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Posted: 10/21/2016 2:48:13 PM EDT
[#1]
Soooo, what round for an internet hacker? |
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Posted: 10/21/2016 2:49:43 PM EDT
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You mean the DDOS attacks?
No you can't just shut America down like that. US has so much bandwidth that it would be unimaginable computing power to suck that all dry. Affect areas of service, absolutely. What can we do about it? Start severing our internet and limiting international routes. |
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Posted: 10/21/2016 2:50:54 PM EDT
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Stop relying so much on tech to run your life.
A.W.D. |
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Posted: 10/21/2016 2:51:09 PM EDT
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I would be Y2K all over again.
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Posted: 10/21/2016 2:51:19 PM EDT
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Fire Sale!
It really is no big deal. |
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Posted: 10/21/2016 2:51:26 PM EDT
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Go outside
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Posted: 10/21/2016 2:51:37 PM EDT
[#7]
Store a few GB of porn on a usb stick. |
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Posted: 10/21/2016 2:53:31 PM EDT
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Stop relying so much on tech to run your life. A.W.D. this.. and i work in IT.. |
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Posted: 10/21/2016 2:56:14 PM EDT
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Stop relying so much on tech to run your life. A.W.D. I'm an IT guy and I agree with this %100. I literally sit in front of a computer all fucking day at work. It would give us all a reason to get away from the keyboard and actually....you know...go outside! |
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Posted: 10/21/2016 2:56:16 PM EDT
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Can't we just black hole all of americas traffic till the attack subsides?
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Posted: 10/21/2016 3:02:15 PM EDT
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What can we do about it? Start severing our internet and limiting international routes. which will solve nothing for these types of DDOS attacks. ar-jedi |
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Posted: 10/21/2016 3:03:36 PM EDT
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only way to be sure |
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Posted: 10/21/2016 3:06:55 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Stop relying so much on tech to run your life. QFT |
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Posted: 10/21/2016 3:09:48 PM EDT
[#14]
Print your porn out
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Posted: 10/21/2016 3:10:37 PM EDT
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With the internet hacks today on the DNS, doesn't it kind of scare you a bit. Parts of the internet were unavailable today that's some scary shit. Could they physically shut parts of this country down or shut this whole country down and all the technology because of stuff like this, is just about everything is online and connected to the internet some shape or form. So what can one do to prep for something of that nature, where they shut down a lot of electronics gadgets, stores, internet. What can one do to prep to prepare for something like that if it ever happened long-term? This has happened many times before btw. If you use openDNS you will have zero problems :) It's just some script kids who think they're tough and want to shut down a node of the internet. |
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Posted: 10/21/2016 3:14:48 PM EDT
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The firewall just got five petabytes higher.
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Posted: 10/21/2016 3:16:35 PM EDT
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What can be done? Other than physically severing fiber links to Russia & China (which is not a bad idea at all IMO)?
Make sure all your internet connected devices have up-to-date firmware. Dispose of any device that is known to have unpatched vulnerabilities. First of all if you're still running XP you're part of the problem. Second of all, if you're still running some broadband router from 2006 odds are it has been completely abandoned by the manufacturer and has unpatched vulnerabilities in it. I've seen plenty of old routers that have been cracked and are running open proxies or VPN exits. Even some relatively modern products like consumer grade NAS devices have been cracked. I think it was Christmas 2014 when Lizard Squad took down the Xbox Live and Playstation Networks using mostly compromised broadband routers. It's not just PCs these days that are botnet fodder. Of course consumers themselves only have so much control. Hard to keep your equipment patched when the manufacturer doesn't make patches. And many ISPs are using custom firmwares that they don't bother keeping up to date even when the OEM does. |
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Posted: 10/21/2016 3:19:14 PM EDT
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Cash on hand.
AMmo on hand. Food and water purification on hand. |
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Posted: 10/21/2016 3:23:07 PM EDT
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Posted: 10/21/2016 3:27:37 PM EDT
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That old dusty vcr and box of porn tapes in the basement comes in handy yet again
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Posted: 10/21/2016 3:28:30 PM EDT
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Lets see, three 4x4 vehicles, One is a 2015 subby, one 1969 Bronco and one 2004 F-550 with a crane and hydraulic leveling jacks with a full Banks Turbo kit and a Gear Vendors over drive.
