I've noticed many DNMs, and tforum, have all implemented a queue when loading the website. I'm curious why this is the case, does it have something to do with how load balancing works? Is it a security specific thing? Is this a way to mitigate attacks like DDOS, etc?
I'd appreciate some info on this, the more technical we can get.. the better. I understand that may not be possible for the sake of OpSec, but I'm genuinely curious about this.
/u/HeadJanitor, /u/darkdirect or /u/Heinous - care to chime in?
Thank you for the insight, I appreciate it. Are most of the darknet sites using the same method/library to achieve this, or is this something that is unique to each service and implemented from scratch?
Wait!
So, Tor's DDoS protection is shit?
/u/Paracelcus
http://i3xi5qxvbrngh3g6o7czwjfxwjzigook7zxzjmgwg5b7xnjcn5hzciad.onion/hspow-spec/index.html
So, Tor's DDoS protection is shit?
/u/Paracelcus
http://i3xi5qxvbrngh3g6o7czwjfxwjzigook7zxzjmgwg5b7xnjcn5hzciad.onion/hspow-spec/index.html
Interesting. Must've been inadequate seeing as tforum suffered many DoS attacks, keeping admins busy for a while. There was a post by /u/HugBunter somewhere talking about the toll this took on him/her, having to keep tforum online.