PSN is down

[LadyVaJedi]

https://support.us.playstation.com/a...etail/a_id/237


So there is nothing we can do then.

[Mogi]

https://support.us.playstation.com/a...etail/a_id/237


So there is nothing we can do then.

Waaaa yea they want me to try to talk to Comcast hahahahaha no way

[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.

[LadyVaJedi]

I know whacked aint it.

[LadyVaJedi]

So we technically can't do anything.

[aerolol]

Hmmm I'm getting a msg saying that PSN is undergoing maintenance now when i try to log in on PS4 Oo

[LadyVaJedi]

I was getting that to as well. Maintenance suppose to be tomorrow.

[Mogi]

Hmmm I'm getting a msg saying that PSN is undergoing maintenance now when i try to log in on PS4 Oo

Yea that's what i got

[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?

[Cinnamon]

What you can do is take a look at https://twitter.com/j_smedley/ - that's the (private) account of SEO president John Smedley. Even though the account isn't verified it's valuable information.

If you want visual data on DDoS-attacks: http://map.ipviking.com

Else the only thing you can do is play the waiting game. You can blame Sony all you want, but there is actually very little they could do to prevent these things from happening from time to time. It's their job to provide a service and they have to deal with attacks swiftly and with minimal customer annoyances - that's true… but it always depends on the scale of the attacks and the possible options they have to move against them. More security might also result in more inconveniences for customers when no attack is going on. It's complex and that makes it hard to put blame on anyone besides the initiators.