Hello, this is just a 'quick' explanation about what is really happening when someone "ddoses you" or hits you off. Obviously, I cannot prevent that from happening to you, but at least now you have an idea about whats going on. DOS attack = denial-of-service, can come from one or more computers which are sending a large volume of traffic and/or any form of attack which knocks your computer offline. can be only one packet which exploits a flaw that causes the computer to crash and/or forces a service offline. *Hitting off DDoS = distributed denial-of-service attack is an attack coming from more than one computer, generally a large number of computers or internet devices (IoT), possibly hundreds or thousands, often involving a command and control element, commonly refereed to as a "botnet", wherein a large number of computers are under control of the attacker and used to generate very large volumes of traffic from many location. Often the "bot" is a home PC that is infected with a virus and the owner is unaware that their PC is being used to attack anyone. This is a little extra that I have been learning about from my dad actually. A Vpn (private virtual network) is an encrypted tunnel that you can pass network traffic through. You can have encrypted traffic so your ISP (Internet service provider) cant see what exactly you are going. A vpn is most of the time used for creating a secure connect between two two computers. Never use 'Free vpns' they will have everything *Another helpful link https://www.minetime.com/threads/how-to-install-use-vpns-noob-friendly.36561/ A proxy is a computer (server) that connects an internal network to an external network. 99% of the time it is an application (web browser) level proxy. With an web browser proxy server, you can make all your traffic appear to be coming from the proxy server, for example, if you were in Texas, you could change your ip to show that its coming from Italy. *Dont use free proxys* **Side Note: Be very careful about what you do online, ESPECIALLY when connected to public networks. Ever see those ads were its like "quick and easy payment right from your phone on the move!" And then its someone at a cafe or on a beach or some where out and they pay like some fee or order a car? Yeah, they got hacked. Whoever provided that public wifi can monitor every and all traffic that is going through that network. The next step is sending out whats called a Trojan horse. So you think you are logining in to just another google email page, but really its their page set up to make you think you are entering your passwords into google (Or some trusted source.) I could and most definitely might do more. I have found this information to be quite useful. I am interested in computer engining and network design. Hope this was helpful.
I'm sure a lot of people will appreciate this. I know I would. It's always nice to be able to identify and protect against such threats. Nice work. ^^
He meant mark it so that people can come back to this thread easily. Like with some of the staff updates or How To threads.
basically the same thing. Adding on to what Carl says though, they are not always 'google email' pages or whatever. take this website page for example. This link will be shared around Discord servers as a 'forum'. after you sign up, it takes you to a fake error page, or a redirect to some other forum. In this case, it's a fake error. after signing up, you're thinking 'oh, the site must just be down or something'. However on the website-host's end will be something as the following. Spoiler: php code ahead After you sign up, your information will now be saved into a raw format instead of an encrypted database, like so. With public access by anyone with the link. That is a basic explanation of a phishing page. Do not trust every link someone sends you.
Very true. Personally, on discord, I only click links that have either the Join Discord Circle, or from trusted friends. The Trojan horse or a phishing link is a classic hacking move, and one of the easiest. Gotta be careful online.
Thank you! First guide I have ever done, always wanted to do one. Giving back to the community and what not