Site under attack

[Wake]

Some of you will have noticed the site go down again today.

Well I logged into support and discovered that most of the load on the server was due to a single IP address.

203.73.207.167 which resolves to sw73-207-167.adsl.seed.net.tw

Any ideas? I think the support guy might now have blocked that IP address.

Wake

[Trout]

Er, scary.

Or it would be if I could understand what's going on.

If you need me to raise an army to fight back, let me know, Wake.

- Trout

[Art]

Hmm... Looks like a zombie computer taken over by spammers, with 2K possibly being the victim of a random viral DOS attack...

..hang on, I'll ask someone who actually knows what they're talking about.

[Mr C]

Re-route the algorithms!

So, does this mean that someone out there is actively attempting to destroy the site? Are the Dictators of Zarg finally employing an IT department?

[Capt.Zeep]

Reverse the polarity of the neutron flow!

[GordonR]

It's those pesky Dictators of Zrag.

[Slippery PD]

Dont cross the streams!!!!

Yer Slips

[Mr C]

Hmm... Looks like the Dictators have accidentally added me to Gordon's killfile!

[Art]

Its most likely that the 2K domain was picked completely at random rather than it being an attack that was directed by someone.

I chatted with our MIS, he didn?t seem to think it was anything you should be worried about as long as you have that IP blocked.

[GordonR]

Eh?

[Quirkafleeg]

I presume you reversed the polarity of the neutron flow or something?

[Smiley]

Is it just me or does this thread keep vanishing / reappearing?

[Quirkafleeg]

Whoops infected by the hive mind there.... how about: "I'm living in a Future Shock, and it's shitting me up!"

[Mr C]

It must be some kind of tear in the board-space continuum.

[Wake]

Great. when I left the support guy I'd told him that blocking that IP adress would be a good thing, and he's told me he could do it - but not that he had.

Wake