Getting DDoS'd...

[Shodokan]

Links to the place where you can read more about it (AJ) were stated above. You are obviously entitled to your own opinion, but - no offence intended - it's irrelevant because it's a fact that many of the teams competing for the top spots in several BG's have been the target of ddos attacks. There are multiple ways to acquire someone his / her IP. Skype has been one of them. I could host a transparent 1x1 pixel on a server of mine, and send you a forum PM. And I can basically see everyone who loaded that image, including their IP. And there are many other 'tricks' to get it.

Fact is; it has happened and it's still happening.

Also it's cheaper and much easier to obtain the 'means' to do it. It doesn't take a skilled hacker to do it.

Nope... its stupid easy... just need zombie computers and a program to tell all the slaves to ping a particular address at once.... tada.

[Homer]

Nope... its stupid easy... just need zombie computers and a program to tell all the slaves to ping a particular address at once.... tada.

Every easier all you need is 5 bucks a month. Let a website do your DDOSing. Makes it a shitload harder to trace you and is an real DDOS. By definition of the word. BTW these services can grab your IP just with your skype username so be careful who gets ahold of yours if you do not know how to protect yourself.

You don't even need that, you just need faster upstream than they have downstream and you can 'DDoS'.

One comprimised server with 100mbps is usually sufficient. Or perhaps someone actually owns a connection they use to DDoS with.

That is a DOS, You can't "own" a DDOS connection because you can't DDOS by yourself(Ofc its possible but you would need a lot of money, computers and ironiclly would have to box DDOS programs lol)

If a single person DOS's you well then its funny. W/e your speed is there using more to take you down which is being taken up by there bandwidth. A kid on his computer will go over the cap in minutes.

Also you can DOS someone from the /run command