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John Oliver's video is #3 trending on YouTube right now. It specifically calls for people to write comments on that page. He even bought up a domain that points

by ben174 9y ago

John Oliver's video is #3 trending on YouTube right now. It specifically calls for people to write comments on that page. He even bought up a domain that points directly to the page. http://gofccyourself.com http://gofccyourself.com

pera 9y ago
Citing the second paragraph of the posted article: > “These were deliberate attempts by external actors to bombard the FCC’s comment system with a high amount of traffic to our commercial cloud host. These actors were not attempting to file comments themselves; rather they made it difficult for legitimate commenters to access and file with the FCC.”
- unityByFreedom 9y ago
  And the official statement from the FCC, > “Beginning on Sunday night at midnight, our analysis reveals that the FCC was subject to multiple distributed denial-of-service attacks (DDos). These were deliberate attempts by external actors to bombard the FCC’s comment system with a high amount of traffic to our commercial cloud host. These actors were not attempting to file comments themselves; rather they made it difficult for legitimate commenters to access and file with the FCC. While the comment system remained up and running the entire time, these DDoS events tied up the servers and prevented them from responding to people attempting to submit comments. We have worked with our commercial partners to address this situation and will continue to monitor developments going forward.” [1] Given that the FCC thinks "bulk commenting" via a spreadsheet is a proper solution to their website difficulties, I don't really believe in their ability to diagnose an issue as a DDoS. More likely, lots of people were trying to comment but couldn't. [1] http://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2017/db0508/DOC-344764A1.pdf http://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2017...
  - thaumasiotes 9y ago
    I'm imagining something like - User tries to load the page to comment. - High traffic. It fails. - User reloads the page. It fails. - "We're being hit by malicious requests that don't attempt to file comments!"
    - pohl 9y ago
      Yeah, today after I watched the video, I went to the domain, clicked the button to express, saw the form fields, and decided I'd come back to it after work. I'm probably not the only one who dropped-off after seeing all the form fields.
  - PhasmaFelis 9y ago
    > "While the comment system remained up and running the entire time, these DDoS events tied up the servers and prevented them from responding to people attempting to submit comments." ...That doesn't sound like "up and running."
    - failrate 9y ago
      It sounds like weasel-speak for "the web service didn't crash", but our switch was completely saturated.
  - thomastjeffery 9y ago
    That sounds like they are using the term "DDoS" to define John Oliver asking his viewers to actually write legitimate comments. That would be a very incorrect usage of the term.
  - alexchantavy 9y ago
    I really hope that they take they take this as a sign of high level of interest and not DDoS :\
- rgbrenner 9y ago
  That still seems to fit the description of John Oliver.. Hes an external actor (to the FCC system).. he wasn't attempting to comment himself, but his actions sent a large number of people to the FCC website.. too much for the host to handle, which made it difficult for commenters to access the site.
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- ben174 9y ago
  He specifically called out to 4chan and other "trolls". It may be an attack, but I still think it's a result of John Oliver's calling.
JumpCrisscross 9y ago
To those trying http://gofccyourself.com http://gofccyourself.com, your TL;DR instructions are to click "Express," fill in your comment (you're the "filer"), review and submit.
mino 9y ago
Here is the video of that episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92vuuZt7wak https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92vuuZt7wak

by ben174 9y ago

pera 9y ago

Citing the second paragraph of the posted article: > “These were deliberate attempts by external actors to bombard the FCC’s comment system with a high amount of traffic to our commercial cloud host. These actors were not attempting to file comments themselves; rather they made it difficult for legitimate commenters to access and file with the FCC.”

unityByFreedom 9y ago
And the official statement from the FCC, > “Beginning on Sunday night at midnight, our analysis reveals that the FCC was subject to multiple distributed denial-of-service attacks (DDos). These were deliberate attempts by external actors to bombard the FCC’s comment system with a high amount of traffic to our commercial cloud host. These actors were not attempting to file comments themselves; rather they made it difficult for legitimate commenters to access and file with the FCC. While the comment system remained up and running the entire time, these DDoS events tied up the servers and prevented them from responding to people attempting to submit comments. We have worked with our commercial partners to address this situation and will continue to monitor developments going forward.” [1] Given that the FCC thinks "bulk commenting" via a spreadsheet is a proper solution to their website difficulties, I don't really believe in their ability to diagnose an issue as a DDoS. More likely, lots of people were trying to comment but couldn't. [1] http://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2017/db0508/DOC-344764A1.pdf http://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2017...
- thaumasiotes 9y ago
  I'm imagining something like - User tries to load the page to comment. - High traffic. It fails. - User reloads the page. It fails. - "We're being hit by malicious requests that don't attempt to file comments!"
  - pohl 9y ago
    Yeah, today after I watched the video, I went to the domain, clicked the button to express, saw the form fields, and decided I'd come back to it after work. I'm probably not the only one who dropped-off after seeing all the form fields.
- PhasmaFelis 9y ago
  > "While the comment system remained up and running the entire time, these DDoS events tied up the servers and prevented them from responding to people attempting to submit comments." ...That doesn't sound like "up and running."
  - failrate 9y ago
    It sounds like weasel-speak for "the web service didn't crash", but our switch was completely saturated.
- thomastjeffery 9y ago
  That sounds like they are using the term "DDoS" to define John Oliver asking his viewers to actually write legitimate comments. That would be a very incorrect usage of the term.
- alexchantavy 9y ago
  I really hope that they take they take this as a sign of high level of interest and not DDoS :\
rgbrenner 9y ago
That still seems to fit the description of John Oliver.. Hes an external actor (to the FCC system).. he wasn't attempting to comment himself, but his actions sent a large number of people to the FCC website.. too much for the host to handle, which made it difficult for commenters to access the site.
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ben174 9y ago
He specifically called out to 4chan and other "trolls". It may be an attack, but I still think it's a result of John Oliver's calling.

JumpCrisscross 9y ago

To those trying http://gofccyourself.com http://gofccyourself.com, your TL;DR instructions are to click "Express," fill in your comment (you're the "filer"), review and submit.

mino 9y ago

Here is the video of that episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92vuuZt7wak https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92vuuZt7wak