Re: [tlug] Linode DDOS postmortem

[Charles Muller <acmuller@example.com>]

On 2/1/2016 6:52 AM, Jim Breen wrote:

> On 1 February 2016 at 03:23, Stephen J. Turnbull <stephen@example.com> wrote:
> > Charles Muller writes:
> >   > Just in case you haven't seen this yet, Linode has provided a very
> >   > complete (and for me, confidence-inspiring) report of their handling
> >   > recent attacks on their system.
> >
> > I'm still wondering why they were targeted.  Refused to pay ransom to
> > gangsters?  Hosting Tibetan or Uigur advocacy sites?  Corporate warfare?
>
> I wondered about that too. As described, the attacks were very sophisticated.
> Not at all what you'd expect from a posse of amateurs doing it for kicks.

During the first couple of days that this was happening, and our site 
manager (Michael Beddow) was trying to follow it, he thought that we 
might have to leave Linode, saying that the attacks were on a scale that 
could only be mounted by a good-sized corporation, or even a state. So 
yes, extortion, or trying to put Linode out of business. I suppose that 
one of the sites they are hosting could be someone doing something of a 
sensitive nature to someone. I doubt that they're going after my site.

That being said, we're presently having a different problem with with 
the DDB, which also almost smells like an attack, although I can't 
imagine our project being big enough to attract such attention.

Chuck

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