them?

Tovok · #9 11-22-2009, 01:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Halladar [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I don't know what all is involved in a ddos attack, but if something like ip registration doesn't help, does that mean virtually any site could be dropped by a hoster if someone is mad enough at them?

That's pretty much the case, yes. You can mitigate by making sure that the malicious requests are as cheap as possible (for example, have the firewall drop an auth request before it gets to an app server), but at some point you have to look at each packet and make a decision.

There are probably hardened edge proxies out there that are good at mitigating the attack. They might cost $10k+ each and up, though, for all I know. I'm not much of a network guy. More of a dev.

Deanob · #10 11-22-2009, 01:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Dolalin [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I know you can get front-facing, DDoS-hardened proxies that forward the traffic on to your server, never exposing its real IP to the public.

Something worth looking into.

There is always a solution to a problem. No matter what.