Thread: Server down?
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Old 11-30-2009, 01:50 AM
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Originally Posted by Brad_mo123 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]
They dont need a password, what DDoS does is fload the ports so 1000 attempted connections at the same time can cause a server crash or extreme lag. They can attempt to connect to the ip of the server many ways just it isnt effective unless many many attempts are done at the same time like said, 1000 or more it may take, not sure.
Which is why I said make it so you need a password to have any access to the ports at all on your IP. Otherwise it'll automatically refuse them instead of having to figure out what to do with them, which is what causes a DDoS to be effective...
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