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Posted by hosteur, 08-06-2009, 11:17 AM
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
Posted by HostcrateCEO, 08-06-2009, 11:29 AM
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)
Posted by donbiz, 08-06-2009, 11:35 AM
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
Posted by Sam Robertson, 08-06-2009, 11:37 AM
It's a denial of service attack: http://status.twitter.com/post/15719...service-attack
Posted by crazylane, 08-06-2009, 11:37 AM
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10304633-36.html Twitter apparently is being DDOS'd
Posted by donbiz, 08-06-2009, 11:42 AM
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.
Posted by hosteur, 08-06-2009, 11:51 AM
Check report, here: http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showth...08#post6325308
Posted by crazylane, 08-06-2009, 11:53 AM
It's up now.
Posted by Mekhu, 08-06-2009, 12:01 PM
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!?
Posted by SWDevil, 08-06-2009, 12:03 PM
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??
Posted by Mekhu, 08-06-2009, 12:06 PM
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!?
Posted by SWDevil, 08-06-2009, 12:13 PM
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
Posted by squirrelhost, 08-06-2009, 12:18 PM
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.
Posted by fog, 08-06-2009, 03:55 PM
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.) 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.
Posted by skullbox, 08-07-2009, 12:39 AM
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.
Posted by Orien, 08-07-2009, 03:21 AM
Twitter is going on and off for me right now.
Posted by Mekhu, 08-07-2009, 03:22 AM
Thank you for confirming. I was beginning to think Mobile traffic had been blocked. Just jumped over to my comp from bed to check
Posted by qMx-TC, 08-07-2009, 03:24 AM
It's loading for me - just really really slow, and not loading completely.
Posted by Mekhu, 08-07-2009, 03:52 AM
And now we know why: http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-10305200-245.html DDOS is sure becoming popular.
Posted by qMx-TC, 08-07-2009, 04:00 AM
People that DDoS are so sad. One of my favorite forums is currently undergoing DDoS, and it's been well over 2 months.
Posted by CretaForce, 08-07-2009, 06:51 AM
I still can't post on twitter.
Posted by Dustin B Cisneros, 08-07-2009, 11:42 AM
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
Posted by hosteur, 08-08-2009, 03:26 AM
Twitter status site is powered by Tumblr!?...