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posted by on Sunday October 30 2016, @02:45PM   Printer-friendly
from the no-fishing-for-me-this-morning dept.

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.

 
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  • (Score: 4, Funny) by kazzie on Sunday October 30 2016, @02:20PM

    by kazzie (5309) Subscriber Badge on Sunday October 30 2016, @02:20PM (#420508)

    If I reply to this post, am I making things worse for the server load?

    Any comments, please reply below.

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  • (Score: 3, Informative) by The Mighty Buzzard on Sunday October 30 2016, @02:23PM

    by The Mighty Buzzard (18) Subscriber Badge <themightybuzzard@proton.me> on Sunday October 30 2016, @02:23PM (#420512) Homepage Journal

    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.

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    My rights don't end where your fear begins.
    • (Score: 2) by kazzie on Sunday October 30 2016, @04:54PM

      by kazzie (5309) Subscriber Badge on Sunday October 30 2016, @04:54PM (#420551)

      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

      by Gaaark (41) on Sunday October 30 2016, @05:13PM (#420561) Journal

      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.

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      --- 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

    by Capt. Obvious (6089) on Monday October 31 2016, @03:31AM (#420758)

    If I reply to this post, am I making things worse for the server load?

    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.