"On the Internet, a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack is one in which a multitude of compromised systems attack a single target, thereby causing denial of service for users of the targeted system. The flood of incoming messages to the target system essentially forces it to shut down, thereby denying service to the system to legitimate users.
A hacker (or, if you prefer, cracker) begins a DDoS attack by exploiting a vulnerability in one computer system and making it the DDoS "master." It is from the master system that the intruder identifies and communicates with other systems that can be compromised. The intruder loads cracking tools available on the Internet on multiple -- sometimes thousands of -- compromised systems. With a single command, the intruder instructs the controlled machines to launch one of many flood attacks against a specified target. The inundation of packets to the target causes a denial of service."
---Taken from some website.
Basically, Mantralord is flooding Zelaron with connections.
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Well, the difference between a DoS and a DDoS attack is generally that a DoS attack is performed from a single computer. It can still bring down relatively large sites, especially if they already have a heavy user load. A DDoS attack can bring down just about any site if there are enough users to perform the attack. One user can pretty much log onto the target site with an average of a thousand simulated connections. So, imagine what that does if a DDoS attack with a thousand of computers involved target a server. Not many servers can handle a million users.
The DDoS technique was used in the MyDoom virus. Generally, all users infected were set to attack huge sites, such as microsoft.com and bring them down.
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Heh. If he wanted to come back, one would figure he would stop tripping over himself, think of an original username, and use his proxy to register as a new person.
Mantralord is a good guy off Zelaron, he's helped me do several things, I don't think I could have done without his help, and I've banned him myself from here..
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Mantralord is a good guy off Zelaron, he's helped me do several things, I don't think I could have done without his help, and I've banned him myself from here..
I agree, he is a nice guy willing to help and show off his skills
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