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Re:You can't build Nixpkgs if you are in the UK by rich66man on Friday October 10, 2025 @01:45PM (#45541702)
Similar stuff happens often with Russian IP addresses, you just gotta deal with it I guess
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Re:You can't build Nixpkgs if you are in the UK by WesolyKubeczek on Friday October 10, 2025 @04:11PM (#45543253)
One reason is DDoS attacks come overwhelmingly from those IPs. Plug them in your firewall, and it’s calm all of a sudden.
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Re:You can't build Nixpkgs if you are in the UK by betaby on Friday October 10, 2025 @04:41PM (#45543548)
https://blog.cloudflare.com/ddos-threat-report-for-2024-q4/
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Re:You can't build Nixpkgs if you are in the UK by viraptor on Friday October 10, 2025 @11:15PM (#45546290)
It doesn't matter what you do at the firewall level. It's too late. If anyone wants to volume DDoS you, they'll send traffic regardless just to overload your connection.
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Re:You can't build Nixpkgs if you are in the UK by stek29 on Saturday October 11, 2025 @02:17AM (#45547038)
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2025/10/ddos-botnet-aisuru-blank...
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