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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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 31 2016, @12:04AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 31 2016, @12:04AM (#420715)

    Uh, oh. Somebody's gonna look in my direction now.
    (The only thing I don't block is star.png.)

    ...like browsers would generate

    Depends on the browser and the config. 8-)

    .
    Some Soylentils may rag on the staff from time to time, but our volunteers are pretty great at keeping the site going.

    ...and the (first) response to Thank You, below, seems quite Funny to me--though those still in the labor force may find it a bit too close to home.
    The current mod of Redundant doesn't seem apt.

    -- OriginalOwner_ [soylentnews.org]