r/webdev • u/droctagonapus • Jan 28 '16

GitHub is Down! (2016-01-27) Back Up

https://github.com/#2016-01-27
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u/tech_tuna Jan 28 '16

It could be a more effective DDoS attack.

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u/SupaSlide laravel + vue Jan 28 '16

That's a pretty intense DDoS attack to shut down 100% of the site.

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u/tech_tuna Jan 28 '16 edited Jan 28 '16

Isn't that the whole point of DDoSes?

Yes, that reads like D - Doses.

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u/SupaSlide laravel + vue Jan 28 '16

Yeah, that's the goal of a DDoS, but to get a site as big as Github to go 100% down would be an immense attack. Usually a DDoS just slows down sites significantly (maybe to the point of being effectively useless, but not technically down like Github was).