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LIZARD SQUAD is Back. Planning XBL Attack. "Biggest attack yet". [UP: XBL/PSN Down]
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Frankensteiner
Banned
It's working perfectly on my side. Best way to know is by checking it out yourself.
It was truly strange early AM this morning and for the second day in a row after 3 am central in the US PSN was working on my sub accounts but not my primary since I had to sign in manually. But here's the weird thing even though my sub accounts would sign in and I could see my friends list and what they were playing when I would go to run a Internet test through the PSN network tab even though it showed I was connected to PSN it still failed the test when it tried testing the PSN network. I've never seen that happen before and it begs the question if I was really logged into PSN why was the test failing when checking the status of PSN?
ThatGuyAgain
Member
You scare me.
I don't want to say it's North Korea attacking the Pentagon network.
... But it is North Korea attacking the Pentagon network.
Super_Cobra
Member
Psn is down for me. Wtf Sony, get your shit together. I'm not paying you for a service that is not going to work. If it was free then I wouldn't even complain but I'm paying for it.
Live Free or Die
Banned
I was just able to login to my account online. https://account.sonyentertainmentnetwork.com/login.action is working now
SDCowboy
Member
Is that supposed to be reassuring? lol
Xaero Gravity
NEXT LEVEL lame™
Shut up! >O
The Xbox Live Status page is normally pretty accurate.
Problems are shown with mostly a 30 min delay after they occur.
SDCowboy
Member
How about not...
gameoverbro
Member
I feel bad for everyone but specially for people who just got a ps4 or Xbox one. The day they chose to do this is just low.
Some seriously disturbed people in the gaming community, and I'm not talking about lizards.
thelurkinghorror
Member
So is down again, and I still think this is just a christmas overload vs crappy server and not a ddos
dukeoflegs
Member
Thanks for the reply.
7DollarHagane
Banned
Would it be possible to institiute a system where your ps4 "registers" your IP as valid for connection to psn?
Then they would only allow connections from registered IP addresses. If the registration process could only take place on a ps3/ps4/vita system then all this fake traffic from botnets would be ignored.
I don't know anything about networking but maybe this is something ms/Sony could look into?
Then they would only allow connections from registered IP addresses. If the registration process could only take place on a ps3/ps4/vita system then all this fake traffic from botnets would be ignored.
I don't know anything about networking but maybe this is something ms/Sony could look into?
The Wise Old Man
Member
Isn't the always online scheme in effect?
I tried playing the SP campaign for the new call of duty on my xbone (I'm fascinated by this animatronic Kevin spacey) but my progress wouldn't load up due to the servers being down.
Seems like "always online" is a reality to me.
Or maybe I'm missing your obvious sarcasm?
PodcastFips
Member
Dynamic IP's?
Just got a new Xbox One
Trying to download install some stuff (minecraft, volgart, netflix app) and the service does not seem up fullt??
Install goes to 100% and then just says
"Installation stopped"
If you check the details it gives an errorcode (0x87df2ee2) and says "Make sure you are still connected"
Anyone else experience this?
Trying to download install some stuff (minecraft, volgart, netflix app) and the service does not seem up fullt??
Install goes to 100% and then just says
"Installation stopped"
If you check the details it gives an errorcode (0x87df2ee2) and says "Make sure you are still connected"
Anyone else experience this?
Not making excuses im stating common sense. Yes even if you threw in the 360 owners I think you'd still find more PS customers due to 2 out of 3 PS platforms being free. Other than that I agree with you I understand things go down and nothing is infallible but to still be down after all this time I don't know it looks bad. And it leads me to believe this was much more serious than we know about at this time. At any rate Sony should be doing a better job of communicating what the issues are and what's being done to restore service.
Keemstar got it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXKxP7y47TQ&list=UU11PvrGPzo6Y7Zc6-e9cAKg
Anonymous, Lizard Squad, Finest Squad, and Kim Dotcom all in the same interview at 9 p.m. tonight......
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXKxP7y47TQ&list=UU11PvrGPzo6Y7Zc6-e9cAKg
Anonymous, Lizard Squad, Finest Squad, and Kim Dotcom all in the same interview at 9 p.m. tonight......
Neuromancer
Member
Can Sony just run PSN through MS's servers? Maybe that would help.
I'm not giving any of these bitches any hits.
