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  • #802
    the_syco
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,306 ✭✭✭✭the_syco


    Dav wrote: »
    We were hit with another DDOS since around 2pm, not a dang thing we could do to help unfortunately.
    /checks the League of Bastards for possibles...

    Was it Santa?


  • #803
    GLaDOS
    Moderators, Regional East Moderators Posts: 23,230 Mod ✭✭✭✭GLaDOS


    First time I've been able to get on since last night, still very slow

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



  • #804
    The_Valeyard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,452 ✭✭✭✭The_Valeyard


    just able to log on 2mins ago, mobile still down.


  • #805
    um7y1h83ge06nx
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,029 ✭✭✭um7y1h83ge06nx


    Feel sorry for you guys having to deal with this crap, Twitter has been hit too.

    Good to see you back up though.


  • #806
    The Backwards Man
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,299 ✭✭✭✭The Backwards Man


    Your site was down there a while.

    Just in case you didn't know.


  • #807
    Buona Fortuna
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,507 ✭✭✭Buona Fortuna


    I've been out for about 24 /30 hours now, but now I'm back there's loads of notifications.

    So does it affect some more than others?

    Should I ask in CT?


  • #808
    hairyprincess
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,298 ✭✭✭hairyprincess


    The Backwards Man wrote: »
    Your site was down there a while.

    Just in case you didn't know.

    A while??? A while?????? How long is a while in your neck of the woods? It's been out here for AGES :o


  • #809
    The Backwards Man
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,299 ✭✭✭✭The Backwards Man


    hairyprincess wrote: »
    A while??? A while?????? How long is a while in your neck of the woods? It's been out here for AGES :o

    A while is longer than a wee while and shorter than a right while.

    So, did yous catch the baddies or what?


  • #810
    mcgovern
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,267 ✭✭✭mcgovern


    hairyprincess wrote: »
    A while??? A while?????? How long is a while in your neck of the woods? It's been out here for AGES :o

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


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  • #811
    TheBody
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,629 ✭✭✭TheBody


    Been down all day until a few minutes ago for me.


    I even had to resort to talking to the wife!!


  • #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:


  • #813
    jimgoose
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,180 ✭✭✭✭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.


  • #814
    mcgovern
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 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?


  • #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.


  • #816
    jimgoose
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,180 ✭✭✭✭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.


  • #818
    First Up
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,823 ✭✭✭✭First Up


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


  • #819
    Villain
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,951 ✭✭✭✭Villain


    IPv6 FTW :)


  • #820
    Villain
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,951 ✭✭✭✭Villain


    Ever feel lonely? boards_1.png


  • #821
    oscarBravo
    Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 28,820 Mod ✭✭✭✭oscarBravo


    /tumbleweed


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  • #822
    muffler
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 46,321 ✭✭✭✭muffler


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


  • #823
    GLaDOS
    Moderators, Regional East Moderators Posts: 23,230 Mod ✭✭✭✭GLaDOS


    Oh thank god boards is ba

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



  • #824
    joujoujou
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,811 ✭✭✭✭joujoujou
    Unregistered Users


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


  • #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.


  • #826
    P. Breathnach
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 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.


  • #827
    amdublin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,653 ✭✭✭✭amdublin


    I missed you boards.ie xx


  • #828
    stevek93
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,093 ✭✭✭stevek93


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

    Glitch in the matrixs


  • #829
    ThisRegard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,833 ✭✭✭✭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?


  • #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.


  • #831
    _Kaiser_
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,945 ✭✭✭✭_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, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,234 ✭✭✭✭JCX BXC


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


  • #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.


  • #834
    Thargor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,967 ✭✭✭✭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.


  • #835
    knucklehead6
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,843 ✭✭✭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


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


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


  • #837
    JCX BXC
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,234 ✭✭✭✭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!


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


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


  • #839
    JCX BXC
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,234 ✭✭✭✭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?


  • #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


    This post has been deleted.


  • #842
    Beasty
    Administrators, Social & Fun Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 77,649 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Beasty


    Ruu wrote: »
    We'll be telling our grandchildren of this day. Never forget 1/17-1/20. :p
    Not a patch on 1/21/2010 (and maybe some of those grandchildren have something to be thankful for about that date) ......


  • #843
    Thargor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,967 ✭✭✭✭Thargor


    Beasty wrote: »
    Not a patch on 1/21/2010 (and maybe some of those grandchildren have something to be thankful for about that date) ......
    What happened on that date?


  • #844
    muffler
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 46,321 ✭✭✭✭muffler


    Thargor wrote: »
    What happened on that date?
    we woz hacked :eek:


  • #845
    stevek93
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,093 ✭✭✭stevek93


    Still can't login on the PC lads say your head are wrecked at this point.


  • #846
    Nody
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 18,335 CMod ✭✭✭✭Nody


    Thargor wrote: »
    What happened on that date?
    Should be the time Dav decided to help the admin team by doing some routine work and by mistake ended up moving every single post and thread from the whole site into one single forum. The software was not happy with that and the whole database crashed losing all posts (thankfully they had a back up to restore from)...


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  • #847
    muffler
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 46,321 ✭✭✭✭muffler


    Thargor wrote: »
    What happened on that date?
    we woz hacked :eek:


  • #848
    GLaDOS
    Moderators, Regional East Moderators Posts: 23,230 Mod ✭✭✭✭GLaDOS


    Trying to load a thread with new posts seems to fail each time (503). Not sure if this is a coincidence or something significant.

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



  • #849
    billymitchell
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,996 ✭✭✭✭billymitchell


    I was only saying to people yesterday how I felt sorry for the guys behind boards going through the DDOS attack,cant have been pleasant.(Especially for this length of time)
    Now that I have just finished up dealing with one in work today, I can doubly feel their pain.
    If anybody from Boards wants to contact me, I wouldnt mind discussing with them what solutions they came up with, and I am happy to share any learnings we have as well from dealing with our own DDOS attack.


  • #850
    Dav
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,840 ✭✭✭Dav


    So obviously there are still some issues we're trying to iron out. Time-outs are frequent for us and there are issues with logging in and out. These are all being worked on as we speak and if I had a more concrete estimate for you on when they'll be back, I'd share it. We're obviously as keen to get this sorted out as anyone!


  • #851
    JCX BXC
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,234 ✭✭✭✭JCX BXC


    Site went down for several minutes there, back up now and alot faster and more responsive, I appreciate all the hard work!

    Edit: Scrap that, went down again, back and completely unusable, took 3 attempts to even post this update.


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