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Perry | Posted: Dec 12 2004, 03:40 AM | ||||||||
Like an eagle! Group: SITE OWNER Posts: 8,014 Member No.: 1 Joined: Sep 15th 2002 Location: San Leandro, California | I am sure you all wanted an explanation about why the server has been loading so slowly recently and the intermittent downtimes. The server started to load really slow on last Wednesday night. ( Dec. 8th, 2004 ) At first, it was acceptable. Then it started timing out and to the point that one couldn't access it at all. Sent an urgent inquiry ticket to the Support Department;
Few hours later, I was informed that the server we are on is under a DDoS attack.
So, what is DDoS ? DDoS stands for Distributed Denial of Service.
The DDoS attack lasted about 3 days. During these past 3 days, the server has been up and down many times. I know it was very frustrating, but we made it. I have to thank all of you for your patience. For more information about this DDoS attack on our server, please visit this thread on their support forums - http://www.surmunity.com/showthread.php?t=10578 | ||||||||
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Smiley_DC2 | Posted: Dec 12 2004, 11:58 AM |
Akagi's LanEvo Killer Group: Advanced Members Posts: 7,472 Member No.: 1,751 Joined: May 3rd 2004 Location: Sydney, Australia | Thankyou very much for the explanation and for ur efforts in dealing with it. Very much appreciated, esp since you have exams at the moment too ~ best of luck with them as well! |
Takumi Trueno | Posted: Dec 12 2004, 12:04 PM |
IDW Goldmember Group: Advanced Members Posts: 3,835 Member No.: 2,098 Joined: Jun 24th 2004 Location: Bay Area, California | Thank You for the explaination. It is very useful knowing why this has happened. Hopefully it is all over. |
[ Mizerok ] | Posted: Dec 12 2004, 02:34 PM |
I Fabrikat w3rDs!!! Group: Advanced Members Posts: 5,174 Member No.: 1,237 Joined: Feb 4th 2004 Location: Somewhere Inside | Hmmmmm, here's the interesting thing...there have been other VBforums that have came under attack beforehand, within the last week. A couple of them have been completely cracked and hacked. Luckily, this DDoS attack seemed to be a rather bland and subtle attack, with no real purpose other then to slow us down. Sadly enough, these things do not happen on their own, something starts them. I will begin my investigation as soon as possible. |
Knee Grow | Posted: Dec 12 2004, 08:38 PM |
Better than you, in so many ways... Group: Advanced Members Posts: 5,366 Member No.: 1,869 Joined: May 20th 2004 Location: Petersburg, VA | So this was done purposefully then? Wow! Who'd wanna do something like that? Anyway, thanx for the breakdown there Perry! |
[ Mizerok ] | Posted: Dec 12 2004, 08:44 PM |
I Fabrikat w3rDs!!! Group: Advanced Members Posts: 5,174 Member No.: 1,237 Joined: Feb 4th 2004 Location: Somewhere Inside | Who knows where it came from right now, could have been i-d.com ... |
Knee Grow | Posted: Dec 12 2004, 09:58 PM |
Better than you, in so many ways... Group: Advanced Members Posts: 5,366 Member No.: 1,869 Joined: May 20th 2004 Location: Petersburg, VA | Meh....who knows? I hope the cause is found and guilty party brought to light! |
Alex | Posted: Dec 13 2004, 02:10 PM | ||
OG Member Group: Advanced Members Posts: 9,054 Member No.: 111 Joined: Nov 26th 2002 Location: Atlanta |
answered my question right away. 2 lines before reading this I asked myself, lol. Forums are loading perfectly now. wewt | ||
Knee Grow | Posted: Dec 17 2004, 08:52 PM |
Better than you, in so many ways... Group: Advanced Members Posts: 5,366 Member No.: 1,869 Joined: May 20th 2004 Location: Petersburg, VA | Happy to be back! |