UBI Site - Can't access at all

mattius · 03-13-10, 03:39 PM

Everything about SH5 support seems to be going from bad to worse. What is going on. What on earth are they up to????????

gum22 · 03-13-10, 03:39 PM

Title says it all. 1522 EST (Atlanta GA USA) and I've just installed SHV. I can't communicate with the server, I can't register for a UBI account, I can't play my new SHV. I have high-speed access to the net, including this forum, and everything else about my specs passed the installation test w/SHV.

Are the $#%&ing UBI servers under a DOS attack, or can I expect this crap to continue off and on indefinitely, I wonder?

Any of you play today?

Oh well, I guess I should have listened to my gut and much of this community and not bought this buggy software until AFTER they removed the DRM. Sure wish I could comment on how good/bad SHV is, but since I can't even get the game to run (since I can't connect to UBI) I can't.

Back to SH3/GWX for me.

Gumby

Intel Core2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz
4 gig DDR 2 @800Mhz
x2 NVIDIA 512MB GeForce 9800 GT in SLI
196.21 video drivers
250GB HD
Realtek High Definition Audio
R2.42 audio drivers
Win XP
Comcast Hi-speed broadband cable, etc....

Nordmann · 03-13-10, 03:42 PM

I doubt they are under attack, that was simply an excuse. It's either scheduled downtime (World of Subcraft!), or their servers simply cannot cope with the volume of traffic using them. Personally, the latter sounds likely.

Edit: Saturday night, everyone trying to log in and play their games. The system simply can't handle all those logins.

iron heart · 03-13-10, 04:07 PM

it has been running ok in uk up untill 18:00 gmt i loged off then came back to log in at 20:30 gmt and the lots down epic fail ubi

janh · 03-13-10, 04:19 PM

No, the DDOS pirates don't work during the week, only on the weekend! They only work during the peak gaming hours, of course! And they are so extremely good that their attack just looks like regular customers login in! Aren't they really smart? ;-)

Maltro · 03-13-10, 04:22 PM

Same for me... Unable to play... (again) I thank my password didn't works...

Thank you UBI, you're the chief !

reboot · 03-13-10, 04:38 PM

I was able to connect after a couple of attempts. Now I'm afraid to close the game in fear that I will not be able to play this evening, so I guess I will just pause it?

Nisgeis · 03-13-10, 04:53 PM

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Originally Posted by janh

No, the DDOS pirates don't work during the week, only on the weekend! They only work during the peak gaming hours, of course! And they are so extremely good that their attack just looks like regular customers login in! Aren't they really smart? ;-)

Wasn't there a 'press release' from a pirate group announcing that as Ubisoft had said that 'if the game servers go down, they would release a patch to remove DRM', then the pirate group said that they were going to take the server down with a DDOS?

I don't know how true that is, because obviously Ubisoft said that in the context of the servers being retired, not denied, but did that press release actually occur? It can't all be a big Ubisoft conspiracy, unless they are posting false reports, or false press releases before their servers go down? They aren't that smart.

JScones · 03-13-10, 06:15 PM

I've no idea of course, but I'd speculate that the cause is a combination of DDOS and VIPDOS.

DDOS is not that hard to do - anyone can ping the server.
VIPDOS is not that hard to do - anyone with the game can try to play it.

BTW, if the hackers were really serious, they'd be trying PDOS attacks, which are less resource intensive than DDOS attacks but much more damaging...now that is something you don't want to hear.

Herman · 03-13-10, 06:20 PM

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Originally Posted by JScones

BTW, if the hackers were really serious, they'd be trying PDOS attacks, which are less resource intensive than DDOS attacks but much more damaging...now that is something you don't want to hear.

For those of us not familiar with IT attacks, what is PDoS? (In general terms, please).

ShadowWolf Kell · 03-13-10, 04:58 PM

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Originally Posted by janh

No, the DDOS pirates don't work during the week, only on the weekend! They only work during the peak gaming hours, of course! And they are so extremely good that their attack just looks like regular customers login in! Aren't they really smart? ;-)

The Far Cry 2 forums imply otherwise.

I highly doubt any of the hackers attacking Ubi's servers remotely care about SH5. Mostly it's over Far Cry 2 and some of their other ladder ranked games.

jazman · 03-14-10, 12:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by janh

No, the DDOS pirates don't work during the week, only on the weekend! They only work during the peak gaming hours, of course! And they are so extremely good that their attack just looks like regular customers login in! Aren't they really smart? ;-)

Heh, Ubi's customer base doing its thing is the equivalent of a Distributed Denial of Service (DDOS) attack.

KiwiVenge · 03-14-10, 01:24 AM

Has there been official response that this was another DDOS attack?
My gut feeling is it is just UBI servers not being able to handle weekend traffic, but can't say for sure.

