# DDoS attack against LiveJournal... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 28, 2011, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ddos-attack-against-livejournal/590596 "2011-07-28T06:51:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2011, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ddos-attack-against-livejournal/590596/21 "2011-08-06T03:42:13Z")
Well, here’s at least [one source](http://www.themoscowtimes.com/opinion/article/web-will-win-in-cyber-war/441377.html)claiming that the DDOS was the Russian government. And I note, with extreme annoyance, that LiveJournal is down again, and not just for me. ---
**Author:** ![BaneSidhe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c5a1d2/32.png) [@BaneSidhe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BaneSidhe)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2011, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ddos-attack-against-livejournal/590596/22 "2011-08-06T03:50:50Z")
Yeah, I was right in the middle of a post and it went ‘boom.’ ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2011, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ddos-attack-against-livejournal/590596/23 "2011-08-06T04:11:57Z")
They’re back up. I’d love to know what “Varnish Error 503 Service Unavailable” means. Or rather, I can parse all of it except “Varnish”. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2011, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ddos-attack-against-livejournal/590596/24 "2011-08-06T04:18:28Z")
> [@kushiel](#): > > That’s why I don’t think of OpalCat the Doper, I think of OpalCat the LJer. I think I had seen you around LJ but never thought anything of it but then I found out you were a Doper. In one of its early incarnations the main LiveJournal page was a layout I designed. I had just offered to help Brad out because the site was so cool but its layout was lacking. He took me up on my offer and for about six months the site was designed by me. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2011, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ddos-attack-against-livejournal/590596/25 "2011-08-06T04:25:11Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > They’re back up. > > I’d love to know what “Varnish Error 503 Service Unavailable” means. Or rather, I can parse all of it except “Varnish”. [ > [@](#): > > Varnish is an HTTP accelerator designed for content-heavy dynamic web sites. ]([Varnish (software) - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varnish_(software))) So, they use Varnish, and that’s the bit the error message is originating from. ---
**Author:** ![Foggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foggy/32/1082_2.png) [@Foggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foggy)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2011, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ddos-attack-against-livejournal/590596/26 "2011-08-06T05:40:54Z")
> [@Tengu](#): > > [URL=“[Varnish (software) - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varnish_(software))”] > > So, they use Varnish, and that’s the bit the error message is originating from. Is it satin or semi-gloss? I use to have a LJ account but deleted it along with my Facebook and other accounts over a year ago. ---
**Author:** ![VitrolicBump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a587f6/32.png) [@VitrolicBump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VitrolicBump)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2011, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ddos-attack-against-livejournal/590596/27 "2011-08-06T06:19:48Z")
wow, now you guys have me looking at my old LJ stuff. lol [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ddos-attack-against-livejournal/590596.md?page=1)