Are the forums down due to ddos attacks or lack of bandwidth?
Is there something we can do to help keep them up?
Are the forums down due to ddos attacks or lack of bandwidth?
Is there something we can do to help keep them up?
Clearly isis hates our way of life and our freedom on the PC. Unless 200m is paid, they will continue their assault on the PC.
Last edited by SHAFT; 01-20-2015 at 11:54 AM.
The forums have been under a constant DDOS attack, in fact it's still being attacked as we speak. It's happened several times before but never this big and for a sustained period of time. Guess this site really pissed someone off.
Anyways, to mitigate the effect of the attack I basically contracted a third party to install some DDOS blocking proxies. It will prevent DDOS attacks of up to 10 Gbps. The current attack right now got as high as 2 Gbps so we should be fine for the time being. If the DDOS attack does increase to beyond 10 Gbps there are plans available to add additional protection and it should only take a couple of hours to update further.
I would have had this issue fixed sooner but the long weekend and all kind of slowed things down.
We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty. We must remember always that accusation is not proof and that conviction depends upon evidence and due process of law. We will not walk in fear, one of another. We will not be driven by fear into an age of unreason, if we dig deep in our history and our doctrine, and remember that we are not descended from fearful men. Edward R. Murrow
Not another attack, just some problems getting this anti-DDOS proxy set up. I don't think I ever anticipated someone actually wanting to DDOS this site so heavily before so never prepared for it.
I hope that all issues are resolved now but there could be some inconveniences for the remainder of the day.
Thanks very much for taking the time to explain. It's nice just to know what's going on.