@[email protected] to [email protected] • 1 year agoI had to post from my alt account because lemmy.world servers are downdiscuss.onlineimagemessage-square120fedilinkarrow-up11.54Karrow-down130
arrow-up11.51Karrow-down1imageI had to post from my alt account because lemmy.world servers are downdiscuss.online@[email protected] to [email protected] • 1 year agomessage-square120fedilink
minus-square@toollinkEnglish22•1 year ago I mean that is the problem of too many people being on that one instance. From what I understand, capacity isn’t the issue, it’s that they’re being repeatedly DDoS’ed
minus-squarepirate fishlinkfedilink11•1 year agoIt’s a chicken and egg problem, their high popularity makes them a ddos target
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•1 year agoTechnically, a DDoS can happen naturally if enough people are trying to use it at the same time. I’ve seen it happen to other, larger websites before. And lemmy.world definitely doesn’t have the infrastructure of some of those larger websites.
minus-squareUlu-Mulu-no-dielinkfedilinkEnglish6•edit-21 year agoApparently that’s not the case for lemmy.world, it seems someone is pissed for being banned so they’re DDSOSing .world specifically. Tho I agree all people trying to go to the same instance is not a smart thing.
minus-squareakarilinkfedilinkEnglish2•1 year agoalso can happen if the software you’re using doesnt manage the requests properly flashbacks to slowloris
From what I understand, capacity isn’t the issue, it’s that they’re being repeatedly DDoS’ed
It’s a chicken and egg problem, their high popularity makes them a ddos target
Technically, a DDoS can happen naturally if enough people are trying to use it at the same time. I’ve seen it happen to other, larger websites before. And lemmy.world definitely doesn’t have the infrastructure of some of those larger websites.
Apparently that’s not the case for lemmy.world, it seems someone is pissed for being banned so they’re DDSOSing .world specifically.
Tho I agree all people trying to go to the same instance is not a smart thing.
Yep, I just saw the update they posted.
also can happen if the software you’re using doesnt manage the requests properly flashbacks to slowloris