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We are aware of the issue - the site was subject to a denial of service attack, which is still ongoing but is currently being mitigated.

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We are aware of the issue - the site was subject to a denial of service attack, which is still ongoing but is currently being mitigated.

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Yup. For like 20 minutes if I reloaded the page I had about a 1/10 chance of the page loading.

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Just now, colonel_mortis said:

We are aware of the issue - the site was subject to a denial of service attack, which is still ongoing but is currently being mitigated.

So maybe that's why at the end there was something checking for a ddos attack...

 

Don't you have some cloudfare protection against ddosing though?

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1 minute ago, DocSwag said:

So maybe that's why at the end there was something checking for a ddos attack...

 

Don't you have some cloudfare protection against ddosing though?

Yes, the Cloudflare DDoS protection is why you are seeing the DDoS interstitial before you can access the site, and is why we are currently up.

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Just now, colonel_mortis said:

Yes, the Cloudflare DDoS protection is why you are seeing the DDoS interstitial before you can access the site, and is why we are currently up.

Is it not normally active though?

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Wow, but good work getting the site back up, it gives me something to do when it is slow at work.

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1 minute ago, AUniqueName said:

Ya'll need to stop banning people. 

 

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It must be @patrickjp93, salty for having been banned, and eager to prove he's a clever hacker by ddosing ltt! /s

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8 minutes ago, aidanapple said:

My guess is that someone found the forums actual IP and started DDoSing it.

the forum's IP is common, publicly availible knowledge.

 

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17 minutes ago, aidanapple said:

My guess is that someone found the forums actual IP and started DDoSing it. 

IP Address : 104.27.140.189 and 104.27.141.189

A 10 second google search is all that took...

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Just now, Master Disaster said: 

IP Address : 104.27.140.189 and 104.27.141.189

A 10 second google search is all that took...

 

12 minutes ago, RadiatingLight said:

the forum's IP is common, publicly availible knowledge.

 

Yeah, I know that. That is what I mean

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15 hours ago, aidanapple said:

My guess is that someone found the forums actual IP and started DDoSing it.

No, the attack was made through Cloudflare, hence turning on the DDoS protection mitigating it. 

15 hours ago, Secondmineboy said:

Still even letting the forum go offline shouldnt be for Cloudflare, its not always-on.....

 

How about changing the webserver to LiteSpeed? It has included DDoS Protection mechanisms.

There's only so much local software can do to mitigate an attack of this size. There is almost no advantage for us moving to LiteSpeed. 

15 hours ago, RadiatingLight said:

the forum's IP is common, publicly availible knowledge.

 

The forum's actual IP is not, the Cloudflare IP is. 

15 hours ago, Master Disaster said: 

IP Address : 104.27.140.189 and 104.27.141.189

A 10 second google search is all that took...

Those are Cloudflare's IPs, not ours. 

15 hours ago, aidanapple said:

EXACTLY! You can go to http://www.crimeflare.com to find the actual IP though.

Our actual current IP is not available on that site :) 

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