Forum down!

[PX-Z]

No wonder when I opened Bitcointalk today, it took a while to load. At first, I thought it was the internet connection or browser on my PC that was having problems.
Even just now, when I was about to post there, it appeared Bad gateway with Error code 502.

So far its getting stable now unlike earlier that its hard to access bitcointalk, and i didn't experience downtime for the past 3 hours, which is good.

[famososMuertos]

I don't know how many hours a user would have to be connected to get alarmed because they get a set of HTTP status codes, but first of all, be patient, and that's all. In fact, I can say that in my case I haven't seen them, so let it go, that's not always something that affects all users.

[Fivestar4everMVP]

I don't know how many hours a user would have to be connected to get alarmed because they get a set of HTTP status codes, but first of all, be patient, and that's all. In fact, I can say that in my case I haven't seen them, so let it go, that's not always something that affects all users.

If you are replying to the op after the first page of the thread, you should endeavor to quote the OP's post so that those reading your comment can easily read the post you are replying to without leaving the page they are on.
This makes reading and replying very convinient for readers, as well as way much more easier to understand.

[examplens]

Is there any topic here about Bitcointalk where we can make discussion about that subject, I don't want to open another topic just for this?

I saw theymos' announcement that it was a very large and serious DDoS attack and that it was very difficult to fully control it. Hence the interruptions and Cloudflare checks.
Such attacks require resources and end up costing a lot. I am interested in what is the reason for someone to spend a significant amount of money to make the work of a forum difficult for a short time.

[Lucius]

I saw theymos' announcement that it was a very large and serious DDoS attack and that it was very difficult to fully control it. Hence the interruptions and Cloudflare checks.
Such attacks require resources and end up costing a lot. I am interested in what is the reason for someone to spend a significant amount of money to make the work of a forum difficult for a short time.

Regarding Tor, I was not able to access BTT yesterday or today, but as far as I can see it works with VPN. I don't know what amount of money is involved in order to achieve something like this, but it seems to me that there are only two options - either it is an angry member who is sitting on a few tens of BTC and has no problem burning some of it, or the attack comes from some government agency for reasons known only to them.

[famososMuertos]

I don't know how many hours a user would have to be connected to get alarmed because they get a set of HTTP status codes, but first of all, be patient, and that's all. In fact, I can say that in my case I haven't seen them, so let it go, that's not always something that affects all users.

If you are replying to the op after the first page of the thread, you should endeavor to quote the OP's post so that those reading your comment can easily read the post you are replying to without leaving the page they are on.
This makes reading and replying very convinient for readers, as well as way much more easier to understand.

Why do you make the topic Off topic, now you give a course on how to respond, post.
What a stupid thing, I've never read you on BTT, it must be because I have you on ignored. Do the same, if my post bothers you, or report it.

There are always teachers where they think they should teach.

[Freemind]

I am interested in what is the reason for someone to spend a significant amount of money to make the work of a forum difficult for a short time.

Dissatisfied users or groups of users, dissatisfied managers, dissatisfied former moderators... The list of "who" might want something like this could be very long, I have only given some examples. The attack can also be the prelude to another more aggressive and long-lasting one (the longest DDoS in history lasted 509 hours), and normally the function is always the same, to annoy.

On some dark net forums people can request a DDoS attack for a few dollars. The price varies depending on the objective and duration of the attack.

[NotATether]

Dissatisfied users or groups of users, dissatisfied managers, dissatisfied former moderators... The list of "who" might want something like this could be very long, I have only given some examples. The attack can also be the prelude to another more aggressive and long-lasting one (the longest DDoS in history lasted 509 hours), and normally the function is always the same, to annoy.

509 hours?? That's over 5 weeks of hitting straight.

On some dark net forums people can request a DDoS attack for a few dollars. The price varies depending on the objective and duration of the attack.

I can confirm this and in fact they are not just available on the darknet, but even on the clearnet websites too (Nightmarestresser and Stresse come into mind before both were swiftly banned by Bitcointalk). I'm pretty sure they are using bulletproof hosts who ignore things like DMCAs and abuse reports, to the point where federal agents have to raid their data centers and shut them down.

[Freemind]

Regarding Tor, I was not able to access BTT yesterday or today, but as far as I can see it works with VPN. I don't know what amount of money is involved in order to achieve something like this, but it seems to me that there are only two options - either it is an angry member who is sitting on a few tens of BTC and has no problem burning some of it, or the attack comes from some government agency for reasons known only to them.

When the problem occurred, I tried to access it with my connection and also using Tor., so it may be something with your connection. As for how much a DDoS attack can cost, it depends on the number of requests per second you want to send, the more requests used the more expensive it will be, since more connections and zombie networks are used. As I said in another of my posts in this thread, there are many places where you can request an attack for a few dollars., but with BTT that has not been the case.

509 hours?? That's over 5 weeks of hitting straight.

Yeah, 509 hours. But there have been other types with worse consequences. If you are curious, check out this article:

DDoS Attack Statistics and Facts You Must Know (2018-2023 Data)

[Husna QA]

I don't know how many hours a user would have to be connected to get alarmed because they get a set of HTTP status codes, but first of all, be patient, and that's all. In fact, I can say that in my case I haven't seen them, so let it go, that's not always something that affects all users.

Altcoinstalks forum users come from diverse regions and different time zones. Understandably, when the forum is down, some users are affected by connection problems. You were not opening the forum then, so you did not experience the connection disruption.