Whole house NG generator, lots of fuel in NATO cans with lots of boolits and guns that eat them. Plenty of food and my own water well. Yeah I don't think some entity crashing my internet will do much more than piss me off for missing page two ownership posts on ARFCOM. |
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Posted: 10/21/2016 3:29:02 PM EDT
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It's no big deal for me. There's only one internet privider here and our, "high speed," internet provider sucks so bad I'm used to being without internet service.
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Posted: 10/21/2016 3:29:58 PM EDT
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If you use openDNS you will have zero problems no. http://www.ar15.com/forums/t_1_5/1921539_Twitter_is_down_____Its_Happening_____Mass_DDOS_Attack_Update_Pg_2.html&page=7#i62605806 ar-jedi |
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Posted: 10/21/2016 3:33:44 PM EDT
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You need to go all "Enemy of the State" and go off the grid.
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Posted: 10/21/2016 3:36:57 PM EDT
[#25]
have cash on hand
logistics could be hurt very bigly |
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Posted: 10/21/2016 3:39:35 PM EDT
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It's just some script kids who think they're tough and want to shut down a node of the internet. Quote HistoryQuoted:
It's just some script kids who think they're tough and want to shut down a node of the internet. Dunno about this particular attack, but some people think state actors have been mapping out how to take down the DNS root servers. https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2016/09/someone_is_lear.html Over the past year or two, someone has been probing the defenses of the companies that run critical pieces of the Internet. These probes take the form of precisely calibrated attacks designed to determine exactly how well these companies can defend themselves, and what would be required to take them down. We don't know who is doing this, but it feels like a large nation state. China or Russia would be my first guesses. |
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Posted: 10/21/2016 3:50:23 PM EDT
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One more, cash on hand. If the internet goes down, you can not use your credit or debit card. Imagine driving back on I-95 or I-75 from FL and you are on reserve. Pull in to the gas station and you can not use the card, no gas and can't get a motel for the night either.
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Posted: 10/21/2016 3:53:18 PM EDT
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If you use openDNS you will have zero problems no. http://www.ar15.com/forums/t_1_5/1921539_Twitter_is_down_____Its_Happening_____Mass_DDOS_Attack_Update_Pg_2.html&page=7#i62605806 ar-jedi My clients on opendns were not affected by this Clients on Comcast and Google DNS servers were, until I switched them over to opendns at 845am |
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Posted: 10/21/2016 3:57:02 PM EDT
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There once was a thread where things like this were discussed.
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Posted: 10/21/2016 4:33:24 PM EDT
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Hackers might be able to break a few things for a few hours.
We have plenty of smart guys on our end that are on call to jump in and unfuck stuff when they do. The internet is redundant on top of redundant on top of redundant. I won't say it is impossible to break the whole thing at once, but it would be a 1:TRILLION chance. This should be item 999,999 on your list of things to lose sleep over. |
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Posted: 10/21/2016 4:36:45 PM EDT
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Rejoice and maybe live life?
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Posted: 10/21/2016 4:38:47 PM EDT
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Go outside yeah, but that big yellow thing up there |
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Posted: 10/21/2016 4:39:49 PM EDT
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WTF is "outside?"
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Posted: 10/21/2016 4:42:00 PM EDT
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Stop relying so much on tech to run your life. A.W.D. This. My life carried on as usual. |
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Posted: 10/21/2016 4:42:45 PM EDT
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With the internet hacks today on the DNS, doesn't it kind of scare you a bit. Parts of the internet were unavailable today that's some scary shit. Could they physically shut parts of this country down or shut this whole country down and all the technology because of stuff like this, is just about everything is online and connected to the internet some shape or form. So what can one do to prep for something of that nature, where they shut down a lot of electronics gadgets, stores, internet. What can one do to prep to prepare for something like that if it ever happened long-term? Flipping the proverbial switch is something that isn't terribly hard to do. Be prepared to run your life without your phone and laptop. I have HAM radios and compasses. What else do you need? |
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Posted: 10/21/2016 4:46:07 PM EDT
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POS System:  Word:  Excel:  Search Engine:  Pr0n:  Instagram:  |
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Posted: 10/21/2016 4:46:38 PM EDT
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With the internet hacks today on the DNS, doesn't it kind of scare you a bit. Parts of the internet were unavailable today that's some scary shit. Could they physically shut parts of this country down or shut this whole country down and all the technology because of stuff like this, is just about everything is online and connected to the internet some shape or form. So what can one do to prep for something of that nature, where they shut down a lot of electronics gadgets, stores, internet. What can one do to prep to prepare for something like that if it ever happened long-term? LP and I could find things to do to keep us occupied with no internet 
As far as any other issues that may pop up, like banking being down and what not, you should already be prepared for those eventualities and have at a basic bare minimum 6 weeks of food and water and shelter and weapons/ammo for defense. That of course, as I said, is bare minimum to ride any major issues out. |
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Posted: 10/21/2016 4:47:22 PM EDT
[#38]
Get your own geek, set him up in the basement and make sure he's got plenty of Redbull, Doritos, and porn. Not necessarily in that order.
