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  1. #1
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    Question Twitter DOWN !!!

    Checking Port 80...

    Port 80 does not appear to be open.

    Ping Results:

    PING twitter.com (168.143.161.20) 56(84) bytes of data.

    --- twitter.com ping statistics ---
    5 packets transmitted, 0 received, 100% packet loss, time 3999ms

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    C:\Documents and Settings\HP_Owner>ping twitter.com

    Pinging twitter.com [128.121.146.100] with 32 bytes of data:

    Request timed out.
    Request timed out.
    Request timed out.
    Request timed out.

    Ping statistics for 128.121.146.100:
    Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 0, Lost = 4 (100% loss)

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    Pretty weird for it to be down like that. Probably will be back up soon though'


    C:\Documents and Settings\Don>ping twitter.com

    Pinging twitter.com [128.121.146.100] with 32 bytes of data:

    Reply from 128.121.146.100: bytes=32 time=390ms TTL=241
    Request timed out.
    Reply from 128.121.146.100: bytes=32 time=140ms TTL=241
    Request timed out.

    Ping statistics for 128.121.146.100:
    Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 2, Lost = 2 (50% loss),
    Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
    Minimum = 140ms, Maximum = 390ms, Average = 265ms

    C:\Documents and Settings\Don>ping NS1.P26.DYNECT.NET

    Pinging NS1.P26.DYNECT.NET [208.78.70.26] with 32 bytes of data:

    Reply from 208.78.70.26: bytes=32 time=29ms TTL=56
    Reply from 208.78.70.26: bytes=32 time=35ms TTL=56
    Reply from 208.78.70.26: bytes=32 time=35ms TTL=56
    Reply from 208.78.70.26: bytes=32 time=35ms TTL=56

    Ping statistics for 208.78.70.26:
    Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
    Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
    Minimum = 29ms, Maximum = 35ms, Average = 33ms

    C:\Documents and Settings\Don>ping 168.143.162.100

    Pinging 168.143.162.100 with 32 bytes of data:

    Reply from 168.143.162.100: bytes=32 time=334ms TTL=240
    Reply from 168.143.162.100: bytes=32 time=152ms TTL=240
    Reply from 168.143.162.100: bytes=32 time=380ms TTL=240
    Reply from 168.143.162.100: bytes=32 time=178ms TTL=240

    Ping statistics for 168.143.162.100:
    Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
    Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
    Minimum = 152ms, Maximum = 380ms, Average = 261ms

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    Twitter is down!

    http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10304633-36.html

    Twitter apparently is being DDOS'd

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    Thanks for that link Sam, wasn't even aware of their status page lol. Must be a pretty large attack to be keeping twitter up and down like this, sounds like they have their work cut out for em.

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    It's up now.

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    Quote Originally Posted by crazylane View Post
    It's up now.
    Yes and no. It's definitely still happening. I can get the homepage to load maybe once every 20 tries.

    Damn DDOS eh. Maybe by 2020 we'll have a way to block such attacks!?

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    Here is a question:

    Why do people do DoS attacks? I mean what do they have to gain? it is simply bothering tons of people.

    If there was something for them to gain, than I suppose in a crude way it can still be justified by them - but nothing to gain, investment of time in setting up an attack & annoyance to many many users. Whats can be the purpose??

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    Quote Originally Posted by SWDevil View Post
    Here is a question:

    Why do people do DoS attacks? I mean what do they have to gain? it is simply bothering tons of people.

    If there was something for them to gain, than I suppose in a crude way it can still be justified by them - but nothing to gain, investment of time in setting up an attack & annoyance to many many users. Whats can be the purpose??
    Scummy, low-life pieces of crap. It might sound mean but it's the truth. ANYONE with any common sense isn't going to do such a thing. Unfortunately idiots DO exist and will always be doing this type of crap.

    As for what they have to gain, I don't understand that either... bragging rights!?

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    Well I am assuming that to cause a site like Twitter and many other high profile sites, it would take some skills and knowledge. Now assuming someone is having that much knowledge I would also hope they might also have common sense of rational thinking of gain-loss. Comeon after-all life is made up of time and to do something totally useless - just doesn't add up. I am trying to think - but damn can't really figure out how such thinking work.. damn

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    I think stuff like twitter is part of a conspiracy to stop all those unemployed people from rioting and eating each other. They can 'follow' chubby little pop tarts, and z-list movie actors, and tweep, purp and toot to their hearts content.

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    Looks like they've been back up since the morning. I'm curious about how much bandwidth they use... In theory, it's quite a low-bandwidth service. (And their images seem mostly hosted on S3, so they wouldn't even use their bandwidth.)

    Quote Originally Posted by squirrelhost View Post
    I think stuff like twitter is part of a conspiracy to stop all those unemployed people from rioting and eating each other.
    That's one theory. I found it invaluable in getting advice from other sysadmins in diagnosing a provider outage last night, so it has uses aside from preventing unemployed cannibals.

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    I think DDoS attacks are a waste of human energy as well. It's just like junk mail and spam. It's a complete hassle to everyone inolved. I bet postal workers hate deliverying junk mail more than I hate throwing it out.

    Anyways, DDoS attacks really screw up your day. Think of all the people it affects: twitter employees, advertisers, ISPs, kids on summer vacation, etc.

    I personally hate twitter as much as reality TV, but DDoS attacks are so petty.

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    Twitter is going on and off for me right now.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Orien View Post
    Twitter is going on and off for me right now.
    Thank you for confirming. I was beginning to think Mobile traffic had been blocked. Just jumped over to my comp from bed to check

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    It's loading for me - just really really slow, and not loading completely.

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    And now we know why:

    http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-10305200-245.html

    DDOS is sure becoming popular.

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    People that DDoS are so sad.

    One of my favorite forums is currently undergoing DDoS, and it's been well over 2 months.

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    I still can't post on twitter.

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    I been trying to upload a new image for Twitter even tryed changing the back ground color's etc.. and it takes a while to respond and it just dies on me Twitter wake up

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    Twitter status site is powered by Tumblr!?...

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