123-Reg hosted websites go offline after 'China attack'

[bigj2552]

wow !

read here -

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-18179298

[smitch6]

isn't everyone glad they host with me now ;)

[bigj2552]

isn't everyone glad they host with me now ;)

aint you glad you left em to lol

[JSR]

If the attack is primarily from China, why don't they just block China's IP addresses? Or don't they have a firewall that's up to the task?

[smitch6]

my server prob gets about 10 ppl trying to hack it everyday
it just automatically blocks them after 5 attempts
which is a pain as it has blocked me many times as my ip changes alot lol

[bassqee]

ahh - thats why my email was down earlier :)

[jennywren]

Sorry to jump in on your questions, but I'm still trying to figure what they gain, can some some tell me please, and why the do it.

[Fidget242]

If the attack is primarily from China, why don't they just block China's IP addresses? Or don't they have a firewall that's up to the task?

Good idea! Although if it's anything like in the movies that would be too easy, lol.

Maybe the hack was re-routed somehow though, there are programs out there that can 'spoof' your IP-Address to a different country entirely through SSL technology...I bought a laptop off eBay once that had it installed, I think it was called Viper VPN or something like that - needless to say I deleted it straight away, not sure how legal things like that are