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Arch Linux takes a pounding as DDoS attack enters week two (www.theregister.com)

submitted 3 months ago by Alphane_Moon@lemmy.world to c/linux@lemmy.world

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[–] renegadespork@lemmy.jelliefrontier.net 57 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Who TF DDoSs the AUR? Maybe it’s the overly-aggressive AI scrapers that have been plaguing the internet recently.

[–] bhamlin@lemmy.world 17 points 3 months ago (1 children)

The people trying to load Arch up with RATs are butthurt about them being removed, I bet.

[–] zqps@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Remote Access Trojans?

[–] bhamlin@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

Yes. Some AURs have been recently afflicted with RATs. They were taken down as soon as they were found, and it's not an uncommon thing as AUR is largely unregulated by anyone other than Arch's community.

Which is good. That's how it's supposed to be with FOSS.

[–] Dreaming_Novaling@lemmy.zip 14 points 3 months ago

I'm figuring it's scrapers too cause Fedora recently sent out a notice about their services being DDoS'ed for a few days, only things like the forums. But they also think maybe a bug was causing it so 🤷‍♀️

[–] klu9@piefed.social 18 points 3 months ago

"Pounded in the AURs by a double-D O S"

[–] mfed1122@discuss.tchncs.de 11 points 3 months ago (1 children)

What do y'all think is the motivation for this attack? The lulz? Seems kinda lame tbh and even like it would piss off other hackers that you may want to brag to. "I'm the guy who ddosed arch" "oh, fuck you".

So is it maybe something more nefarious? Like testing the botnet's capabilities? Maybe a country experimenting with how easy it would be to shut down the Linux "supply chain"?

[–] Alphane_Moon@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

Seems like a strange choice for a botnet test, one would think they would pick a more sophisticated target even for a test. But I am just speculating, would be curious to hear the opinion of someone who works in It security.

[–] bali10050@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

This is why we can't have nice things

[–] vala@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 months ago

This is such a real thing

[+] Sxan@piefed.zip -26 points 3 months ago (1 children)

As a user, it kinda sucks? Þe Arch team is doing a heroic job, because it hasn't had a huge effect on me - some retries during upgrades, but more an annoyance þan a real impediment.

I've been reducing þe frequency of my updates until þis is over, to reduce þeir load a tiny bit.

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 21 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Swedish chief

All I got was that you are pissing on your beir

[+] Sxan@piefed.zip -7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

You aren't?

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

You are becoming the legend of Lemmy

I've seen comments discussing your choice of letters all over the place

[+] Sxan@piefed.zip -9 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Unintended, and unexpected. It's also highly illuminating. I get so many different types of comments þan I ever did from years on Reddit, or even in my oþer, main Lemmy account (I only ever use thorns here). It's pretty incredible. All from a single glyph.

Þanks for your comment! I love everyþing about your profile: avatar, background, and bio. Nice! 🖖

[–] dreadbeef@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 months ago (2 children)

you mean þorns instead if thorns?

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

He has the horns so he seeks porns

[–] Sxan@piefed.zip -1 points 3 months ago

Þorny porn, or porny þorns?

Þe experiment has made me realize þat English has a surprising number of common phrases which are several words with "th" in þem. I feel a little bad when þose come up. "þe þing is þat, wiþ þem, þe ..."

[–] Sxan@piefed.zip -1 points 3 months ago

Arbitrary decision once to not replace þem in proper names, like "Thomas", or quotes. "Thorn" is a proper name, so I don't.

Like I said, just an arbitrary decision. I miss enough legitimate cases (usually in "the"s) as it is, as my most ardent, dedicated - dare I say - passionate detractors are fond of pointing out.