{"id":42723,"date":"2019-06-14T08:21:19","date_gmt":"2019-06-14T06:21:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/?p=42723"},"modified":"2019-06-14T08:23:55","modified_gmt":"2019-06-14T06:23:55","slug":"telegrams-description-of-ddos-attack-is-the-best","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2019\/06\/14\/telegrams-description-of-ddos-attack-is-the-best\/","title":{"rendered":"Telegram&#8217;s description of DDoS attack is the best"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start -->\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"660\" height=\"347\" data-attachment-id=\"42725\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2019\/06\/14\/telegrams-description-of-ddos-attack-is-the-best\/simple-terms\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/simple-terms.jpg?fit=1200%2C630&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1200,630\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"simple-terms\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/simple-terms.jpg?fit=660%2C347&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/simple-terms-1024x538.jpg?resize=660%2C347&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-42725\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/simple-terms.jpg?resize=1024%2C538&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/simple-terms.jpg?resize=500%2C263&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/simple-terms.jpg?resize=768%2C403&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/simple-terms.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The servers of Telegram, a popular instant messenger, were under a DDoS attack recently.  While they were working on the problem, they&#8217;ve tweeted a couple of explanations of what&#8217;s going on.  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/news\/telegrams-description-of-ddos-attack-is-the-best\/\">CNET brings those tweets to our attention<\/a>, as they explain rather complex things in a very short and simple way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A DDoS is a \u201cDistributed Denial of Service attack\u201d: your servers get GADZILLIONS of garbage requests which stop them from processing legitimate requests. Imagine that an army of lemmings just jumped the queue at McDonald\u2019s in front of you \u2013 and each is ordering a whopper. (1\/2)<\/p>&mdash; Telegram Messenger (@telegram) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/telegram\/status\/1138773578592268288?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 12, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The server is busy telling the whopper lemmings they came to the wrong place \u2013 but there are so many of them that the server can\u2019t even see you to try and take your order. (2\/2)<\/p>&mdash; Telegram Messenger (@telegram) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/telegram\/status\/1138774194848768000?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 12, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">To generate these garbage requests, bad guys use \u201cbotnets\u201d made up of computers of unsuspecting users which were infected with malware at some point in the past. This makes a DDoS similar to the zombie apocalypse: one of the whopper lemmings just might be your grandpa.<\/p>&mdash; Telegram Messenger (@telegram) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/telegram\/status\/1138776177269776384?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 12, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">There\u2019s a bright side: All of these lemmings are there just to overload the servers with extra work \u2013 they can\u2019t take away your BigMac and coke. 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