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Masto.host (mastohost@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 02-Mar-2023 19:07:01 JST Masto.host

There is currently a DDoS attack going on in the Masto.host infrastructure.
Some instances are affected. I am investigating and will report once I know more.

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  Masto.host (mastohost@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 02-Mar-2023 19:07:10 JST Masto.host
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  The attack continues and traffic is being filtered, so it might be slower than usual.
  Still, from my testing 99,9% of instances hosted are working and over 50% are not being affected at all.
  I will continue to monitor and update with more information.
  BTW: you can read what a DDoS (Denial-of-service) attack is at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denial-of-service_attack
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    Denial-of-service attack
    
    In computing, a denial-of-service attack (DoS attack) is a cyber-attack in which the perpetrator seeks to make a machine or network resource unavailable to its intended users by temporarily or indefinitely disrupting services of a host connected to a network. Denial of service is typically accomplished by flooding the targeted machine or resource with superfluous requests in an attempt to overload systems and prevent some or all legitimate requests from being fulfilled.In a distributed denial-of-service attack (DDoS attack), the incoming traffic flooding the victim originates from many different sources. More sophisticated strategies are required to mitigate this type of attack, as simply attempting to block a single source is insufficient because there are multiple sources.A DoS or DDoS attack is analogous to a group of people crowding the entry door of a shop, making it hard for legitimate customers to enter, thus disrupting trade. Criminal perpetrators of DoS attacks often target sites or services hosted on high-profile web servers such as banks or credit card payment gateways. Revenge, blackmail and hacktivism can motivate these...
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  Albert ARIBAUD ✎ (aaribaud@mastodon.art)'s status on Thursday, 02-Mar-2023 20:47:47 JST Albert ARIBAUD ✎
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  @leo @mastohost One characteristic of a DDoS attack is that there is no single source, unfortunately.
  
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  Léo (leo@social.synergetic-design.com)'s status on Thursday, 02-Mar-2023 20:47:57 JST Léo
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  Do you know where it comes from?
  
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