Wizzup?
2015-02-25 19:02:48
Hi,
If you experienced some down time, it's because of some http flooding some people were doing. Not very effective in itself; but practical when no one is around to block it.
I spent some time (~5 minutes actively) blocking said IPs from ever reaching the server, so now the attack mostly stopped.
Perhaps someday, people will grow up. Until then, they can always bug the good guys. More fun, right?
Let me know (via IRC) if you experience more downtime. We're also working on moving the forum to CF; but I have to do some manual calling and/or conversations with my ISP because they will not easily allow me to change the nameservers.
Thanks to Olly for nudging me.
Trollcrank
2015-02-25 19:05:08
Dang, I tried loading the forums about thirty minutes ago with no luck and I just waited to see if it would load. About five minutes later it did so I didn't think anything of it. To think people would go to the trouble to attack thie website…
grats
2015-02-25 19:09:43
must be a slow & boring day for them
Clarity
2015-02-25 19:21:28
Thanks for the update.
Clueless as to why people bother doing this.
Haters gonna hate, I guess.
Lipcot
2015-02-25 19:23:31
They hate us cause they ain't us! They hate us cause they ain't us!
Hoodz
2015-02-25 19:26:37
who on earth would target villavu?
Brandon
2015-02-25 19:32:51
From: hoodz
who on earth would target villavu?
Not just villavu:
http://i.imgur.com/vbCuPNo.png but powerbot as well.. Took long to finally get through.
grats
2015-02-25 19:35:16
From: Brandon
Not just villavu: http://i.imgur.com/vbCuPNo.png but powerbot as well..
who else is there?
tribot
topbot
I know trilez always been a peaceful fellow so I doubt tribot.. well at least the leader
topbot always laggy as hell so it'd take like 5 machines to take that site down, doubt they attack
IS JAGEX DOING IT?
Hoodz
2015-02-25 19:40:33
From: grats
who else is there?
tribot
topbot
I know trilez always been a peaceful fellow so I doubt tribot.. well at least the leader
topbot always laggy as hell so it'd take like 5 machines to take that site down, doubt they attack
IS JAGEX DOING IT?
topbot is decent since they have cloudfare
Flight
2015-02-25 20:06:05
From: grats
must be a slow & boring day for them
Will today ever end? God I'm so bored…
grats
2015-02-25 20:08:52
From: Flight
Will today ever end? God I'm so bored…
I think we should keep an eye on this one wizzup
A real close eye.
KeepBotting
2015-02-25 21:19:57
Someone out there is getting jealous
E: looks like powerbot has been down for far longer than us
http://i.imgur.com/yon9fzn.png
Justin
2015-02-25 21:43:40
If/when you move the forums to CF, just make sure the server doesn't leak its public IP
Thomas
2015-02-26 04:59:23
Didn't even notice this :)
Gj resolving it though.
