@GingeyBook to Memes@lemmy.ml • 11 months agoI had to post from my alt account because lemmy.world servers are downimagemessage-square149arrow-up11.73Karrow-down132
arrow-up11.7Karrow-down1imageI had to post from my alt account because lemmy.world servers are down@GingeyBook to Memes@lemmy.ml • 11 months agomessage-square149
minus-square@tool@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish21•11 months ago I mean that is the problem of too many people being on that one instance. From what I understand, capacity isn’t the issue, it’s that they’re being repeatedly DDoS’ed
minus-squarepirate fishlinkfedilink11•11 months agoIt’s a chicken and egg problem, their high popularity makes them a ddos target
minus-square@Gestrid@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglish2•11 months agoTechnically, a DDoS can happen naturally if enough people are trying to use it at the same time. I’ve seen it happen to other, larger websites before. And lemmy.world definitely doesn’t have the infrastructure of some of those larger websites.
minus-squareUlu-Mulu-no-dielinkfedilinkEnglish6•edit-211 months agoApparently that’s not the case for lemmy.world, it seems someone is pissed for being banned so they’re DDSOSing .world specifically. Tho I agree all people trying to go to the same instance is not a smart thing.
minus-square@Gestrid@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglish3•11 months agoYep, I just saw the update they posted.
minus-squareakarilinkfedilinkEnglish3•11 months agoalso can happen if the software you’re using doesnt manage the requests properly flashbacks to slowloris
From what I understand, capacity isn’t the issue, it’s that they’re being repeatedly DDoS’ed
It’s a chicken and egg problem, their high popularity makes them a ddos target
Technically, a DDoS can happen naturally if enough people are trying to use it at the same time. I’ve seen it happen to other, larger websites before. And lemmy.world definitely doesn’t have the infrastructure of some of those larger websites.
Apparently that’s not the case for lemmy.world, it seems someone is pissed for being banned so they’re DDSOSing .world specifically.
Tho I agree all people trying to go to the same instance is not a smart thing.
Yep, I just saw the update they posted.
also can happen if the software you’re using doesnt manage the requests properly flashbacks to slowloris