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DDoS of SN Underway [Updated]

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

The Mighty Buzzard writes:

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: 5, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 30 2016, @01:40PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 30 2016, @01:40PM (#420501)

    For SN, a DDOS is more than 4 people logged on at the same time ;) Tee hee

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 30 2016, @01:44PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 30 2016, @01:44PM (#420502)

    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

      by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 30 2016, @07:49PM (#420615)

      Oh yeah? Well I reinstalled Windoze...

      • (Score: 2) by Bogsnoticus on Sunday October 30 2016, @11:34PM

        by Bogsnoticus (3982) on Sunday October 30 2016, @11:34PM (#420707)

        I killed all of my old carrier pigeons, and bought new ones. Now SN works like a charm.

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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.

    • (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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    • (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.

  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by el_oscuro on Sunday October 30 2016, @11:18PM

    by el_oscuro (1711) on Sunday October 30 2016, @11:18PM (#420699)

    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

      by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 31 2016, @11:08AM (#420825)

      Soylent News, the site that needs a DDoS to be as slow as the rest of the internet!