Pineapplerum Posted July 11, 2009 Share Posted July 11, 2009 I just wanted to know if this is a general problem or if it's just with my computer. It's been slow for about 2 or 3 days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCalliton Posted July 11, 2009 Share Posted July 11, 2009 once in a while, yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roquefort Posted July 11, 2009 Share Posted July 11, 2009 It's been an ongoing, on-and-off problem. The site has had ever-increasing numbers of people trying to log in, especially since the Fallout section got going (and there have been DOS attacks, apparently). Just have to have patience, or try to connect when it's likely to be quieter ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCalliton Posted July 11, 2009 Share Posted July 11, 2009 DOS attacks? that happened to U.S. bank. (country name removed) thought they were a governemnt agency, so they did that. in several ways. my dad does networking there, and he told us. theyre all good now, but my dad was laughing a litte Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buddah Posted July 11, 2009 Share Posted July 11, 2009 Summertime, and usage is up. But as has been mentioned the sites have been under almost constant Dos and DDos attacks for some time now. Mostly under control presently, but a distraction for sure. Normally the site does get slow on weekends, but if you are getting through and not getting IPS errors with every page load, it is probably heavy usage. The Dos and DDos attacks are designed to tie up available connections to the servers by making repeated requests at an very high level, hundreds a second....clogging the system and denying you access to the requested page. Buddah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCalliton Posted July 11, 2009 Share Posted July 11, 2009 excuse me, but i dont understand why ive been reported... all i did was say that u.s. bank had a denial of service attack but if it is somethign i shouldnt have said, i apologize Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pineapplerum Posted July 12, 2009 Author Share Posted July 12, 2009 Okay, thanks everyone, I just wanted to make sure my computer wasn't crapping out on me.Sorry you got reported calliton. You know what they say about religion and politics...I hope the attacks stop soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCalliton Posted July 12, 2009 Share Posted July 12, 2009 oh politics?sorry, just saying what happenedif necissary, i will edit my post so it isnt political p.s. the attacks have stopped i think Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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