[05:20] Morning everyone [06:03] hi captine charl Squirm nuvolari inetpro and others [06:04] morning [06:52] mornings [07:01] hi ThatGraemeGuy [07:01] and Spekko [07:01] ohi superfly [07:04] hi Kilos [07:04] and bduk1, Squirm and ThatGraemeGuy [07:08] interest bit of news [07:08] http://mybroadband.co.za/news/broadband/108914-south-africas-best-kept-broadband-secret.html [07:10] o/ [07:10] * nuvolari val uit die bed uit [07:10] lol [07:10] oh hi oom Kilos, Squirm, ThatGraemeGuy, Spekko, superfly [07:21] good mornings [07:27] More Kilos & nuvolari [07:30] * Squirm looks around [07:30] anyone know if a decent VPS I could use/rent? Looking to host a mail server [07:31] haven't used them, but https://www.cloudafrica.net/pricing looks decent [07:41] blackberry is a huge pain hrr! [07:41] been trying for 2 days now to get the internet working [07:42] I've configured the APN and I can resolve names and ping using the tools, but do you think the browser wants to 'see' the internet? [07:44] hehe [07:44] hi SilverCode [07:44] morning Kilos [07:54] ! [08:10] hi Vince-0 hoe gaanit [08:17] morning Vince-0, SilverCode, Kilos, nuvolari, Squirm, ThatGraemeGuy, superfly, bduk1 [08:17] Maaz: coffee on [08:17] * Maaz washes some mugs [08:17] hey charl [08:18] hi charl [08:18] ohi bduk1 [08:21] Coffee's ready for charl! [08:24] Maaz: thanks [08:24] charl: No problem [08:26] Kilos: that's an interesting article, laser-based wireless is not a new idea (first time i heard of it was more than 10 years ago) but first time i hear about it actually being put to use [08:26] i think it's a nice idea for companies who have offices across the road, for example [08:26] yeah [08:27] the only major problem of course is that, say a bird or anything would fly in between, it would disrupt the signal [08:27] luckily birds dont fly slowly so its like only one dropped package [08:27] yeah exactly [08:28] i don't think it would be a huge problem in practise [08:28] although even an insect could disrupt it i think [08:28] ? [08:28] but let's say you would have two separate links some space apart, say on two opposite edges of the building [08:28] i think that would work really well [08:29] i really like that it uses visible light as the spectrum, no licenses necessary and very high bitrate [08:29] line of site between them is the important thing i think [08:29] yeah that would be a given, otherwise you have to set up long poles [08:30] lol [08:30] visible light afaik is very high frequency compared to microwave [08:30] very fast though hey [08:30] anythong > 1gbps is essentially fibre optic speeds [08:30] also visible light but then channeled through a glass or plastic fibre [08:30] they even higher extreme high frequency [08:31] well you can't go higher than visible light without causing a serious health risk [08:31] biggest downside for those things down here is that they don't cope with fog [08:31] and of course 2km isn't terribly great range for something like WUG used [08:32] uh, "use" [08:44] thanks ThatGraemeGuy, looks decent [08:45] keen to hear your experiences if you try it [08:46] got one from webafrica a while ago, but performance was pretty hideous, especially as far as disk i/o is concerned [09:07] hi Golynx- [09:07] Hi kilos [09:08] hi Golynx- [09:09] Hey charl [09:09] :) [09:10] I thought i was gona die [09:10] I just got a lung infection [09:13] Oh sorry this not a medical channel [09:13] ouch [09:22] what ?! [12:33] ai! again [12:35] freenode constantly under ddos now [12:37] looks like it [12:38] i wish they would release some more information - it would be extremely interesting to know what type of ddos they are receiving [12:38] pardon my ignorance but how do you guys see that? [12:39] normally freenode sends out a message explaining why they have network probs [12:40] bushtech: large amounts of users being connected due to ping timeouts or repeated netsplits from various servers in a short space of time [12:40] i think somewhere in you settings you can activate those messages [12:41] bushtech: indicative of connectivity problems which in this day and age usually relates to ddos [12:41] they don't always send out global notices anymore [12:41] there are too many ddos'es now, people just attempt to weather the attack [12:41] there is very little you can do about a modern ddos as an average server administrator [12:42] Ah, thanks. [12:42] it's an inherent vulnerability in the structure of the internet and needs to be solved on a backbone level [12:42] if bgp was intelligent (which it is not) it should be able to mitigate these types of attacks [12:43] but it gets tricky because ddoses are getting very tricky and advanced, difficult to block effectively without blocking legitimate traffic [12:43] and in the (hopefully) unlikelely event of getting hit at home what can you do short of pulling the plug? [12:44] for the price of a few euro you can get a ddos launched at any particular ip address via paypal via these so-called booters [12:44] *if* they can find your home IP there is nothing you can do other than pull the plug or maybe call your isp [12:44] phew! [12:44] but usually ddos attacks are aimed at servers [12:45] bushtech: http://top10booters.com/ [12:46] amazing! [12:46] i have never been hit at home (that i know of) but at work we have regular ddos attacks [12:48] and you work in a normal business and not some top secret military installation? [12:48] our biggest ddos was 40gbps which is our actual internet capacity... [12:48] no at a university [12:49] afaik they are usually aimed at game servers, somebody loses at a game and ddoses the game server [12:49] little sissy boys [12:50] a case of "go home and cry to your mama" [12:50] Ah! disgruntled student? [12:50] no probably external parties that just randomly hit us [12:50] we run an irc server too [12:51] well, one of the student organisations run an irc server [12:51] s/run/runs/ [17:46] good evening [17:50] hi inetpro [17:50] the ddos is strong today [17:50] how are you inetpro, still mining ? [17:50] hmm... looks pretty normal to me [17:51] there are about 4 sites i use that are now under ddos for the last 4 days [17:51] 3 days i mean [17:52] one of my friends is also being ddosed right now [18:37] hmm... [18:38] power went for a rest [18:48] wb Kilos [18:48] ty charl [18:49] what did i miss [18:49] hi inetpro [18:49] wakey wakey [18:50] Kilos: uh? [18:50] haha [18:50] hi that [21:50] night all, sleep tight