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: 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.
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