Blender.org is unreachable because of DDOS attack – update
The Blender.org infrastructure is currently under a Denial of Service attack. As a result, all official Blender sites are currently down.
Blender servers are under DoS attack. Means most sites are not accessible. We're working on it.
— Ton Roosendaal (inactive)? (@tonroosendaal) January 30, 2020
Update: the issue has been resolved:
Blender websites are back. Seems like our ISP @xs4all acted. No further info yet.
— Ton Roosendaal (inactive)? (@tonroosendaal) January 30, 2020
Update 31/1/20 07:50 CET – Earlier this night, the main blender.org website went down again. A copy of the Blender documentation can still be accessed here though, and the Blender team has provided some alternative download locations:
- https://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/graphics/blender/release/Blender2.81/
- https://mirror.clarkson.edu/blender/release/Blender2.81/
- Blender on Steam
- Source code mirror on Github
Update 31/1/20 11:45 CET – It seems the attack wave is over, and all sites are available again.
is back online now
alas! not working now…
Simple script to fix any ddos is to simply “user request timeout” after so many consecutive simultaneous requests for say 3 seconds. Same way we stopped it in counterstrike 1.6 back in 2001-2002. The attempt here may be to get isp to purchase expensive unnecessary security and your monthly rates inevitably go up. Don’t believe the hype.
That’s nonsense. You can’t fix a TCP problem with HTTP.
If it were that simple, it would be in every server software stack. The vast majority of the web runs on open-source software, so it would be awfully difficult for corporate interests to prevent such a “fix” from reaching widespread adoption. What do you think the first D in DDoS stands for? It’s simple enough to rate-limit attackers, but the problem is that these attacks are coming from enormous botnets – block one address and a thousand more are ready to replace it.
Weird that someone would target Blender.org what do they have to gain lol
Autodesk would like to know your location
all blender.org sites are still down for me in toronto, canada. :(
still down here
Still down here in Lima Perú
maybe business competition.
Down for me in Los Angeles:-(
still down in Krasnoyarsk / USSR
I updated the article with the latest information.
still can’t access http://blender.org or http://code.blender.org confirmed by isitdownrightnow.com
It’s known – see the updated article.
d dos attack je me demandais depuis hier je n’arrivais pas à me connecter.
ils sont victimes de le succés.
https://developer.blender.org/ still seems to be having problems
If shares go down because the community revolts they have to act. Like testure said, autode$$$k.
Seems to be up now
Nope still down for me in the UK. I don’t know of anybody who would want to do this. We all love blender right?
Oh wait, there might be certain corporate empires who may not though!