Why LFE was down again

[Silverthorn]

Out of sheer curiosity... what is a DDoS attack?
I'd like all the nitty gritty details.. for a read when I'm bored. which kinda means now and for foreseeable future. haha.

Well, to say it simple: you use one or more computers and send http-requests or pings to a server to overload it with tasks. As a worst case scenario, you can destroy the server because it can't handle that amount, runs at full speed and overheats itself. Ergo: turn off the server before this happens.