Minecraft servers are getting DDOS'd.

[HomebrewingNeko]

Minecraft servers are currently down around the globe. The largest server, Hypixel, is down, and has been since late yesterday. Along with this, Mineplex and Cubecraft, 2 large servers, are having their own server issues. According to Hypixel, there were some server hosting issues that caused a loosening of DDOS Protection. This allowed the attack to occur. For those thinking that this may just be a sad thing for the Minecraft community, these DDOS attacks can have severe repercussions. Mirai, the botnet that caused the internet to fail in 2017, was created by 3 grad students as a protection scheme for Minecraft servers .

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[Deleted member 546149]

Ew disgusting DDOS

 

[Bladexdsl]

GOOD now hit fortnite servers next!

 

[Tomato123]

These servers have pretty terrible communities so not really a bad thing for them to be temporarily down. CubeCraft especially. Anyone who has played the KitPvP on there for a short while probably knows what I mean.

 

[linuxares]

they must be attacking the "connector" servers. Hypixel are over 350+ servers that host their massive worlds.

 

[Deleted User]

hypixel can stay down, the server is ridiculously microtransaction ridden, and you get banned if your username has nipple in it

i've had one of my accounts banned from it for years because i made the mistake of trying to join it with vivecraft, later they fixed the instant ban issue by just kicking you and saying "the mod isn't supported", what a shit server

 

[Deleted member 514389]

And that kids, is the problem when games are online only mostly.
Local Network play, who needs that m'kay ???

 

[Rickster]

GOOD now hit fortnite servers next!

Promoting an illegal cyber crime?

 

[Deleted member 483379]

GOOD now hit fortnite servers next!

we get it you hate people having fun.

 

[Julie_Pilgrim]

i still remember watching hypixel go down with my friends, funnily enough it went down right as we were about to exit the queue

 

[Kioku]

It's 2021... and we're still unable to effectively combat DDOS'ing? K

 

[Julie_Pilgrim]

It's 2021... and we're still unable to effectively combat DDOS'ing? K

you got any ideas, wise guy?

 

[Kioku]

you got any ideas, wise guy?

If it were my job, sure. There are people who get paid to figure this shit out. If Amazon can circumvent adblockers, these big tech firms can figure out DDOS protection.

 

[linuxares]

If it were my job, sure. There are people who get paid to figure this shit out. If Amazon can circumvent adblockers, these big tech firms can figure out DDOS protection.

Pretty much, especially since it seems to be the login server that is getting attacked. Why haven't they put it on a CDN that can mitigate it is just weird.

Also Hypixel are over 350 servers combined for the whole realm.

 

[Tomato123]

If it were my job, sure. There are people who get paid to figure this shit out. If Amazon can circumvent adblockers, these big tech firms can figure out DDOS protection.

There's no magic switch you can turn on to stop DDoS attacks. Currently, the only methods are to have police target servers sending these attacks or to have a datacenter set up for taking the brunt of the attack while allowing normal traffic through. Any service claiming to be DDoS protected usually means the latter of those two.

 

[Julie_Pilgrim]

these big tech firms can figure out DDOS protection.

tbf, this is a minecraft server, not really "big tech"

 

[Kioku]

tbf, this is a minecraft server, not really "big tech"

So, Minecraft owns the server? /s

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There's no magic switch you can turn on to stop DDoS attacks. Currently, the only methods are to have police target servers sending these attacks or to have a datacenter set up for taking the brunt of the attack while allowing normal traffic through. Any service claiming to be DDoS protected usually means the latter of those two.

You see my point, then?

I get it, DDoS attacks aren't something that is easily circumvented. However, they've been a prominent issue for a while now. It's just weird to me that these are STILL the two main methods of addressing this issue.

 

[lumpykiddy]

that is so cool