PSN is down

[Ahnthistik]

I'm pretty sure that if Amazon was hit, Sony would probably be likely unable to prevent it either. Same goes for Microsoft and other big companies. You can't prevent DDoS attacks, nor can you prepare for them either. Unless you know the exact amount that they are planning to use, it's probably almost impossible to prevent (because of the ever-expanding methods of DDoSing). Fixing the issue isn't going to be easy either and may take a long time since they have to filter the IPs bombarding the servers with endless queries and requests.

You can't prevent DDoS attacks but LizardSquad said in last septembre that their next attack will be for Christmas. They knew an attack was coming. They basically did nothing to prevent it.

[Naberrie]

You can't prevent DDoS attacks but LizardSquad said in last septembre that their next attack will be for Christmas. They knew an attack was coming. They basically did nothing to prevent it.

Is there something that could be done? Not being sarcastic. I'm serious. How do you prevent a DDOS attack, even if you know it's coming?

[Ahnthistik]

Is there something that could be done? Not being sarcastic. I'm serious. How do you prevent a DDOS attack, even if you know it's coming?

Up the bandswitch? Hire better programers? It's basically what LizardSquad said "your networks suck, and we'll prove it". They told that back in september, planning their attack for Christmas, and guess what now?

[Naberrie]

Up the bandswitch?

Does that actually work, or is that just a guess? Is there some absolute way to guarantee you will not be the victim of a DDOS attack?

There's always escalation. Cops carry guns, the crooks carry guns. Copy wear bulletproof vest, the crooks use armor piercing rounds. Every means of protection just ups the game on the other end.

[Dyvid]

Up the bandswitch? Hire better programers? It's basically what LizardSquad said "your networks suck, and we'll prove it". They told that back in september, planning their attack for Christmas, and guess what now?

Sorry but these groups are nothing more than the hacker with Hero Syndrome. The fact is if they didn't DDoS attack then the servers wouldn't be down.

[Fancyfeast]

So all the plants are dead in my free company house, since all of our members are PS4 players.

6 thav onions, a mandragora minion, broombushes are all dead because we couldn't log in to water them in time.

Is there any way to get the seeds returned from SE?

[Sartori]

So all the plants are dead in my free company house, since all of our members are PS4 players.

6 thav onions, a mandragora minion, broombushes are all dead because we couldn't log in to water them in time.

Is there any way to get the seeds returned from SE?

Not SE's fault....

[SpookyGhost]

Is there any way to get the seeds returned from SE?

Report it to a GM. Not sure if you'll get anything out of it, but worth a shot.

[Zepheron]

Is there something that could be done? Not being sarcastic. I'm serious. How do you prevent a DDOS attack, even if you know it's coming?

Use Secure authentication Protocals
Since SE and Sony insist on our end being secure why not do the same on their end. just initiate the same protocol as the banks, (https) or encrypted email protocol. We are talking about financial transactions as we are paying subscription fees for both services. This way they could filter out erroneous isp and ip addresses and allow the legit customers in the door. Would not stop a Ddos attack but would help them shut it down faster and more efficiently. Also would make them accountable to services with minimal financial impact on them. win/win

[BigBossCL]

Use Secure authentication Protocals
Since SE and Sony insist on our end being secure why not do the same on their end. just initiate the same protocol as the banks, (https) or encrypted email protocol. We are talking about financial transactions as we are paying subscription fees for both services...

Doesn't work in a latency-sensitive service such as PSN. Sorry, there is pretty much nothing that can be done besides spending millions on a service that explicitly deals with DDOS attacks (Sony did that, the attack was just exponentially larger than anticipated, and could be one of the largest attacks ever perpetrated). Even if that's done successfully, you simply start attacking ISP and server infrastructure that leads TO the servers you want to DDOS.

I understand everyone wanting to place blame here, but it should be placed squarely on those who started the DDOS attack. There is only so much that can be done to curb an attack of this magnitude.