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    #812
    Liam McPoyle
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,846 ✭✭✭✭Liam McPoyle


    mcgovern wrote: »
    And they just stopped bothering to give updates on Twitter last night, no updates today at all.

    Dav has said above what the issue is and that there isn't anything they can do?

    :confused:


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    #813
    jimgoose
    Registered Users Posts: 20,176 ✭✭✭✭jimgoose


    Business Cat wrote: »
    Dav has said above what the issue is and that there isn't anything they can do?

    :confused:

    There isn't an awful lot one can do about these DDOS scamps, no, particularly the cleverer application-layer ones. Not without lip-slobberingly powerful and expensive infrastructure equipment and the wherewithal to use it.


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    #814
    mcgovern
    Registered Users Posts: 4,267 ✭✭✭mcgovern


    Business Cat wrote: »
    Dav has said above what the issue is and that there isn't anything they can do?

    :confused:

    It's not much use having details here if the site is down?


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    #815
    The Backwards Man
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,299 ✭✭✭✭The Backwards Man


    So they just set it up and let it run or do they have to stay with it? The type of person that would get a kick out of something like that doesn't seem to me like the type of person that would put much effort into doing anything.


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    #816
    jimgoose
    Registered Users Posts: 20,176 ✭✭✭✭jimgoose


    The Backwards Man wrote: »
    So they just set it up and let it run or do they have to stay with it? The type of person that would get a kick out of something like that doesn't seem to me like the type of person that would put much effort into doing anything.

    Oh it's automated alright, but there's no really good reason for it, it just basically knocks the system over for some time to the annoyance of legitimate users. It's done generally by slightly mental people with some sort of beef, be it political or otherwise, and bored Russian fifteen-year-olds. :D


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    #817
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 50,630 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    I can't log on on my phone because it doesn't like my IP.

    Which leads me to believe I DDOS'd the site. I'm sorry. It was a accident. I was only trying to send a snapchat.


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    #818
    First Up
    Registered Users Posts: 14,822 ✭✭✭✭First Up


    I can open it on my phone but not on PC.


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    #819
    Villain
    Registered Users Posts: 15,944 ✭✭✭✭Villain


    IPv6 FTW :)


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    #820
    Villain
    Registered Users Posts: 15,944 ✭✭✭✭Villain


    Ever feel lonely? boards_1.png


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    #821
    oscarBravo
    Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 28,793 Mod ✭✭✭✭oscarBravo


    /tumbleweed


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    #822
    muffler
    Registered Users Posts: 45,913 ✭✭✭✭muffler


    Hello, is it me you're looking for :pac:


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    #823
    GLaDOS
    Moderators, Regional East Moderators Posts: 23,213 Mod ✭✭✭✭GLaDOS


    Oh thank god boards is ba

    Cake, and grief counseling, will be available at the conclusion of the test



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    #824
    joujoujou
    Registered Users Posts: 13,567 ✭✭✭✭joujoujou
    Unregistered Users


    Soooooooooooooooooooo slow. Reminded me about those good old days with 56k dialup modem. czolem.gif


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    #825
    Dav
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,840 ✭✭✭Dav


    I'm not sure how, but it seems like a lot of you were back before I was, might have to investigate that... ;)

    Anyway, yes, we're slowly coming back to life. We'll post a few more details later on, but for now, welcome back everyone, we're very sorry to have been away for so long.


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    #826
    P. Breathnach
    Registered Users Posts: 12,089 ✭✭✭✭P. Breathnach


    Dav wrote: »
    I'm not sure how, but it seems like a lot of you were back before I was, might have to investigate that... ;)

    Anyway, yes, we're slowly coming back to life. We'll post a few more details later on, but for now, welcome back everyone, we're very sorry to have been away for so long.
    But, as a small consolation, you came back twice.


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    #827
    amdublin
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 20,650 CMod ✭✭✭✭amdublin


    I missed you boards.ie xx


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    #828
    stevek93
    Registered Users Posts: 3,088 ✭✭✭stevek93


    P. Breathnach wrote: »
    But, as a small consolation, you came back twice.

    Glitch in the matrixs


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    #829
    ThisRegard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,834 ✭✭✭✭ThisRegard


    You often hear of DDOS attacks on a variety of sights, commerical, government etc, but they seem to either stop, or be stopped, in a relatively short period compared to what happened here.

    Is there a technical reason behind this, such as the hosting platform and software, spotty teen being particularly persistent, etc?


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    #830
    Penny Tration
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,687 ✭✭✭✭Penny Tration


    Thanks to the staff for not only fixing boards, but also for the transparency and updates on Twitter. I'm sure updating Twitter was using up time that could be spent fixing the site, but thanks. shows respect for the members, for you to do that.


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    #831
    _Kaiser_
    Registered Users Posts: 28,753 ✭✭✭✭_Kaiser_


    Ahh it's good to be back. Fair play to the team for keeping us updated :)


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    #832
    JCX BXC
    Registered Users Posts: 18,140 ✭✭✭✭JCX BXC


    Was just starting to enjoy an uncluttered email account! Oh well good to be back


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    #833
    Ken.
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,898 ✭✭✭✭Ken.


    Carnacalla wrote: »
    Was just starting to enjoy an uncluttered email account! Oh well good to be back

    You do know you can turn that off.


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    #834
    Thargor
    Registered Users Posts: 17,897 ✭✭✭✭Thargor


    Or just tell your email to dump them all in a Boards.ie folder, if I didnt do that with Boards, Facebook and Shopping folders Id end up in the loony bin.


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    #835
    knucklehead6
    Registered Users Posts: 6,760 ✭✭✭knucklehead6


    Penny Tration wrote: »
    Thanks to the staff for not only fixing boards, but also for the transparency and updates on Twitter. I'm sure updating Twitter was using up time that could be spent fixing the site, but thanks. shows respect for the members, for you to do that.

    It could be that the person who was updating Twitter has nothing to do with the technical side of recovering not from a ddos attack. So their time spent updating Twitter had nothing to do with the time spent fixing the site


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    #836
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Well done guys. Must have been a nightmare for you all.


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    #837
    JCX BXC
    Registered Users Posts: 18,140 ✭✭✭✭JCX BXC


    ken wrote: »
    You do know you can turn that off.

    I prefer to get the notifications, which actually at the moment I'm not anyway!


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    #838
    Ruu
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,622 ✭✭✭Ruu


    We'll be telling our grandchildren of this day. Never forget 1/17-1/20. :p


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    #839
    JCX BXC
    Registered Users Posts: 18,140 ✭✭✭✭JCX BXC


    Site gone very slow, getting 503 errors too. At least 20 seconds each time before a page even tries to load, is this DDoS protection or something else?


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    #840
    Penny Tration
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,687 ✭✭✭✭Penny Tration


    knucklehead6 wrote: »
    It could be that the person who was updating Twitter has nothing to do with the technical side of recovering not from a ddos attack. So their time spent updating Twitter had nothing to do with the time spent fixing the site

    Yup, that's true. If it were the community managers though (i think niamh posted on Twitter?), I'm sure they had other stuff to be doing like liasing with people from the Talk To fora, so either way, I appreciate the updates and interaction with the members.


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    #841
    Fred Swanson
    Closed Accounts Posts: 21,730 ✭✭✭✭Fred Swanson


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