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Steam is Down, Possibly under DDoS Attack
Posted: Fri Dec 23, 2016 6:14 pm
by jstange
Steam seems to be down currently. The first news appearing speak of a possible DDoS attack against Steam by a group called Phantom Squad. If it is true and they don't stop attacking soon, it may take quite long for steam to be back online as there is virtually no simple solution to it (DDoS).
Re: Steam is Down, Possibly under DDoS Attack
Posted: Fri Dec 23, 2016 6:21 pm
by Easilyconfused
It seems likely that is the case. There are technical remediations that can be applied but that takes time. They appear to be doing it for "fun" and "because they can".
If ever caught I would suggest a 1 way ticket to "The Bay" or a Super-Max facility in the USA and spend the next 20 years finding out what "fun" is. The RICO legislation in the USA is sufficient for this before the "economic terrorism" angle comes into it.
My idea of fun is an afternoon on train simulator or Civilisation V since I have leave from work. What the hell gives these idiots the right to this and affect other people's fun?
Re: Steam is Down, Possibly under DDoS Attack
Posted: Fri Dec 23, 2016 6:27 pm
by 749006
Easilyconfused wrote:My idea of fun is an afternoon on train simulator or Civilisation V since I have leave from work.
Well I decided to run something - the Steam client did not connect and I started in Offline mode.
After that I just played the scenario as normal
Peter
Re: Steam is Down, Possibly under DDoS Attack
Posted: Fri Dec 23, 2016 6:37 pm
by jstange
Yes, TS works normally in Steam Offline mode.
I just lost the background I fixed yesterday - seems that now every start of the sim deletes the background.jpg file. Perhaps it could be due to the offline mode...?
Re: Steam is Down, Possibly under DDoS Attack
Posted: Fri Dec 23, 2016 6:43 pm
by Juanillo99
jstange wrote:I just lost the background I fixed yesterday - seems that now every start of the sim deletes the background.jpg file. Perhaps it could be due to the offline mode...?
The background image is configured by DTG via Internet. In offline mode there is no internet connection, therefore you do not see the background image.
Re: Steam is Down, Possibly under DDoS Attack
Posted: Fri Dec 23, 2016 6:45 pm
by 749006
Juanillo99 wrote:jstange wrote:I just lost the background I fixed yesterday - seems that now every start of the sim deletes the background.jpg file. Perhaps it could be due to the offline mode...?
The background image is configured by DTG via Internet. In offline mode there is no internet connection, therefore you do not see the background image.
So why is there no background image when online?
Re: Steam is Down, Possibly under DDoS Attack
Posted: Fri Dec 23, 2016 6:55 pm
by Juanillo99
749006 wrote:Juanillo99 wrote:jstange wrote:I just lost the background I fixed yesterday - seems that now every start of the sim deletes the background.jpg file. Perhaps it could be due to the offline mode...?
The background image is configured by DTG via Internet. In offline mode there is no internet connection, therefore you do not see the background image.
So why is there no background image when online?
Maybe because of some inexplicable misconfiguration, who knows.
Re: Steam is Down, Possibly under DDoS Attack
Posted: Fri Dec 23, 2016 7:01 pm
by 749006
And Steam seems to be back up again
Peter
Re: Steam is Down, Possibly under DDoS Attack
Posted: Fri Dec 23, 2016 7:35 pm
by black8
Yeah it works again!
Re: Steam is Down, Possibly under DDoS Attack
Posted: Fri Dec 23, 2016 7:38 pm
by jstange
Yep, I can log in again.
Re: Steam is Down, Possibly under DDoS Attack
Posted: Sat Dec 24, 2016 11:21 am
by smarty2
Old pres of Russia flexing the muscles again?