Marvel
could never
shpankey
not an idiot
Anyone ever think that Sony may have just took it down to conduct a thorough investigation into the perpetrators in an extensive effort to catch them? Possibly involving law enforcement [FBI] and allowing them full access to their servers?
If so, I applaud Sony. I would rather not have PSN for a few days, even weeks, if it means they can bring these people to justice and make an example out of them, thereby reducing the chances of future attempts both by them and any others.
The truth is, we don't know what they're doing, but it's best to not assume the worst. I'm sure Sony knows what the heck they're doing.
If so, I applaud Sony. I would rather not have PSN for a few days, even weeks, if it means they can bring these people to justice and make an example out of them, thereby reducing the chances of future attempts both by them and any others.
The truth is, we don't know what they're doing, but it's best to not assume the worst. I'm sure Sony knows what the heck they're doing.
thelurkinghorror
Member
Relax and wait with us
Jacksinthe
Banned
Traffic isn't the problem. REQUESTS are. You'd still have all those requests and checks to confirm/deny.
Whitelisting isn't new and not everyone pays for a static IP. It would do more harm than good for the consumer.
They're just going to keep milking this for a while eh? Yeah, incentivize them some more, good idea.
GET HYYYYYYYYYPE
They could try but this people are all over the world. You cant just extradite any of them immediately........
SkylineRKR
Member
LS will continue to hammer servers as long as the attention is there.
Finestsquad is just a ploy by probably the same guys or friends. Its obviously bullshit, and its a tactic to create more hits and exposure, and probably offers from guys such as dotcom who should not even bother to give them a penny. But who knows he's in there for the exposure too.
Finestsquad is just a ploy by probably the same guys or friends. Its obviously bullshit, and its a tactic to create more hits and exposure, and probably offers from guys such as dotcom who should not even bother to give them a penny. But who knows he's in there for the exposure too.
Ehm nope not getting a click from me.
7DollarHagane
Banned
Isn't there some means of tracking the connection being used by the systems?
Maybe IP changes but there surely is some constant that can be "registered" silently back to psn/Xbox live and white listed.
A simple check once every year of what connections all devices that connect to their network using only their devices shouldnt be too difficult to maintain.
It's possible but they should say that if that's what they are doing. Sure people will jump to conclusions if Sony said they were investigating a possible intrusion but I'd rather hear that from them.
7DollarHagane
Banned
Thanks for the explanation, like I said I am no expert. It just seems like because only a certain few types of devices connect, there could be some type of limitation in place.
Its not really milking it, they are going to get the facts straight because there a lot of claims made that need to be proven. FIrst off, Lizard Squad is supposed to be finished with attacking PSN/XBL because Kim give them the megaupload profiles, then Anonymous claimed finest squad was part of lizard squad so lets see if Anonymous has evidence.
People keep saying how they feel bad for people getting ps4s and xbones as presents and not being able to play them, but in all honesty who I am really sorry for at this point is all the engineers that are working crunch time to get this up and running and probably have been working nonstop since the attacks first started to try and get this resolved. All in all no matter how much of an inconvenience it is for you just think of how much of a struggle it is. Its the holidays yeah the guys that did the attacks are assholes, but no reason for us to drop on their level by insulting the people who have given up their holiday to fix it. Don't forget your humility.
FairXchange
Member
Xbox live was spotty all day yesterday, I hope I can get on for some MCC today.
This is a very valid complaint. License verification seems too rigid for what PSN is capable of (be it due to scheduled / unscheduled maintenance or assholess dDoS'ing PSN), what is the worst that could happen if it was a bit more relaxed? Maybe some undeserving guy plays a game for a day or two when his licenses are expired or whatever.. But it being to rigid with this license verification is making lives harder for millions of legitimate users.
This should only work for offline games but, it's better than nothing, and I don't think it would cost an arm and a leg.
Maybe Sony should have a series of backup servers, stored as an encrypted data, that goes live in such events and replies with the encrypted IP of the next backup emergency server in chain, which just acts as a signal beacon to extend license on the PS4 for another couple of days. When this emergency server is dDoS'd, PS4's could be sending packets to the next in line, which replies with the next in chain. If there's no response, either there's no attack and the server is not"live", or you have been to late to login and the dDoS'ing assholes have taken down the previous one. In that case, PS4's could share the encrypted string peer2peer.
Taking down the servers does nothing in "catching" someone. It just turns it off. Thorough investigations can be lead without taking the servers down. It's actually detrimental taking the servers down if the attack is ongoing.
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