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submitted 2 days ago by cm0002@lemmy.zip to c/linux@programming.dev

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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[-] Alaknar@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 day ago

It costs, like $10 to rent a botnet for a couple-hour attack.

this post was submitted on 27 Oct 2025
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