Server issues.

[Munchie]

Server

Server down again this aft Jim?

 

[Peter JohnsCross MH]

Server down again this aft Jim?

Seems so the irish were back in the pub or Jim didnt feed the meter again

 

[Xoxoc]

Our server just had a blip (you may have noticed oh


We have rebooted the server and the site appears to be zipping along now.

HOWEVER...

We have got an engineer attending to our server this afternoon so it is likely that he weill do a full power cycle restart of the server. If he does the site will disappear again for about 5 minutes.

Sorry about that but hey, ho, these things happen

Bryan
Administrator

 

[American Dream]

It came up again as a database corrupt error Bryan.

But I guess you know that.

 

[Peter JohnsCross MH]

It came up again as a database corrupt error Bryan.

But I guess you know that.

I got.................

"Sorry! This thread is closed!"

And I wanted to ask Bryan where I could get a diamond encrusted waistcoat for me budgie!

No wonder the server blips when hes using his credit card buying one for Arfur

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[dylan]

Yep I was in the middle of what sort of brain thinks of a Parrot with the DEWaistcoat too ! Database error !

 

[Peter JohnsCross MH]

Our server just had a blip (you may have noticed oh

We have got an engineer attending to our server this afternoon so it is likely that he weill do a full power cycle restart of the server.

Bryan
Administrator

Jims buying 4 new AA batteries,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, wow the expense he goes to.

Hope the engineers wearing bike clips on his troosers, we dont want them getting caught in the bike chain:shout:

 

[N Luyetund]

...
Hope the engineers wearing bike clips on his troosers...

Huggies work for me

 

[Jim]

Denial of Service

Sorry Funsters.. Our server is literally under attack. Every couple of hours we are getting massive network traffic hits which cripples us. When this happens we have absolutely no admin access so we are a bit helpless. We may well lose the site a few more times whilst we figure out how to stop the attacks.

Thanks for your patience

 

[Jim]

These graphics show the network traffic we are receiving. Where our normal traffic results in a load of around 50K, we took 2 hits of over 6MB a second yesterday, and one of 8mbs this morning Why we should be attacked like this is beyond me, I am still not sure what is really going on and I have no idea what people gain from this crap:Angry:

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[Munchie]

This is a major issue! I had to spend last night watching tele and talking to SWMBO

 

[Diabalo]

Do you think this a malicious orchestrated attack Jim.

 

[Jim]

Lets hope that not too many funsters had an early night. watch out for a baby boom among motorhome owners in the new year

 

[Jim]

Do you think this a malicious orchestrated attack Jim.

Yes:Cool:

 

[Lindy-C]

Is there any way of knowing where these hits are coming from Jim, or indeed any way of blocking them ? :Angry:

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[Jim]

The server logs will be analysed by an expert today

 

[dylan]

Sooooooooooooo nice you are back:thumb:

 

[GJH]

The server logs will be analysed by an expert today

Hopefully it will be easy to identify a pattern and put a block on further attacks. Last time I did an investigation the trails led all over the world - got the b*gg*r in the end though

Graham

 

[haganap]

Well property ladder was really good last night.

I thought I was sad for the ammount of time I spent on computers.
But why would someone attack a server? :Blush:

What is there to be gained?

And are they aware I had a high score on Crypt Raider when they attacked?

Please explain someone.

 

[Road Runner]

I thought Bryan had pulled the plug after some had teased him & his Parrot

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[GJH]

But why would someone attack a server? :Blush:

Basically one of two reasons.

1. Because they enjoy disrupting things. These are similar people to those who vandalise property, spray grafitti and generally cause a nuisance. These people choose targets at random or just set off a type of program which chooses its own target.
2. Because they have a grudge against the organisation they are attacking. They probably realise that their grudge is unjustified but they want to hit back anyway.

Both types of person struggle to resolve their sense of self importance with the knowledge that they are inadequates.

Graham

 

[American Dream]

The Packet Header/Footer should give a clue as to their originator.

I assume there is a firewall in place, the ports used have been logged and the packets have been captured.:thumb:

For example, a site that allows unauthenticated users to request message board traffic may start many database queries for each HTTP request they receive. An attacker can easily send so many requests that the database connection pool will get used up and there will be none left to service legitimate users.

Interesting as the error was database related.

 

[Jim]

The Packet Header/Footer should give a clue as to their originator.

I assume there is a firewall in place,.

We don't need one Steve, the barn that the server is in is always locked, and we've got a German Shepherd.

 

[Munchie]

There's some really sad b*****s out there.

 

[American Dream]

Never Fear

Never Fear----He's on the case.:thumb:

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[Road Runner]

I wonder what Bryan calls him?

 

[Munchie]

I wonder what Bryan calls him?

Arfur!!!

 

[pappajohn]

well i got bored last night so i had to go to the pub.:thumb::thumb:.

 

[TJ-RV]

I'd reserve judgment on the "bad guy" until the admins have had a chance to analyze the logs and possibly do some additional investigation. My server was previously "under attack", and it wasn't until I checked the logs and did some additional work that I discovered where the "attacks" were coming from. Merely as an example, I explained it in this prior message.

In my case, it was a "friendly face" who had been a regular forum participant for many years, and there was no malicious intent on his part. One of his PCs had somehow attracted some malware that was causing it to hammer the server, bringing it (the server) to its knees. The guy was cooperative and participated in tests to isolate which of his 4 methods of accessing the forum was at fault. Strangely enough, the guy is a private software developer who's software is distributed to numerous customers, yet he had no idea one of his PCs was infected.