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I noticed the exact same thing. Read about their load testing in the paper, did a quick back of the envelope, and concluded before the census that they hadn't
by ACow_Adonis 10y ago
I noticed the exact same thing. Read about their load testing in the paper, did a quick back of the envelope, and concluded before the census that they hadn't texted big enough.
Which brings us back to another question: was there even a DOS attack? I've seen any little technical details on the attacks, and I know myself, like a lot of other Australians logged on behind vpns. When the site wouldn't load, of course we hit refresh...
- 6nf 10y agoThere likely was no DDoS. This was an early guess based on the symptoms at the time, but after investigating IBM never claimed DDoS in the days following census night.
- suprjami 10y agoNo there was no DDoS. Multiple Network Ops groups at the time said they saw no malicious traffic the whole night, either domestically or from international sources. The report calls the DoS an "event" rather than an "attack", carefully worded so that tech journalists would pick up on the wrong thing, but clear that it was not malicious intentional traffic. The DoS was the Australian public attempting to use an online government service.
- alfiedotwtf 10y agoI'm trying to get to the bottom of it. Follow along: https://www.righttoknow.org.au/request/abs_preparedness_of_2016_census/ https://www.righttoknow.org.au/request/abs_preparedness_of_2...