I wager we all know that Darkfall us under a severe dos attack over the last 3-4 days. Closely coinciding with the anticipated release date of Jan 22. Ive played my fair share of MMOs and have been in plenty of betas and releases. This is the first instance I am aware of an assault of this magnitude against an MMO. WoW had its issues with hacking, but those were focused against players not to impede the game.

Does it suggest that these MMO companies are ramping up their cyber espionage?  Or is this just more speculation for conspiracy theorists and we should all equip our tinfoil hats with +100 mind control resistance?

Thoughts?

PvP for the lulz?

Originally posted by Turnell

I wager we all know that Darkfall us under a severe dos attack over the last 3-4 days. Closely coinciding with the anticipated release date of Jan 22. Ive played my fair share of MMOs and have been in plenty of betas and releases. This is the first instance I am aware of an assault of this magnitude against an MMO. WoW had its issues with hacking, but those were focused against players not to impede the game.

Does it suggest that these MMO companies are ramping up their cyber espionage?  Or is this just more speculation for conspiracy theorists and we should all equip our tinfoil hats with +100 mind control resistance?

 

Thoughts?

Update : Network Solutions DNS
January 23, 2009 :: Shashi Bellamkonda

Update : DNS queries for web sites should be responding normally. Thank you all for your understanding. As always, we will continue to work to take measures to prevent these and other types of technical issues caused by third parties that may impact our customers.

blog.networksolutions.com/2009/potential-latency-on-network-solutions-dns/

My god you people.

I'm sure Aventurine doesn't have the money to employ a crack force of network engineers.  Also their servers are probably tiny compared to some of the big boys systems during their phases of beta.

Regardless of the circumstances, it still seems fishy to me.  My opinion is that Aventurine is behind it.  They started a beta (for real this time) and their systems couldn't handle the few people they gave access to.  In an attempt to quell the complaints, they initiated the "DDOS" attack simulator and pointed the blame at it.

In a post 3-4 days ago, the devs said they would be inviting more players and would give an update in a few hours.  Maybe I'm wrong, but no update has been posted anywhere.

It will be interesting to see where this goes.  Its the current episode of the MMO soap opera.

The people that Dos Darkfall forums are haters and trolls, blahblah blahblah blahblah blah, that don't want a revolutionary  hardcore pvp game to succeed, yadayadayadayadayadayadaya , carebear themepark mmo 's mumblemumblemumble ....................Darkfall pwns!!!!!!!!

I just wanted to see for once what is like to be a fanboi

There's fanboy talk and then there's talking out of your ass.  That was the latter.

Originally posted by johnnychangs

I'm sure Aventurine doesn't have the money to employ a crack force of network engineers.  Also their servers are probably tiny compared to some of the big boys systems during their phases of beta.

Regardless of the circumstances, it still seems fishy to me.  My opinion is that Aventurine is behind it.  They started a beta (for real this time) and their systems couldn't handle the few people they gave access to.  In an attempt to quell the complaints, they initiated the "DDOS" attack simulator and pointed the blame at it.

In a post 3-4 days ago, the devs said they would be inviting more players and would give an update in a few hours.  Maybe I'm wrong, but no update has been posted anywhere.

It will be interesting to see where this goes.  Its the current episode of the MMO soap opera.

Their webpage is actually hosted by a company called Network Solutions, they had been experienced DDOS attacks up until yesterday afternoon or earlier, when they fixed the problem.

So...

Technically the forums should be up now, as their main page is still intact.

Why would trolls spend hours a day trolling forums around the internet claiming Darkfall is vaporware and do everything in their power to dissuade players from ever trying the game, following the game, or believing the game exists.  Why do they hate the game so much like they have so much invested in its downfall?  Why does being able to say, 'I told you so.' seem to be worth so much to them?  

I honestly have no clue.  I hope you can find some answers and share them with me.   

Originally posted by mrroboto40

Originally posted by johnnychangs

I'm sure Aventurine doesn't have the money to employ a crack force of network engineers.  Also their servers are probably tiny compared to some of the big boys systems during their phases of beta.