Gilbou · 03-13-10, 05:35 PM

Yeap I'm playing, all is fine.

GWX makes SH3 really good.

Good hunting.

ACR · 03-13-10, 05:51 PM

well... the DRM was announced here and everybody who has now bought sh5 and was fooled should have known better. i,m very fine with sh3 and gwx and have plenty plenty time to wait :-)

03-13-10, 03:39 PM	#1
mattius Watch Join Date: May 2005 Location: UK Posts: 25 Downloads: 102 Uploads: 0	UBI Site - Can't access at all Everything about SH5 support seems to be going from bad to worse. What is going on. What on earth are they up to????????

03-13-10, 03:39 PM	#2
gum22 Watch Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Atlanta GA Posts: 19 Downloads: 185 Uploads: 0	WTF? Can't even register SHV to play. UBI Servers down... Title says it all. 1522 EST (Atlanta GA USA) and I've just installed SHV. I can't communicate with the server, I can't register for a UBI account, I can't play my new SHV. I have high-speed access to the net, including this forum, and everything else about my specs passed the installation test w/SHV. Are the $#%&ing UBI servers under a DOS attack, or can I expect this crap to continue off and on indefinitely, I wonder? Any of you play today? Oh well, I guess I should have listened to my gut and much of this community and not bought this buggy software until AFTER they removed the DRM. Sure wish I could comment on how good/bad SHV is, but since I can't even get the game to run (since I can't connect to UBI) I can't. Back to SH3/GWX for me. Gumby Intel Core2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz 4 gig DDR 2 @800Mhz x2 NVIDIA 512MB GeForce 9800 GT in SLI 196.21 video drivers 250GB HD Realtek High Definition Audio R2.42 audio drivers Win XP Comcast Hi-speed broadband cable, etc....

03-13-10, 03:42 PM	#3
Nordmann Commodore Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: England Posts: 628 Downloads: 62 Uploads: 0	I doubt they are under attack, that was simply an excuse. It's either scheduled downtime (World of Subcraft!), or their servers simply cannot cope with the volume of traffic using them. Personally, the latter sounds likely. Edit: Saturday night, everyone trying to log in and play their games. The system simply can't handle all those logins. __________________ "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, 04:19 PM	#5
janh Stinking drunk in Trinidad Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 349 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	No, the DDOS pirates don't work during the week, only on the weekend! They only work during the peak gaming hours, of course! And they are so extremely good that their attack just looks like regular customers login in! Aren't they really smart? ;-) __________________ Scientific facts are not determined by the opinion of the majority, nor by a democratic vote.

03-13-10, 04:22 PM	#6
Maltro Soundman Join Date: May 2007 Location: Near Lyon, France Posts: 141 Downloads: 14 Uploads: 0	Same for me... Unable to play... (again) I thank my password didn't works... Thank you UBI, you're the chief ! __________________ Erwin Rommel. 1890-1944. La guerre sans haine - War without hate.

03-13-10, 04:07 PM	#4
iron heart Watch Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: uk Posts: 29 Downloads: 164 Uploads: 0	it has been running ok in uk up untill 18:00 gmt i loged off then came back to log in at 20:30 gmt and the lots down epic fail ubi

03-13-10, 04:38 PM	#7
reboot Mate Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Charlotte, NC USA Posts: 59 Downloads: 64 Uploads: 0	I was able to connect after a couple of attempts. Now I'm afraid to close the game in fear that I will not be able to play this evening, so I guess I will just pause it?

03-13-10, 06:15 PM	#9
JScones Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 5,501 Downloads: 19 Uploads: 0	I've no idea of course, but I'd speculate that the cause is a combination of DDOS and VIPDOS. DDOS is not that hard to do - anyone can ping the server. VIPDOS is not that hard to do - anyone with the game can try to play it. BTW, if the hackers were really serious, they'd be trying PDOS attacks, which are less resource intensive than DDOS attacks but much more damaging...now that is something you don't want to hear.

03-14-10, 01:24 AM	#13
KiwiVenge Medic Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: New Zealand Posts: 168 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	Has there been official response that this was another DDOS attack? My gut feeling is it is just UBI servers not being able to handle weekend traffic, but can't say for sure. __________________ \"Emancipate yourself from mental slavery, none but ourselves can free our minds.\"

03-13-10, 05:35 PM	#14
Gilbou Chief Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: France Posts: 313 Downloads: 152 Uploads: 0	Yeap I'm playing, all is fine. GWX makes SH3 really good. Good hunting.

03-13-10, 05:51 PM	#15
ACR Seaman Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 42 Downloads: 19 Uploads: 0	well... the DRM was announced here and everybody who has now bought sh5 and was fooled should have known better. i,m very fine with sh3 and gwx and have plenty plenty time to wait :-)