Looked like a planned attack (Ubisoft servers) - Page 2

Mondaiji · 03-13-10, 07:32 PM

I bet on hoax .. but its possible that their network admin is a complete moron

Juliano · 03-13-10, 07:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Mondaiji

I bet on hoax .. but its possible that their network admin is a complete moron

I believe that´s the fact.
UBI is making some weird excuses if the problem is lack of competence by their part. Next time they will put the blame on something else like "the janitor tripped on the power cable and unplugged the server by accident"?

Mud · 03-13-10, 07:42 PM

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Originally Posted by KL-alfman

and no, Neal, there's no prison for high-school jokes.

Try to ping the FBI servers for a while, I´m sure it turns out the joke isn´t that funny anymore

Mud

Nordmann · 03-13-10, 07:43 PM

Notice how it's generally the weekends, which I suspect is related to the number of people attempting to log in. The supposed attacks are nothing but an excuse for poor servers, something which many of us predicted would happen.

Hartmann · 03-13-10, 07:44 PM

Perhaps they are moving the server from one unsafe place to a better one

KL-alfman · 03-13-10, 07:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Mud

Try to ping the FBI servers for a while, I´m sure it turns out the joke isn´t that funny anymore

Mud

first: I don't know their IP-adresses.
second: I'm not interested in their IP-adresses
third: I've got no time for pinging their IP-adresses
fourth: even if I did, I expect Jodie Foster to show up
fifth: if you think that FBI should be involved into UBI's U-p(ay but cannot p)lay politics, I smile inwardly

janh · 03-13-10, 08:15 PM

The weather is nice today, isn't it?
---
Guess what this whole discussion is? Pretty useless as it won't make any difference... We will know at some point in the future whether it was or was not an attack. I am pretty sure it will come out one way or another.

jwilliams · 03-13-10, 08:16 PM

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Originally Posted by janh

The weather is nice today, isn't it?

I wouldn't know.... I'm still playing SH5. And i aint logging off till monday. Otherwise i might not be able to reconnect to there overloaded servers.

jdkbph · 03-13-10, 08:27 PM

It's got to be a joke or hoax or whatever. Not even UBI would be stupid enough to leave their servers - which have already crashed and burned once - hanging out in space without disabling/blocking ICMP traffic.

JD

Athlonic · 03-13-10, 08:48 PM

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Originally Posted by KL-alfman

UBI's U-p(ay but cannot p)lay politics

Oh ! Nice one !

Alienfresser · 03-14-10, 04:03 AM

Dosn't speak for the quality of the hoster INTERNAP.COM when a simple ICMP DDOS is reaching the real destiantion servers.

Normaly this crap traffic is filterd by either the Firewall (well if they have one in front) or at least by the loadbalancer. Even if they don't use high "intelligence" equipment to detect traffic anomalys the pure limiters from the core devices should have filtered out 80% of such traffic.

robbo180265 · 03-14-10, 04:24 AM

Dos attack or crap servers?

Doesn't really matter does it? What matters is that I was quite happily playing SHV and was suddenly booted out of my game, was also unable to log back on. I've lost everything I did after my last save and I find it really quite annoying.

Just hoping that (assuming UBI can't keep the servers stable at the weekend - when we all want to play) UBI decide to drop the stupid DRM that keeps paying customers from playing the game they've bought.

The other thing that was mentioned on here last night is - how long before the modders give up? If they can't play test then they cant mod, I don't doubt that UBI will patch again , but we all know its the modders who will actually shape the game the way we want it.

/ Rant over

Edit to add: I'm going back to playing Eve at the weekends till UBI sorts it out. Eve is a proper MMO with stable servers - UBI please note !

tommyk · 03-14-10, 04:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Alienfresser

Dosn't speak for the quality of the hoster INTERNAP.COM when a simple ICMP DDOS is reaching the real destiantion servers.

Normaly this crap traffic is filterd by either the Firewall (well if they have one in front) or at least by the loadbalancer. Even if they don't use high "intelligence" equipment to detect traffic anomalys the pure limiters from the core devices should have filtered out 80% of such traffic.

QFT, a big company should be able to protect their servers. But if their servers are from same quality as SH5... go figure...

