DDos

[hynaku]

SE sure can do something they can go with another server company other than one they with now since they can't handle any ddos attacks. Tells me there security sucks and hackers could get players information. I can play other online games with no problems so maybe they should look into what server providers they use. How game is now its very hard to finish anything when not everyone gets to play a lot hours each day. How you suppose to be able to gear up for next big patch if can't even run a dungeon or raid without being disconnected.

[CadetteMevois]

SE sure can do something they can go with another server company other than one they with now since they can't handle any ddos attacks. Tells me there security sucks and hackers could get players information. I can play other online games with no problems so maybe they should look into what server providers they use. How game is now its very hard to finish anything when not everyone gets to play a lot hours each day. How you suppose to be able to gear up for next big patch if can't even run a dungeon or raid without being disconnected.

Here's the thing about DDoS attacks: they are not predictable, which makes them harder to handle, on top of which shy of totally shutting out traffic they're not going to be 100% avoidable.

As for server security, that is the responsibility of Square Enix, who while not being responsible for the DDoS itself, have not been breached as a result (in no small part because that's not how a DDoS works).

Beyond that, changing network providers in a data center environment is a far more time consuming venture than, for example, calling up Spectrum to change providers at your home because AT&T isn't fast enough. New lines have to be run through the center and connections have to be established at the upstream provider's node; work that not only takes considerable time, but does not even begin to guarantee avoiding another such event later.

Unless of course you mean hardware providers, in which case they have no part in this whatsoever beyond their gear being that which is being adjusted to weather these attacks to the extent they're best able.