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Hi all,
Vanilla are planning an update to the site on April 24th (next Wednesday). It is a major PHP8 update which is expected to boost performance across the site. The site will be down from 7pm and it is expected to take about an hour to complete. We appreciate your patience during the update.
Thanks all.

The Boards outage megathread

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  • #302
    KERSPLAT!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 31,152 ✭✭✭✭KERSPLAT!


    No.


  • #303
    KERSPLAT!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 31,152 ✭✭✭✭KERSPLAT!


    No.


  • #304
    maudgonner
    Registered Users Posts: 5,455 ✭✭✭maudgonner


    cowboyBuilder wrote: »
    So is this the way its to be from now on ?

    really slow and no search function ?

    Sure this time last week the attacks had only started.

    I'm sure this time next week things will be much improved again. G'wan the hamsters!


  • #305
    vickers209
    Registered Users Posts: 1,462 ✭✭✭vickers209


    Seems alots of sites being hit any ideas whos behind it?
    A number of Government websites that were forced offline this morning by a so-called Distributed Denial of Service attack (DDoS), are now back online.

    Among the sites impacted were the Central Statistics Office, the Courts Service, the Health Service Executive, and the Houses of the Oireachtas.

    The website of mobile phone company Meteor was also affected and Eir confirmed that it was the subject of a DDoS attack yesterday and again this morning.

    It is understood that the attack began yesterday and that so far no group has claimed responsibility for it.

    Earlier this week, the National Lottery's website and retail terminals were knocked offline by a DDoS attack, as well popular online forum site boards.ie.

    http://www.rte.ie/news/2016/0122/762161-cyber-attack/


    And now i tryed to access pumps.ie and get this
    Resource Limit Is Reached
    The website is temporarily unable to service your request as it exceeded resource limit. Please try again later.


  • #306
    The_Valeyard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,452 ✭✭✭✭The_Valeyard


    Probably dem North Korean chaps. Have it in for us they do!


    Or Isis. They found us on the map!


    Or some bored teenager.


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  • #307
    maudgonner
    Registered Users Posts: 5,455 ✭✭✭maudgonner


    The_Valeyard wrote: »
    Probably dem North Korean chaps. Have it in for us they do!


    Or Isis. They found us on the map!


    Or some bored teenager.

    Or Twink. I wouldn't put it past Twink.


  • #308
    cowboyBuilder
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,419 ✭✭✭cowboyBuilder


    Just surprised boards are even a target to be honest, it´s not google or facebook or some heartless corporation, it's a discussion site ffs !!


  • #309
    Chimichangas
    Registered Users Posts: 737 ✭✭✭Chimichangas


    Getting a "password wrong multiple times, account locked " message when logging on on web. Strange coz I didn't get it wrong.
    Is that related to the outage?


  • #310
    Ken.
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,898 ✭✭✭✭Ken.


    Yes Chimi. Head over to feedback for updates on how things are going http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=82

    The 'What is wrong with the site' thread. Dav has been updating during the week. Next update should be tomorrow sometime.


  • #311
    rizzodun
    Registered Users Posts: 2,598 ✭✭✭rizzodun


    Getting the same as Chimi on the normal site but accessing through the touch site is working. Although I stay logged in on both.


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  • #312
    John T Carroll
    Closed Accounts Posts: 757 ✭✭✭John T Carroll


    Chimichangas wrote: »
    Getting a "password wrong multiple times, account locked " message when logging on on web. Strange coz I didn't get it wrong.
    Is that related to the outage?


    It is, stay logged on if you can, I have found that early in the morning is the best time to try and get back on, I was getting the same messages as you are so I now just leave my three devices permanently logged on until this settles down, not ideal I know but at least you can still post.


  • #313
    Jude13
    Registered Users Posts: 3,794 ✭✭✭Jude13


    I am getting asking to type in a 'password' to prove I'm not a robot


  • #314
    John T Carroll
    Closed Accounts Posts: 757 ✭✭✭John T Carroll


    Jude13 wrote: »
    I am getting asking to type in a 'password' to prove I'm not a robot

    Even if you are and you input one with a different number of characteristics and go through the reset procedure and get mail back saying you were successful, you are not because if you count the number of ** you will see it hasnt updated it (automated reply?) and you just have to wait until the next (morning) in my case and log on with your original password,


  • #315
    mariaalice
    Registered Users Posts: 12,356 ✭✭✭✭mariaalice


    This needs a poll.