Yak · 03-14-10, 07:38 AM

My biggest surprise is they didn't try this on day one for both SH5 and Assassins Creed 2. That would've been a media coup and really left ubi with egg on their faces, somewhat like take 2 and Bioshock on 2007 (but that was their servers being inadequate)

Bilge_Rat · 03-14-10, 07:39 AM

Is there an attack?

I had zero issues logging on and playing SH5 this weekend..and this from a very weak wireless connection.

It's either a hoax or Ubisoft is getting the upper hand over those criminals.

03-13-10, 07:43 PM	#19
Nordmann Commodore Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: England Posts: 628 Downloads: 62 Uploads: 0	Notice how it's generally the weekends, which I suspect is related to the number of people attempting to log in. The supposed attacks are nothing but an excuse for poor servers, something which many of us predicted would happen. __________________ "I must confess that my imagination refuses to see any sort of submarine doing anything but suffocating its crew and floundering at sea." - H. G. Wells

03-13-10, 07:44 PM	#20
Hartmann Sea Lord Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Grid CH 26, Spain ,Barcelona Posts: 1,857 Downloads: 204 Uploads: 0	Perhaps they are moving the server from one unsafe place to a better one __________________ But this ship can't sink!... She is made of iron, sir. I assure you, she can. and she will. It is a mathematical certainty. Strength and honor

03-13-10, 08:15 PM	#22
janh Stinking drunk in Trinidad Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 349 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	The weather is nice today, isn't it? --- Guess what this whole discussion is? Pretty useless as it won't make any difference... We will know at some point in the future whether it was or was not an attack. I am pretty sure it will come out one way or another. __________________ Scientific facts are not determined by the opinion of the majority, nor by a democratic vote.

03-14-10, 04:03 AM	#26
Alienfresser Watch Join Date: May 2005 Location: Irgendwo Posts: 18 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Dosn't speak for the quality of the hoster INTERNAP.COM when a simple ICMP DDOS is reaching the real destiantion servers. Normaly this crap traffic is filterd by either the Firewall (well if they have one in front) or at least by the loadbalancer. Even if they don't use high "intelligence" equipment to detect traffic anomalys the pure limiters from the core devices should have filtered out 80% of such traffic. __________________ I sieg nix, i soag nix und i hoer nix. Basta

03-14-10, 04:24 AM	#27
robbo180265 Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Brighton, England.Party capital of the south Posts: 2,255 Downloads: 126 Uploads: 0	Dos attack or crap servers? Doesn't really matter does it? What matters is that I was quite happily playing SHV and was suddenly booted out of my game, was also unable to log back on. I've lost everything I did after my last save and I find it really quite annoying. Just hoping that (assuming UBI can't keep the servers stable at the weekend - when we all want to play) UBI decide to drop the stupid DRM that keeps paying customers from playing the game they've bought. The other thing that was mentioned on here last night is - how long before the modders give up? If they can't play test then they cant mod, I don't doubt that UBI will patch again , but we all know its the modders who will actually shape the game the way we want it. / Rant over Edit to add: I'm going back to playing Eve at the weekends till UBI sorts it out. Eve is a proper MMO with stable servers - UBI please note ! Last edited by robbo180265; 03-14-10 at 04:40 AM.

03-13-10, 07:32 PM	#16
Mondaiji Watch Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 18 Downloads: 9 Uploads: 0	I bet on hoax .. but its possible that their network admin is a complete moron

03-13-10, 08:27 PM	#24
jdkbph Captain Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 508 Downloads: 104 Uploads: 0	It's got to be a joke or hoax or whatever. Not even UBI would be stupid enough to leave their servers - which have already crashed and burned once - hanging out in space without disabling/blocking ICMP traffic. JD

03-14-10, 07:38 AM	#29
Yak Torpedoman Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Here, sometimes there Posts: 113 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	My biggest surprise is they didn't try this on day one for both SH5 and Assassins Creed 2. That would've been a media coup and really left ubi with egg on their faces, somewhat like take 2 and Bioshock on 2007 (but that was their servers being inadequate) __________________ It all started with a goat, a golf club and a pack of Marlboro Red's...

03-14-10, 07:39 AM	#30
Bilge_Rat Silent Hunter Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: standing watch... Posts: 3,856 Downloads: 344 Uploads: 0	Is there an attack? I had zero issues logging on and playing SH5 this weekend..and this from a very weak wireless connection. It's either a hoax or Ubisoft is getting the upper hand over those criminals. __________________

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