Talk:Gambling

Please dont add mentions of DDoS.

Many RS players experience genuine lag and call it a DDoS attack, without even realising what such an attack entails.

DoS means Denial of Service. Likewise, DDoS is a distributed denial of service attack. DoS attacks are completely useless due to current high speed internet connections - it's impossible for someone to spam out a connection using their own - we are not in the days of dialup.

A DDoS attack involves having many (usually thousands) of connections repeatedly spam a single target's connection. This involves either mass coordinated effort of thousands of volunteers, or, more commonly, the use of a botnet - that is, a large group of computers infected with some form of trojan that lets the botnet owner control them without the knowledge of the computer owner.

Ontop of this, one must actually have a target to attack - that being their IP address. Players cannot obtain the IP address of another player through Runescape gameplay. Unless they had previously gained access to the player's account, there's no way they would have a target to attack.

DDoS attacks would more likely be targeted at an entire runescape server. Botnet usage has a large black market involved around it - cost of hiring a botnet one to target a single Runescape player wouldn't result in any kind of profit.

If someone claims they DDoSed you, they're lying and are trying to wind you up. Nuff said. 203.97.97.188 22:35, May 30, 2012 (UTC)