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Very cool. How many of us did it take to DDOS the server? It doesn't load for me either :)
by glassprongs 5y ago
Very cool. How many of us did it take to DDOS the server? It doesn't load for me either :)
- smoppi 5y agoThe TCP/IP stack is compiled for 64 sockets. If the socket table is full, it just drops all new SYN packets and does not answer to them.
- CodeWriter23 5y agoJust curious and totally not being critical, what was your thinking about dropping SYN vs responding with RST?
- smoppi 5y agoI think the user will most probably keep pressing the F5/Refresh button anyway if the site is not working at the first try, so responding with a RST packet would just use more bandwidth and resources.
- smoppi 5y agoiptraf on another computer, connected to the same hub: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0CeK1TnGhIs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0CeK1TnGhIs Assuming that one "TCP entry" means one socket, that's a lot of SYN packets... Video from what it looks like on the server: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVKjVyM53sg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVKjVyM53sg