DDOS persists through proxy.

[diembrandon]

Recently, I've been the victim of a consistent ddos attack. I've formatted, changed from windows7 to 8.1 to stop it. No luck.

I am a twitch streamer, all I would have open is the game I'm playing (Have tried multiple: Smite, thief, Brothers, etc.) and OBS. I've also tried xsplit; same thing.

I have chrome installed, steam, and the proxy. I'm using putty and proxifier, but even with that, he finds my IP and shuts me down.

Not sure how to proceed.

 

[Someone Somewhere]

DDoS attacks target your connection, not any data passing over it. If someone's already got your IP and is DDoSing you, a proxy won't help.

If they only start when you're doing a particular thing, then they may already have your IP and are trying to discourage you.

Reboot the router, which should get you a new (unknown) IP unless you're on a static IP connection.

 

[diembrandon]

I've been changing my IP every hour since I constantly get hit. He's still getting it, even after the format. No wireless stuff is connected right now.

 

[Someone Somewhere]

'He' being who?

I'm referring to your global IP, not the local one that starts with 192.168.x.x.

 

[diembrandon]

I know. I have a dynamic ip through fios, which I've changed at least 15 times over the past 4 days.

 

[Someone Somewhere]

What makes you think it's a DoS attack? How soon after you do anything does it start?

Does it only happen when you're twitch streaming?

 

[diembrandon]

Because the person has >=100 bots that spam "goodnight, it';ll all be over soon" or something similar before I go down.

Generally, yes.

 

[Someone Somewhere]

Spam onto where? The comments feed? Unless that's hosted off your local box (I would have thought it should be in a datacentre somewhere), that won't have any effect.

Have you bothered to ask the person why they're trying to take you offline?

 

[diembrandon]

In the twitch.tv chat, he has hundreds of bots spam me a second before I go down, as a taunt. He attacks a lot of streamers that play smite.

I don't care why he's doing, I just need it to stop.

 

[Someone Somewhere]

Upload over a VPN, with the termination point in a big data centre that can handle the DoS traffic. This might cost, because few places let you upload at megabits per second.

It looks like the way to get a Twitch streamer's IP generally relies on resolving Skype, so close the Skype client or do it from another connection.

 

[diembrandon]

I don't use skype. I have ym mumble proxied and I'm uploading through a vpn already; that's the point of the thread.

 

[Someone Somewhere]

Hmm. Anything open in the background? Something's grabbing your global IP that's not going out through the VPN.

 

[diembrandon]

I can't seem to figure that part out. I have everything closed, and i just reformatted. I can't imagine how he's getting this. I even unplugged my consoles from the wall. I have no inkling to what it could be.