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Arch Linux AUR Hit by Another DDoS Attack, Port 22 Access Disrupted (linuxiac.com)
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The Arch Linux team has once again been forced to respond to a distributed denial-of-service attack targeting its AUR repository infrastructure. As a result, DDoS protection has been enabled for aur.archlinux.org to help mitigate the ongoing disruption.

While this measure helps keep the AUR website accessible, it has introduced a significant side effect: pushing to the AUR is currently not possible.

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[–] 6 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I wonder if it could be a state actor? I can imagine that the powers that be in MANY countries could be motivated to keep users away from operating system software that isn’t spyware.

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  • [–] 13 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Then why go against the AUR and not the official mirrors? The former isn't always exactly the epitome of securely packaged trusted applications

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