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Dos (Denial of Service) Attacks

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Real Estate Broker/Owner with Waller Real Estate BRE# 01358682

As you hear about attacks on larger corporations in the United States via hackers and think it can't happen to you, as you have no secret government files, no customer data, no financial files, well think again! 

Late last week I noticed my website was running slower than normal, as I had just switched to a dedicated server, I thought perhaps something got screwed up in the migration. As I began looking at error logs, then latest visitors-I was shocked to discover multiple hits from various ip addresses out of China-my site was a target for Dos (Denial of Service). 

For those not familiar with what that is-it is when-I'll be nice-a group of LOSERS-inundate your site with multiple queries so that your computer resources are overloaded and your real users can't access your site, once overloaded your server shuts down. This is against the law, however, good luck if you're dealing with internet service providers out of China.

In addition to having a firewall on my server, I am blocking specific ip addresses-and monitoring visitor activity. For those that are maintaining their backend website-I'm passing along the ip addresses that were the perpetrators of my attack-

 

180.76.5.48, 180.76.5.49, 180.76.5.50, 180.76.5.51, 180.76.5.52, 180.76.5.54, 180.76.5.55, 180.76.5.56, 180.76.5.57, 180.76.5.58, 180.76.5.59, 180.76.5.60, 180.76.5.61, 180.76.5.62, 180.76.5.63, 180.76.5.64, 180.76.5.66, 180.76.5.67, 180.76.5.87, 180.76.5.88, 180.76.5.89, 180.76.5.90, 180.76.5.91, 180.76.5.92, 180.76.5.93, 180.76.5.94, 180.76.5.95, 180.76.5.96, 180.76.5.97, 180.76.5.98, 180.76.5.99, 180.76.5.100, 180.76.5.101, 180.76.5.103, 180.76.5.107, 180.76.5.110, 180.76.5.111, 180.76.5.113, 180.76.5.136, 180.76.5.137, 180.76.5.138, 180.76.5.139, 180.76.5.140, 180.76.5.141, 180.76.5.142, 180.76.5.143, 180.76.5.145, 180.76.5.146, 180.76.5.147, 180.76.5.148, 180.76.5.149, 180.76.5.150, 180.76.5.151, 180.76.5.153, 180.76.5.154, 180.76.5.155, 180.76.5.156, 180.76.5.157, 180.76.5.158, 180.76.5.159, 180.76.5.160, 180.76.5.161, 180.76.5.163, 180.76.5.164, 180.76.5.165, 180.76.5.166, 180.76.5.167, 180.76.5.168, 180.76.5.170, 180.76.5.171, 180.76.5.172, 180.76.5.173, 180.76.5.175, 180.76.5.176, 180.76.5.178, 180.76.5.179, 180.76.5.181, 180.76.5.182, 180.76.5.183, 180.76.5.184, 180.76.5.185, 180.76.5.186, 180.76.5.187, 180.76.5.188, 180.76.5.190, 180.76.5.191, 180.76.5.192, 180.76.5.193, 180.76.5.196, 180.76.5.197

 

Comments (1)

Tammy Lankford,
Lane Realty Eatonton, GA Lake Sinclair, Milledgeville, 706-485-9668 - Eatonton, GA
Broker GA Lake Sinclair/Eatonton/Milledgeville

3 years ago someone with a Canadian IP address stole my identity.  My local law enforcement could/would not pursue it.   I now own my own servers.

Oct 25, 2011 05:46 AM