PSN is down

[TheGrimace]

What does "DDOS" stand for?

Distributed Denial of Service.

Yeah, these guys are douchebags. I work 8 hours this evening and I only have one hour to spend before I have to get ready for work. Guess it's Infamous time for me. Was really hoping to do my guild turn-ins though...

[Jeppo]

Distributed Denial of Service.

Hmm, guess I am as wise as I was before...

[Fornix]

Hmm, guess I am as wise as I was before...

See a DDoS attack as following:

The receiving server is a postal box. In front of the postal box you have a person standing who's stuffing the postal box with empty sheets of paper. The postal box is filled up. A legit sender tries to enter their letter, but the box is full. Even after the postal box gets emptied, the person still keeps stuffing it with empty pages.

In a DDoS attack the situation is very much alike. Servers are flooded with meaningless requests. As the servers process this data, actual data doesn't get the opportunity to reach the server and get processed timely.

[Jeppo]

See a DDoS attack as following:

The receiving server is a postal box. In front of the postal box you have a person standing who's stuffing the postal box with empty sheets of paper. The postal box is filled up. A legit sender tries to enter their letter, but the box is full. Even after the postal box gets emptied, the person still keeps stuffing it with empty pages.

In a DDoS attack the situation is very much alike. Servers are flooded with meaningless requests. As the servers process this data, actual data doesn't get the opportunity to reach the server and get processed timely.

Oh I understand. So I guess the only way to stop these attacks is presumably suspend the accounts of those who are deliberately doing it?