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by glassprongs 1615 days ago
Very cool. How many of us did it take to DDOS the server? It doesn't load for me either :)
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smoppi 1615 days ago
The 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.
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CodeWriter23 1615 days ago
Just curious and totally not being critical, what was your thinking about dropping SYN vs responding with RST?
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smoppi 1615 days ago
I 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.
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smoppi 1615 days ago
iptraf on another computer, connected to the same hub: 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

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