Regardless of the circumstances, it still seems fishy to me.  My opinion is that Aventurine is behind it.  They started a beta (for real this time) and their systems couldn't handle the few people they gave access to.  In an attempt to quell the complaints, they initiated the "DDOS" attack simulator and pointed the blame at it.

In a post 3-4 days ago, the devs said they would be inviting more players and would give an update in a few hours.  Maybe I'm wrong, but no update has been posted anywhere.

It will be interesting to see where this goes.  Its the current episode of the MMO soap opera.

 

Their webpage is actually hosted by a company called Network Solutions, they had been experienced DDOS attacks up until yesterday afternoon or earlier, when they fixed the problem.

So...

Technically the forums should be up now, as their main page is still intact.

ROFLMAO get a clue..... Network Solutions is only the Registrar not the host.....
 

Originally posted by mrroboto40

Originally posted by Turnell

I wager we all know that Darkfall us under a severe dos attack over the last 3-4 days. Closely coinciding with the anticipated release date of Jan 22. Ive played my fair share of MMOs and have been in plenty of betas and releases. This is the first instance I am aware of an assault of this magnitude against an MMO. WoW had its issues with hacking, but those were focused against players not to impede the game.

Does it suggest that these MMO companies are ramping up their cyber espionage?  Or is this just more speculation for conspiracy theorists and we should all equip our tinfoil hats with +100 mind control resistance?

 

Thoughts?

 

Update : Network Solutions DNS
January 23, 2009 :: Shashi Bellamkonda

Update : DNS queries for web sites should be responding normally. Thank you all for your understanding. As always, we will continue to work to take measures to prevent these and other types of technical issues caused by third parties that may impact our customers.

blog.networksolutions.com/2009/potential-latency-on-network-solutions-dns/

 

My god you people.

serevrs are all the way down now theyt ook them offline saturday when the ddos started again

they will probly be back up monday.

ps why would they purposly take down there own forums when infact there own forums is there beta forums.

Originally posted by mrroboto40

Originally posted by johnnychangs

I'm sure Aventurine doesn't have the money to employ a crack force of network engineers.  Also their servers are probably tiny compared to some of the big boys systems during their phases of beta.

Regardless of the circumstances, it still seems fishy to me.  My opinion is that Aventurine is behind it.  They started a beta (for real this time) and their systems couldn't handle the few people they gave access to.  In an attempt to quell the complaints, they initiated the "DDOS" attack simulator and pointed the blame at it.

In a post 3-4 days ago, the devs said they would be inviting more players and would give an update in a few hours.  Maybe I'm wrong, but no update has been posted anywhere.

It will be interesting to see where this goes.  Its the current episode of the MMO soap opera.

 

Their webpage is actually hosted by a company called Network Solutions, they had been experienced DDOS attacks up until yesterday afternoon or earlier, when they fixed the problem.

So...

Technically the forums should be up now, as their main page is still intact.

main page adn forums are diffrent host thats why they was able to update there news page for us instead of the forums

I thought the accepted version of the story was that tasos tripped over a cord and disconnected the server.

Then one of the lead designers had the bright dea of ordering a new server off Ebay, and now they are sitting around waiting for the delivery (it's coming from china to save a few bucks)

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Originally posted by Turnell
I wager we all know that Darkfall us under a severe dos attack over the last 3-4 days. Closely coinciding with the anticipated release date of Jan 22. Ive played my fair share of MMOs and have been in plenty of betas and releases. This is the first instance I am aware of an assault of this magnitude against an MMO. WoW had its issues with hacking, but those were focused against players not to impede the game.
Does it suggest that these MMO companies are ramping up their cyber espionage?  Or is this just more speculation for conspiracy theorists and we should all equip our tinfoil hats with +100 mind control resistance?
 
Thoughts?

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you are telling me that if you ping the host IP: 82.192.87.38 (where only the DFO forums and DFO beta are hosted) you get 100% loss ?

if a ping this hosting company i get 70ms where is the DDOS ?
the ping on google.com is 150-170ms