Archlinux project down inc forums due to DDoS attack for the last few days

[BitterTruth]

Ongoing Ddos attack on archlinux:
https://archlinux.org/news/recent-services-outages/

[mxxm]

yeah, whats goin on over there
First they inject the AUR with bad code and now this? Pretty wild

[BitterTruth]

It's crazy how long it's gone on for

[CharlesV]

Well, I read an article that said they did not want to use cloudflare or another provider like that as they were not open source. So.. they are attempting to fix it internally.. which is rather difficult!

[Eadwine Rose]

They're gonna have to cave in the end. *shrug* Can't really get around it unless you block a LOT of countries. Then still.

[BitterTruth]

If it could happen to them...........

[Stevo]

Debian and MX forums have been under DDOS attack for months now; also other related sites such as packages.debian.org.

[BitterTruth]

Can only be Micro$oft. Especially with Deb 13 coming out and Win 10 reaching EOL.

EDIT: Seriously though, this is probably why it makes sense to run a more stable distro than a bleeding edge one especially one where users can upload their own packages (AUR).

[Nokkaelaein]

Debian and MX forums have been under DDOS attack for months now; also other related sites such as packages.debian.org.

Any info on who is doing this? : \

[j2mcgreg]

Debian and MX forums have been under DDOS attack for months now; also other related sites such as packages.debian.org.

Any info on who is doing this? : \

I think that we would have to look at who would benefit most from the top level distros going down.