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Posted: 10/21/2016 4:48:16 PM EDT
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Flipping the proverbial switch is something that isn't terribly hard to do. Be prepared to run your life without your phone and laptop. I have HAM radios and compasses. What else do you need? Quote HistoryQuoted:
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With the internet hacks today on the DNS, doesn't it kind of scare you a bit. Parts of the internet were unavailable today that's some scary shit. Could they physically shut parts of this country down or shut this whole country down and all the technology because of stuff like this, is just about everything is online and connected to the internet some shape or form. So what can one do to prep for something of that nature, where they shut down a lot of electronics gadgets, stores, internet. What can one do to prep to prepare for something like that if it ever happened long-term? Flipping the proverbial switch is something that isn't terribly hard to do. Be prepared to run your life without your phone and laptop. I have HAM radios and compasses. What else do you need? You do not have to run your life without those things. (yes, internet and actual phone service would be down) but with a decent solar system you would still have access to their apps/programs with a proper solar system. |
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Posted: 10/21/2016 4:48:29 PM EDT
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Go outside LOL exactly. Other than me not being able work, telecommute, I don't see the problem if the internet goes down. |
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Posted: 10/21/2016 4:55:48 PM EDT
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Invent a new distributed DNS protocol that would eliminate reliance on a single set of dns providers. Or got to hosts files which is my favorite answer for all IT organizations large and small... *snickers*
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Posted: 10/21/2016 4:59:49 PM EDT
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You do not have to run your life without those things. (yes, internet and actual phone service would be down) but with a decent solar system you would still have access to their apps/programs with a proper solar system. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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With the internet hacks today on the DNS, doesn't it kind of scare you a bit. Parts of the internet were unavailable today that's some scary shit. Could they physically shut parts of this country down or shut this whole country down and all the technology because of stuff like this, is just about everything is online and connected to the internet some shape or form. So what can one do to prep for something of that nature, where they shut down a lot of electronics gadgets, stores, internet. What can one do to prep to prepare for something like that if it ever happened long-term? Flipping the proverbial switch is something that isn't terribly hard to do. Be prepared to run your life without your phone and laptop. I have HAM radios and compasses. What else do you need? You do not have to run your life without those things. (yes, internet and actual phone service would be down) but with a decent solar system you would still have access to their apps/programs with a proper solar system. Fair enough. I just don't need them for things other than comms, news and travel really. |
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Posted: 10/21/2016 5:03:28 PM EDT
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With the internet hacks today on the DNS, doesn't it kind of scare you a bit. Parts of the internet were unavailable today that's some scary shit. Could they physically shut parts of this country down or shut this whole country down and all the technology because of stuff like this, is just about everything is online and connected to the internet some shape or form. So what can one do to prep for something of that nature, where they shut down a lot of electronics gadgets, stores, internet. What can one do to prep to prepare for something like that if it ever happened long-term? The "Internet" can be affected but "intranets" were not. I wasn't affected by it. There are still some stores here that can make cash transactions on their registers, mini-marts and 7-Elevens. |
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Posted: 10/21/2016 5:05:03 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Go outside Didn't notice a thing. |
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Posted: 10/21/2016 5:06:41 PM EDT
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Cash on hand. AMmo on hand. Food and water purification on hand. You should probably add a couple copies of mid-90s vintage Swank magazine to that list. I can probably drop back to analog porn, but I don't think pure imagination will cut it any more. I'm sorry Willy Wonka... |
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Posted: 10/21/2016 5:07:39 PM EDT
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Posted: 10/21/2016 5:09:27 PM EDT
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hosts.txt
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Posted: 10/21/2016 5:10:08 PM EDT
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hosts.txt Won't work |
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Posted: 10/21/2016 5:11:13 PM EDT
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Stop relying so much on tech to run your life. A.W.D. Virtually impossible in today's business world. |
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Posted: 10/21/2016 5:18:01 PM EDT
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Soooo, what round for an internet hacker? 64bit round. 
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