theregister.co.uk— CafePress.com, the site which allows users to open up their own online store selling customised merchandise such as t-shirts and mugs, has been hit by a denial of service attack.
Dec 22, 2006View in Crawl 4
You should have put some text with your link, because although it looks like an online meds spam, it is in fact an anti-DDoS company relevent to the article.
I'm under the impression that all the clothing is transfers too, from experience, transfers don't hold up very well. That's the kind of stuff you can do at home with an ink jet printer and an iron. It's the reason screen printing isn't cheap, and that T-shirt boutiques can make money, because the alternative (CafePress) sucks. "Printing" t-shirts on demand like that just isn't a good option if you you want any kind of quality in the finished product.
Not to be a prick, but this was one of the notices they sent out:-Hello Shopkeepers,As you may have read on the CafePress Community Forum, we're experiencing a targeted Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack, which is causing significant service interruptions. As of right now some customers have access that appears normal, some have intermittent access, and some have no access at all. We will continue to update the CafePress Community Forum (<a class="user" href="http://forums.cafepress.com/eve)">http://forums.cafepress.com/eve)</a> as we have more to share, and we urge you to check there for the most recent information.A DDoS attack prevents access to a web site by its users. You can compare this to 500 people trying to enter a retail store through the same door at the exact same moment. This congestion prevents consistent and easy flow of traffic to the site. There has not been a breach of information.A DDoS attack is a computer crime and violates Internet proper use policy as dictated by the Internet Architecture Board, and we are now working with the proper authorities. For this reason we are not able to share any additional details at this time.More information about DDoS attacks can be found easily online with a quick Google or Wikipedia search.We do consider this an attack on CafePress, but we're most disturbed at how this victimizes our community of Shopkeepers. If you have specific questions please contact cphelp@cafepress.com and we will get back to you as quickly as possible.Thank you for your continued understanding,Jill AmbroseChief Marketing OfficerCafePress.com
But a digg DDoS is actually good for the content creators. The site becomes inactive because there are so many people from Digg enjoying the content, compared to zombie computers trying to shut the servers down. The two are different, in my opinion.
How are you involved with prolexic if you don't work there? Just talk to some of their employees on the phone to hear some of the crazy s**t going down...
paulmdxDec 23, 2006
You should have put some text with your link, because although it looks like an online meds spam, it is in fact an anti-DDoS company relevent to the article.
violentvinylDec 23, 2006
I'm under the impression that all the clothing is transfers too, from experience, transfers don't hold up very well. That's the kind of stuff you can do at home with an ink jet printer and an iron. It's the reason screen printing isn't cheap, and that T-shirt boutiques can make money, because the alternative (CafePress) sucks. "Printing" t-shirts on demand like that just isn't a good option if you you want any kind of quality in the finished product.
subterfu9eDec 23, 2006
Not to be a prick, but this was one of the notices they sent out:-Hello Shopkeepers,As you may have read on the CafePress Community Forum, we're experiencing a targeted Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack, which is causing significant service interruptions. As of right now some customers have access that appears normal, some have intermittent access, and some have no access at all. We will continue to update the CafePress Community Forum (<a class="user" href="http://forums.cafepress.com/eve)">http://forums.cafepress.com/eve)</a> as we have more to share, and we urge you to check there for the most recent information.A DDoS attack prevents access to a web site by its users. You can compare this to 500 people trying to enter a retail store through the same door at the exact same moment. This congestion prevents consistent and easy flow of traffic to the site. There has not been a breach of information.A DDoS attack is a computer crime and violates Internet proper use policy as dictated by the Internet Architecture Board, and we are now working with the proper authorities. For this reason we are not able to share any additional details at this time.More information about DDoS attacks can be found easily online with a quick Google or Wikipedia search.We do consider this an attack on CafePress, but we're most disturbed at how this victimizes our community of Shopkeepers. If you have specific questions please contact cphelp@cafepress.com and we will get back to you as quickly as possible.Thank you for your continued understanding,Jill AmbroseChief Marketing OfficerCafePress.com
spartan777Dec 23, 2006
@junkyardyeah, ddos's are so easy, all one needs is a few thousand bots under his control and BAM.
dharmaturtleDec 23, 2006
Er, one of my digg articles has had 25,807 visits and only 289 diggs. I created the page myself specifically for digg, so (probably) only digg users are going there. Good thing Google is hosting it.Oh, hell, I'll show you where my article is:<a class="user" href="http://www.digg.com/celebrity/Miss_Nevada_Unwatermarked_Uncensored_And_Unclothed">http://www.digg.com/celebrity/Miss_Nevada_Unwatermarked_Uncensored_And_Unclothed</a>Yeah. I photoshopped the watermarks out. :)
ronin2040Dec 23, 2006
you know of a more effective attack?
Closed AccountDec 23, 2006
But a digg DDoS is actually good for the content creators. The site becomes inactive because there are so many people from Digg enjoying the content, compared to zombie computers trying to shut the servers down. The two are different, in my opinion.
ernasty10050Dec 24, 2006
It took them two months to ship my shirt
daviduDec 24, 2006
How are you involved with prolexic if you don't work there? Just talk to some of their employees on the phone to hear some of the crazy s**t going down...