    A bored teenager hacker( with no cop on ) who though it would be great craic to hack boards and government websites.


    ISIS.


    A malcontent banned boards member seeking revenge on boards.


    All of the above... A malcontent bored teenage member of ISIS who had been banned from boards.


  • #316
    Thinkingaboutit
    Registered Users Posts: 2,179 ✭✭✭Thinkingaboutit


    I for one welcome our ddosing ant overlords.


  • #317
    thesandeman
    Registered Users Posts: 9,860 ✭✭✭thesandeman


    All fixed for now by the looks of it.


  • #318
    smash
    Closed Accounts Posts: 34,809 ✭✭✭✭smash


    thesandeman wrote: »
    All fixed for now by the looks of it.
    Apart from a load of double posts that keep appearing in various threads.


  • #319
    smash
    Closed Accounts Posts: 34,809 ✭✭✭✭smash


    And the search doesn't work


  • #320
    Shrap
    Registered Users Posts: 3,163 ✭✭✭Shrap


    Whoop! Well done hamsters! Posts are back to full speed on laptop. FU DDOS :cool:


  • #321
    SpaceCowb0y
    Registered Users Posts: 4,094 ✭✭✭SpaceCowb0y


    Great to have the site up and running again.. so kudos to all involved in sorting things out!

    Is this Captcha login going to be a permanent thing though as it's getting extremely annoying already and i've only noticed it this morning?:rolleyes:


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  • #322
    PauloMN
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Regional North East Moderators Posts: 10,857 Mod ✭✭✭✭PauloMN


    Site flying again today thankfully, well done all involved, I'm sure the past week has been a loooooong one!

    Search still not working for me.


  • #323
    Irish Steve
    Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators Posts: 6,521 Mod ✭✭✭✭Irish Steve


    One issue that's becoming tedious is the significant number of duplicated posts, which I know for sure is a system issue, and probably related to the length of time it's taking to post a message, it seems that if the time exceeds a given threshold, the software automatically retries the post, but then that results in 2 identical entries, and if you don't go back in relatively quickly to delete the second one, it's not possible to do so at a later time.

    Shore, if it was easy, everybody would be doin it.😁



  • #324
    smash
    Closed Accounts Posts: 34,809 ✭✭✭✭smash


    Irish Steve wrote: »
    One issue that's becoming tedious is the significant number of duplicated posts, which I know for sure is a system issue, and probably related to the length of time it's taking to post a message, it seems that if the time exceeds a given threshold, the software automatically retries the post, but then that results in 2 identical entries, and if you don't go back in relatively quickly to delete the second one, it's not possible to do so at a later time.
    It's as if load balancing is making the db entries bounce between two servers. And that both servers are then accepting and processing the same request.


  • #325
    breffni bogballer
    Registered Users Posts: 597 ✭✭✭breffni bogballer


    Can log on with fone,laptop keeps telling me to change password(done it twice),as login has failed multiple times. Anybody in similar situ?


  • #326
    smash
    Closed Accounts Posts: 34,809 ✭✭✭✭smash


    breffni bogballer wrote: »
    Can log on with fone

    Have you tried using your phone instead?


  • #327
    breffni bogballer
    Registered Users Posts: 597 ✭✭✭breffni bogballer


    Gud idea


  • #328
    smash
    Closed Accounts Posts: 34,809 ✭✭✭✭smash


    xoxo


  • #329
    PauloMN
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Regional North East Moderators Posts: 10,857 Mod ✭✭✭✭PauloMN


    Irish Steve wrote: »
    One issue that's becoming tedious is the significant number of duplicated posts, which I know for sure is a system issue, and probably related to the length of time it's taking to post a message, it seems that if the time exceeds a given threshold, the software automatically retries the post, but then that results in 2 identical entries, and if you don't go back in relatively quickly to delete the second one, it's not possible to do so at a later time.

    I feel like this guy every time I post:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfW-MPUjC_0


  • #330
    ofcork
    Registered Users Posts: 5,350 ✭✭✭ofcork


    Not getting emails either from followed threads.


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  • #331
    RobertKK
    Registered Users Posts: 33,722 ✭✭✭✭RobertKK


    My post count must be flying with all the double posts, never had to delete so many posts and I don't delete in normal circumstances unless i have multiple windows open and I post in the wrong thread.
    Then it is a quick delete to try and hide my embarrassment...
    Today I had several double posts, if this is a double I will not delete the second one.


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