[Requesting Lock] I'm starting to get really damn pissed off now....

[Frank_Hawk]

Would there be any significance on contacting the offenders ISP about this nuisance?

Yes, relevant investigation would follow by the ISP and depending on the severity of the offense, even the Police.

In my view, we should be taking preemptive action instead of reacting on the event.

This said, however depends on the financial strength of the community and unfortunately it seems like we are not in a position to accomodate this through hardware options.

Perhaps we would benefit from exploring the software prevention solution. There must be associated risks to using it - if so, what are they?

[Devin]

Probably result in his or her broadband being cut and parents with a hefty bill.

That would be a great Christmas present for the one causing all the disturbances.

[Morais]

Well, obviously we got a KID here in Argonath, so you better hide your sites, hide your servers, because they're DDOSing everyone out here!

Don't get mad at the crashes, it always produces a thrill about RS5 and a fun contest of spam about who's the first typing a message ("First! ")

[Ted]

That would be a great Christmas present for the one causing all the disturbances.

and lack of pocket money. Forgot to add that.

As my humour is terrible I will now stop bringing a lighter side to all of this.

[Kirgiz]

Herro there hacker!

Guys, THIS is the dude whos hacking the server! SHUN HIM TO HELL!

Oh hi! You must feel very brave. Pushing the button on your skiddy booter, trying to hit Argonath. Big boy! Your momma must be proud.

I say again, grow up. This game is for mature people with rating of 18 and older, and you 12 year old kids are just ruining the experience. You are not even f**king allowed to play the game legal wise. I'm not even saying about spreading bullshit, you're the ONLY people here who are pissed off, take example from Ted, Frank_Hawk, Gandalf, Zaila and Devin - They are actively discussing defense measures, not flaming hacker's actions.

Kids.

[Marcel]

Yes, relevant investigation would follow by the ISP and depending on the severity of the offense, even the Police.

In my view, we should be taking preemptive action instead of reacting on the event.

This said, however depends on the financial strength of the community and unfortunately it seems like we are not in a position to accomodate this through hardware options.

Perhaps we would benefit from exploring the software prevention solution. There must be associated risks to using it - if so, what are they?

I completely agree.

The fortguard solution, which is the only Windows based software solution i have a positive experience with, might be worth it. The current lifetime price is 499$. It has saved my ass numerous times. The possible downside is, that it might slow down traffic like one extra millisecond.

[Devin]

and lack of pocket money. Forgot to add that.

As my humour is terrible I will now stop bringing a lighter side to all of this.

I am beginning to admire your style, I think we should send you on all of the nuisances we have in the future.

[Marcel]

I say again, grow up. This game is for mature people with rating of 18 and older, and you 12 year old kids are just ruining the experience. You are not even f**king allowed to play the game legal wise.

[Frank_Hawk]

I completely agree.

The fortguard solution, which is the only Windows based software solution i have a positive experience with, might be worth it. The current lifetime price is 499$. It has saved my ass numerous times. The possible downside is, that it might slow down traffic like one extra millisecond.

Great, thanks for your input MdeRooy. I'm sure you would benefit as would Gandalf from having a conversation between you both!

There must be other suitable suites available on the market today which serve as competitors to Fortguard? Perhaps, even freeware?

[Gandalf]

A software solution would likely work hand in hand with the windows server firewall. It will monitor incoming traffic and block the IP if there are more than X connections from that IP.

The main problem is that if the software solution disperses the traffic within the network, the data center gets severely pissed off.
We have in the passed used a solution by Comodo, and gotten a friendly message from the data center to stop it if we wished to remain connected.

[Kessu]

The only "real" solution against DDoS is to have multiple servers backing up each others with huge bandwith, but that costs shittons of money. That way google and facebook and others work...

I'm guessing only thing Argonath can do is to mitigate the "bad traffic" and just ban the route and then hope for the best..

May be all lies, or may not, I am NOT certain on anything

[Lincoln.]

The only "real" solution against DDoS is to have multiple servers backing up each others with huge bandwith, but that costs shittons of money. That way google and facebook and others work...

I'm guessing only thing Argonath can do is to mitigate the "bad traffic" and just ban the route and then hope for the best..

May be all lies, or may not, I am NOT certain on anything

How much would that cost? Aproximetely.

[Marcel]

The main problem is that if the software solution disperses the traffic within the network, the data center gets severely pissed off.
We have in the passed used a solution by Comodo, and gotten a friendly message from the data center to stop it if we wished to remain connected.

Mm i have never heard of a case before where a application layer firewall would disrupt physical level traffic. Comodo has been a good companion in the past. Haven't used it for a while now..

[=AV=Craft]

The main problem is that if the software solution disperses the traffic within the network, the data center gets severely pissed off.
We have in the passed used a solution by Comodo, and gotten a friendly message from the data center to stop it if we wished to remain connected.

Maybe since we don't have enough funds why not have a donate system to help pay for it, and get some rewards ingame for it. Nothing over powered just some cool perks or something.

[Marcel]

How much would that cost? Aproximetely.

You have loads of those "services" which i still do not entirely trust. Here's one: http://ddosdefend.com/ddos-protection.html

They charge 200$ monthly for their services.