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This is what a Denial of Service attack looks like...
Tiberius Offline
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This is what a Denial of Service attack looks like...
August 15, 2012 at 4:19 pm (This post was last modified: August 15, 2012 at 4:19 pm by Tiberius.)
If you were browsing the forums earlier (around 17:20 UTC) then you might have noticed things got a bit slow for 5-10 minutes or so. At some points, the site wasn't loading at all. I contacted our host and very quickly they determined that there was a Denial of Service attack taking place against the server. The attack was blocked, and everything started to load quickly again.

Here is a graph of the server activity for the past 24 hours:

[Image: U7RtS.png]

As you can see, we average several hundred incoming packets per second. At around 18:20 UTC+1 the number of incoming packets jumped to 21,307. This continued for about 20 minutes before it was detected and blocked.

We're still looking into the attack and where it came from, but I'll update you all as soon as I know more. We'll also make it a priority to look into server software to detect this kind of thing faster and log it properly.

- Tiberius
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RE: This is what a Denial of Service attack looks like...
August 15, 2012 at 4:23 pm (This post was last modified: August 15, 2012 at 4:24 pm by LastPoet.)
It was directed on us or the server in general Tibs?

Anyway, I feel quite safe with our own internet security crypto guru as an admin Big Grin
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RE: This is what a Denial of Service attack looks like...
August 15, 2012 at 4:25 pm
Why and who does this shit?
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RE: This is what a Denial of Service attack looks like...
August 15, 2012 at 4:30 pm
(August 15, 2012 at 4:23 pm)LastPoet Wrote: It was directed on us or the server in general Tibs?

Anyway, I feel quite safe with our own internet security crypto guru as an admin Big Grin
I'm pretty sure it was the server in general, but I suspect it's due to our being on the server rather than some random attack.
(August 15, 2012 at 4:25 pm)5thHorseman Wrote: Why and who does this shit?
Why? No idea.
Who? Assholes.
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RE: This is what a Denial of Service attack looks like...
August 15, 2012 at 4:44 pm
(August 15, 2012 at 4:30 pm)Tiberius Wrote: who does this shit?

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RE: This is what a Denial of Service attack looks like...
August 15, 2012 at 5:02 pm
(August 15, 2012 at 4:30 pm)Tiberius Wrote: Who? Assholes.

^^^ This ^^^
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RE: This is what a Denial of Service attack looks like...
August 15, 2012 at 5:06 pm
Huh.. I did notice and that was the first thing that came to mind.
When I was young, there was a god with infinite power protecting me. Is there anyone else who felt that way? And was sure about it? but the first time I fell in love, I was thrown down - or maybe I broke free - and I bade farewell to God and became human. Now I don't have God's protection, and I walk on the ground without wings, but I don't regret this hardship. I want to live as a person. -Arina Tanemura

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RE: This is what a Denial of Service attack looks like...
August 15, 2012 at 5:55 pm
(August 15, 2012 at 4:19 pm)Tiberius Wrote: We're still looking into the attack and where it came from, but I'll update you all as soon as I know more.

I attacked the server. Sorry, won't happen again.
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RE: This is what a Denial of Service attack looks like...
August 15, 2012 at 6:14 pm
(August 15, 2012 at 4:19 pm)Tiberius Wrote: We're still looking into the attack and where it came from

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2g5Hz17C4is
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RE: This is what a Denial of Service attack looks like...
August 15, 2012 at 6:22 pm
So THAT'S what was going on. Thanks for saving us, Tiberius!
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