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Patrick

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Under attack!
« on: July 24, 2013, 07:31:23 am »
It sucks being popular. Everyone gets jealous and nasty...

In case the rest of you were wondering what went on yesterday afternoon and evening, my server was under a DDOS attack. That's distributed denial of service in non-techie speak.

What it looks like is that someone was jealous that my main site was taking business away from theirs. Attack came from inside South Africa too, nice guys. Kept me up for a few hours. It doesn't look like this site was the target, just unfortunate collateral damage. The target it seems was my main site, a local (uhuhm should I let the cat out of the bag...) dating site  ::)

Anyway, it appeared to stop just after midnight, so I'm really hoping things will be more normal today.
« Last Edit: July 24, 2013, 07:34:32 am by Patrick »
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Re: Under attack!
« Reply #1 on: July 24, 2013, 07:52:02 am »
I always say:  'if the mainstream is against you, then you're definitely doing something right.' :TU:
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Re: Under attack!
« Reply #2 on: July 24, 2013, 11:14:39 am »
So your main site is a dating site. No wonder jaDEB said that his can't go up anymore and mine just goes up and down all the time. :frustrated:
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Re: Under attack!
« Reply #3 on: July 24, 2013, 03:12:13 pm »
Quote from: Patrick on July 24, 2013, 07:31:23 am
It sucks being popular. Everyone gets jealous and nasty...

In case the rest of you were wondering what went on yesterday afternoon and evening, my server was under a DDOS attack. That's distributed denial of service in non-techie speak.

What it looks like is that someone was jealous that my main site was taking business away from theirs. Attack came from inside South Africa too, nice guys. Kept me up for a few hours. It doesn't look like this site was the target, just unfortunate collateral damage. The target it seems was my main site, a local (uhuhm should I let the cat out of the bag...) dating site  ::)

Anyway, it appeared to stop just after midnight, so I'm really hoping things will be more normal today.

The winner of this competition get's a free chickie at christmas?????  :)) :TU:
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Re: Under attack!
« Reply #4 on: July 24, 2013, 03:44:37 pm »
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Re: Under attack!
« Reply #5 on: July 24, 2013, 03:53:03 pm »
Quote from: Orca on July 24, 2013, 11:14:39 am
So your main site is a dating site. No wonder jaDEB said that his can't go up anymore and mine just goes up and down all the time. :frustrated:

Orca, if my "" goes up, you should be able to see it from the cape. When it is overcast there by you it is not all ways clouds.  ::)
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Re: Under attack!
« Reply #6 on: July 24, 2013, 07:10:28 pm »
Quote from: jaDEB on July 24, 2013, 03:53:03 pm
Quote from: Orca on July 24, 2013, 11:14:39 am
So your main site is a dating site. No wonder jaDEB said that his can't go up anymore and mine just goes up and down all the time. :frustrated:

Orca, if my "" goes up, you should be able to see it from the cape. When it is overcast there by you it is not all ways clouds.  ::)

 :laugh: :LHST: :)) Wot you smoking? Good one.
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Re: Under attack!
« Reply #7 on: July 25, 2013, 06:29:40 pm »
So this is what it looks like when you get figure out how to stop attacks  :TU:
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Re: Under attack!
« Reply #8 on: August 23, 2013, 08:39:11 am »
Hey Patrick - are you under attack again? I have noted over the last few days that the site seems to be experiencing rather slow responses, not all the time, but fairly regularly, enough to be a bit of an irritation sometimes. Maybe it's from my side as well, but it hasn't been really noticable on other sites as yet. Just thought I'd let you know.
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Re: Under attack!
« Reply #9 on: August 23, 2013, 09:01:34 am »
Not quite, yesterday a switch partially failed in the dallas data center I use. They claimed it was repaired yesterday around lunch time, but I'm not so sure. I also notice the slow page loads, also not all the time which makes it difficult to bug fix.
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Re: Under attack!
« Reply #10 on: August 23, 2013, 09:34:42 am »
Also difficulty with ISP since yesterday. :mad:
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Re: Under attack!
« Reply #11 on: August 23, 2013, 09:46:32 am »
Too slow to browse/post. Pity - hope it improves soon.
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Re: Under attack!
« Reply #12 on: August 23, 2013, 10:03:59 am »
Hey Patrick:- - used to be part of a group who posted a hot looking babe once a week as Fridaay Chicken - how about trolling your dating site for some stunners and posting their pictures on this site once a week :LHST:
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Re: Under attack!
« Reply #13 on: August 23, 2013, 10:24:22 am »
Quote from: gcr on August 23, 2013, 10:03:59 am
Hey Patrick:- - used to be part of a group who posted a hot looking babe once a week as Fridaay Chicken - how about trolling your dating site for some stunners and posting their pictures on this site once a week :LHST:
An image of a portion of my comp. screen (old one, I have many more), should infuse the likes of gcr, even at his age, with renewed vigour.  :LHST:
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Re: Under attack!
« Reply #14 on: August 23, 2013, 11:13:19 am »
Can you guys give me feedback again. It seems faster now. I complained to the server team who keep trying to tell me there's no problem. Though maybe they are making changes in the background.

Oh and nice pic moonaker...
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