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Hacking =/= DDos'ing...

No offense, but even a ****** could DDos

I would like to disagree with you, a DDoS is a distributed denial of service attack, meaning it is spread over many machines, normally by a botnet or something. If a ****** could run a botnet the world is screwed.

You can however easily do a DoS attack.

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Google LOIC, every ****** can do it... I could take down the forum, if I wanted to... Though... I need more people (or a server farm / botnet w/e) for a login server.

That backfired for you slightly , read wikipedia about LOIC...

LOIC is an open source network attack application, written in C#. A JavaScript version has also been created enabling a DoS from a web browser.

A DoS, not a distributed DoS (DDoS). I agree anyone can DoS, but DDoSing is a lot harder.

And on another note, (although I don't want you to try ) I don't know that you would be able to take this forum down on your own, it is on a HUGE server with DDos protection. But as I said please don't try incase you can .

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LOIC performs a denial-of-service (DoS) attack (or when used by multiple individuals, a DDoS attack)

I don't want to ruin the theme of the topic, but your quote exactly emphasised my point, there is a difference between a DoS (which you or I could easily do) and a DDoS which is a lot harder. (Due to organisation and often other software to get other 'DoSers' on board).

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As you can see... It ain't that hard; 5-10 people or external connections are usually enough for a forum.
I don't know if you "own" this forum, but this might have consequences for me, even if you say you would not "engage".

I don't "own" this forum, and I never said I did, Foob 'owns' it (as much as anyone 'owns' it); I just own the hosting.
But still... I would suggestion not even attempting it, the server which this forum is hosted on has stupidly strict access protection meaning it blocks users automatically which it thinks are DoSing it, don't moan if you get auto-blocked for doing anything (which I would not advise doing anyway).

I don't want to ruin the theme of the topic, but your quote exactly emphasised my point, there is a difference between a DoS (which you or I could easily do) and a DDoS which is a lot harder. (Due to organisation and often other software to get other 'DoSers' on board).

... I could rent 150 bots for 7$ and everyone else being able to google is capable of doing so as well. (which afterall means no organisation, one person, one software)
I could take down the forum and the server ... for 7$ ... what I am trying to say is still the same:

It's not hard, everyone can do it, even someone untrained.

€: I WOULD NEVER DO THAT