Right, so there's currently a DDoS of our site specifically happening. Part of me is mildly annoyed, part of me is proud that we're worth DDoS-ing now. Since it's only slowing us down a bit and not actually shutting us down, I'm half tempted to just let them run their botnet time out. I suppose we should tweak the firewall a bit though. Sigh, I hate working on weekends.
Update: Okay, that appears to have mitigated it; the site's functional at a reasonable rate of responsiveness.
Update2: Attack's over for now. You may go about your business.
(Score: 5, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 30 2016, @01:40PM
For SN, a DDOS is more than 4 people logged on at the same time ;) Tee hee
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 30 2016, @01:44PM
Thanks for the update. I noticed SN was a little slow, so did my usual thing -- rebooted Firefox. Now everything else is snappy.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 30 2016, @07:49PM
Oh yeah? Well I reinstalled Windoze...
(Score: 2) by Bogsnoticus on Sunday October 30 2016, @11:34PM
I killed all of my old carrier pigeons, and bought new ones. Now SN works like a charm.
Genius by birth. Evil by choice.
(Score: 4, Funny) by kazzie on Sunday October 30 2016, @02:20PM
If I reply to this post, am I making things worse for the server load?
Any comments, please reply below.
(Score: 3, Informative) by The Mighty Buzzard on Sunday October 30 2016, @02:23PM
Nah, we're all good now. The webservers can totally handle this load. It was the firewall at the load balancer that was having issues. It had a rule or three in it that it shouldn't have.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 2) by kazzie on Sunday October 30 2016, @04:54PM
Thanks for the serious feedback, but it shows up a sarcasm fail on my part. :/
(Score: 2) by Gaaark on Sunday October 30 2016, @05:13PM
So, this was actually a GOOD thing! Keeps you on your toes and keeps your skillz up! :)
Congratulations on your fame! May your life be filled with DDOS, as the Chinese say, lol.
--- Please remind me if I haven't been civil to you: I'm channeling MDC. ---Gaaark 2.0 ---
(Score: 3, Funny) by Capt. Obvious on Monday October 31 2016, @03:31AM
I'm not sure, but someone is sure to post a response with the answer. Be sure to reload every few seconds to ensure you learn, as quickly as possible, how not to take actions that make the load worse.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by el_oscuro on Sunday October 30 2016, @11:18PM
Actually, this is one of the fastest and least crappy sites I have visited in years. From an observed performance perspective, it is basically google.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 31 2016, @11:08AM
Soylent News, the site that needs a DDoS to be as slow as the rest of the internet!