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Twitter DOWN !!!
| 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 donbiz, 08-06-2009, 11:42 AM |
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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. |
| Posted by crazylane, 08-06-2009, 11:53 AM |
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It's up now. |
| Posted by Mekhu, 08-06-2009, 12:01 PM |
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Originally Posted by crazylane
It's up now.
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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 |
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Originally Posted by SWDevil
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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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 |
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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 |
| Posted by squirrelhost, 08-06-2009, 12:18 PM |
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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. |
| 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.)
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Originally Posted by squirrelhost
I think stuff like twitter is part of a conspiracy to stop all those unemployed people from rioting and eating each other.
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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 |
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Twitter is going on and off for me right now. |
| Posted by Mekhu, 08-07-2009, 03:22 AM |
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Originally Posted by Orien
Twitter is going on and off for me right now.
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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 |
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It's loading for me - just really really slow, and not loading completely. |
| 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 |
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I still can't post on twitter. |
| Posted by Dustin 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 |
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