stop ddos attacks

[haz]

i was tryna play last night and there were so many ddos attacks. we need better protection for these servers fr...

 

[MS]

I'm MSWS and I approve this message.

 

[jii]

I'm ji and I do not approve this message. The approved message is that all players should head to TTT

 

[osai]

i am in the process of digitally uploading myself directly to the eGO servers so i can protect them with my own two hands

 

[whnheaven]

@blank_dvth fix it

 

[darkfry]

Would need a firewall with rules to mitigate excessive amounts of traffic, or employ a dedicated server host, as those often have built-in protection (not sure if EGO does this already, but if so it may be worth considering a provider with better protection).

 

[Agent Smith]

darkfry Your understanding of the situation is laughable. Your paltry attempts to solve the problem hardly scratch the surface of what is necessary. Leadership must take extensive measures to prevent further disruptions. I trust they will not fail in their duty.

 

[Mooshua]

Would need a firewall with rules to mitigate excessive amounts of traffic, or employ a dedicated server host, as those often have built-in protection (not sure if EGO does this already, but if so it may be worth considering a provider with better protection).

Agent Smith is kinda right here. We already employ dedicated hosts with anti-ddos solutions. If there was a practical way to get more protection, we would investigate it, but so far there's really no good avenues to take from here.

 

[darkfry]

Agent Smith is kinda right here. We already employ dedicated hosts with anti-ddos solutions. If there was a practical way to get more protection, we would investigate it, but so far there's really no good avenues to take from here.

This makes sense, but I do have another idea as well. If possible, it might also be worth enforcing a minimum account age to connect to the server (3 days would seem appropriate, as it's not an excessive amount of time that I could foresee having a negative impact on playerbase).

I say this because the times I've seen the server get "DDoSed", it was immediately after an account (a brand new one) joined, and as soon as the account was kicked/banned, it stopped. Seen it happen twice, and have a clip of one of those times if you wana see what I'm talking about. Server started lagging out (seemed like a DDoS) but these attacks regarding excessive network traffic may be linked to a specific account (that needs to be connected to the server) in a lot of cases. Might not stop the issue, but it could potentially make it more difficult and more inconvenient for the attacker(s).

 

[Scarox93]

This makes sense, but I do have another idea as well. If possible, it might also be worth enforcing a minimum account age to connect to the server (3 days would seem appropriate, as it's not an excessive amount of time that I could foresee having a negative impact on playerbase).

I say this because the times I've seen the server get "DDoSed", it was immediately after an account (a brand new one) joined, and as soon as the account was kicked/banned, it stopped. Seen it happen twice, and have a clip of one of those times if you wana see what I'm talking about. Server started lagging out (seemed like a DDoS) but these attacks regarding excessive network traffic may be linked to a specific account (that needs to be connected to the server) in a lot of cases. Might not stop the issue, but it could potentially make it more difficult and more inconvenient for the attacker(s).

Imma agree with Darkfry here on the account age thing if that’s possible…seeing as our servers (in GO at least) probably aren’t the type of thing players who are new to steam or gaming would start with. I would say tho that our TF2 servers are a great place to start learning TF2 and ik there are people who join with new accounts so I’d ensure those changes aren’t applied to TF2 if they are to CS:GO

 

[jii]

Agent Smith is kinda right here. We already employ dedicated hosts with anti-ddos solutions. If there was a practical way to get more protection, we would investigate it, but so far there's really no good avenues to take from here.

At the expense of 10$ and around 30ms+ more latency for all users and some moderate configuration and some IP changes there is

DM soon to be sent xoxoxo

 

[mrstaek]

At the expense of 10$ and around 30ms+ more latency for all users and some moderate configuration and some IP changes there is

DM soon to be sent xoxoxo

I for one don't want a 30ms increase in ping. I'll take infrequent ddos over an increase in average ping

 

[SneakyTurtle]

Wasnt there some talk about being able to detect who is ddosing, like it checks for unusal packets sent to the server or something idk

 

[Scarox93]

Yeah we’ve got that

 

[jii]

quarterly ddos is over please resume play