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BitTorrent Servers Under DDoS Attacks

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the under-fire dept.

jZnat writes "CNet News.com reports that popular BitTorrent tracker hosts such as Suprnova and LokiTorrent underwent DDoS attacks on Wednesday (I'll bet you noticed). The culprits are primarily unknown, but these sites were flooded beyond control from the attack. This appears to be striking an interest in revising the BT protocol and Suprnova's interest in making their own protocol."

2 of 352 comments (clear)

  1. suprnova.com and .net by dncsky1530 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I would like to know whether suprnova.com and suprnova.net were hit by the DDoS attacks. They try and maky money of the popularity of suprnova.org and there are a number of people that actually get suckered into paying those sites.

  2. Own protocol? by tod_miller · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Suprnova's interest in making their own protocol.

    I am all up for new protocols, but there is a reason why we do not have:

    http, httmyp, tthpp, hhtp, mshttp [I wouldnt doubt], SCOhttp, HPhttp

    Don't fragment the issues, work on a common protocol, if we can uncouple protocol and application (which has happened in all major networks I think) then good.

    Go for it supe..r..pr..nva...! but make it open.

    I kinda knew bit torrents would be attacked, can't they just publish the ip's that are attacking them, and get us to click on them a bit?

    teardrop attack?

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    #hostfile 0.0.0.0 primidi.com 0.0.0.0 www.primidi.com 0.0.0.0 radio.weblogs.com