Reality Check

[Goshdern_VZ]

If someone is DoS'ing the Login Server (I have been working in the IT world for a decade and this appears like a classic Smurf attack), this is for you.

I am 35 years old, I lost my job as the Internet Sales Manager for a GM dealership back in November. I am now a stay at home dad. After the kids go to sleep and my wife stops complaining about having to be the breadwinner now I just want to log on and play EQ and remember how much fun I had years ago.

Please stop, I am one of hundreds if not thousands during the course of each week lately that are dissapointed when we try to log on.

I am hoping you too can remember the "good ol times".

Think of the rest of us I beg you.

[Aergad]

the software needs to be fixed and hew hardware gotten, and it probably is a classic type of an attack probably one that should have been plugged up years ago but this is what happens when no real development is done on software for years at a time for whatever reason vulnerabilities that shouldnt be a problem are a problem

[man101]

as nice as that would be of whoever is doing it i highly doubt we will ever see that happen it was a good nice gesture to post that but i doubt they care

[kashaph]

I have a Cisco and Checkpoint firewall at home. Either of these would and are capable of negating these attacks when properly configured. There are some attacks, however, that need to be stopped at the server level, which usually simply requires updates to the software in order to remove the vulnerability. I would not mind lending some assistance if I were given the required details and access in order to investigate this issue.

note: I am not the be all, end all of knowledge, but I do spend quite a bit of time reading, learning, and of course doing this at work.

[ryder911]

Originally Posted by kashaph

I have a Cisco and Checkpoint firewall at home. Either of these would and are capable of negating these attacks when properly configured. There are some attacks, however, that need to be stopped at the server level, which usually simply requires updates to the software in order to remove the vulnerability. I would not mind lending some assistance if I were given the required details and access in order to investigate this issue.

note: I am not the be all, end all of knowledge, but I do spend quite a bit of time reading, learning, and of course doing this at work.

I'm pretty sure its not a simple dos attack or a packet attack doing this... I think its something with their server that they launch that crashes it and they do this delibaterly, I could be wrong. I think if it was just a simple firewall issue they would've set that up already.

[Mysaphar]

I'm glad I listened to my wife and put potential donation money into a re-upping my live subscription. This stuff is getting pretty ridiculous.