The attempts of the Holy See to approach the young public begin with a stumbling block, since the servers are undergoing attacks.
The Vatican wanted to connect with young people to bring them their religion, so they decided to set up their own server in Minecraft, the popular Mojang game, now owned by Microsoft. However, the waters have not flowed with the calm they would have wanted, because shortly after being released, the server has suffered the onslaught of some users. This is a DDoS attack, which consists of accessing massively to cause the server to crash.
This has been recognized by Father Robert Ballecer, who has shared on Twitter the bad news: “I am investigating the records of the Minecraft test server and it seems that a few people are constantly connecting and disconnecting to exceed the number of player places and so kill the server. " It is not the only problem, since the demand to access the server has also contributed to instability.
However, says the priest in successive tweets, the server has been configured as a test to investigate how it will work. That has allowed them to build a list of expelled from about 100 user identities and IPs. The launch of the final server will occur in the next few hours. Anyway, Ballecer recognizes that "the attacks will continue", although he feels that now "they leave with advantage".
I'm looking at the logs of the Minecraft test server and it looks like there is a handful of people who are constantly connecting and disconnecting to fill the player slots and kill the server.
Interesting …
– Br. Robert R. Ballecer, SJ (@padresj) December 2, 2019
A community without toxicity?
The intention of the priest is to create a less toxic community in which players can share their Catholic faith. Before the news, many media were responsible for collecting the information. However, the father has pointed out that this could have an effect called "trolls", always willing to "sow chaos." Whether or not it is the cause, the truth is that the server has not escaped indiscriminate attacks.
Minecraft is available on virtually all platforms. Of course, it can be purchased on Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Ninendo Switch, PC and mobile devices. In addition, the early access of Minecraft Earth, a free application for Android and iOS that uses augmented reality to work, has also been launched.
Source | PC Gamer
