Microsoft moves away from peer-to-peer chat: Xbox players are exposed to DDOS attacks
Microsoft is working to eliminate peer-to-peer voice chat between Xbox players to improve user safety. As it turned out, in this way attackers can stage a DDOS attack.
A Reddit user warned Xbox players about random invitations to group chat in Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege, which was recently added to the Xbox Game Pass catalog: “Players can launch an attack on your network through it using your IP address if you join. “
Xbox engineer Bill Ridmann said Microsoft is aware of the problem and is already taking steps to resolve it.
“We are effectively ditching peer-to-peer voice connections for group chat and have been working on a solution for a long time,” he said. – We are increasing the percentage of groups on a separate server week after week so that you cannot directly connect with other group members and they cannot see your IP address. Soon we will no longer have peer-to-peer groups. ”
Redmann also confirmed that the Xbox mobile app is already taking a server-side approach to forming groups.