PJ 64 Site down??????

[axcc123]

can anyone comfime that PJ64's site is down???:bouncy: :bouncy: :homestar:

[snesmaster40]

Yeah it's down...

Probably something to do with the server

[Smiff]

yeah its up now sorry.. not our fault either. thanks martin.

[axcc123]

the pj64 site is down again:bouncy: :bouncy: :homestar:

[legend of zelda]

Yeah, i saw that too. What's up with that? This is the second time in the past two days.:(

[peteman]

I'm getting zilch from the site. what gives????? a server havin the shits?

[axcc123]

site is down again i don't know what to say what too:bouncy: :bouncy: :homestar:

[Smiff]

sorry donators.. it's a DOS attack on the server that's been going on several days.. taken out several other sites aswell. no idea why.

if the person doing this is reading... if you have a problem, be a man and talk to us. or whoever it is on the server you have a problem with, talk to them. this is pathetic, you will get nothing out of it, and you won't stop us working on anything.
i'm going to be away for a bit anyway :p

[axcc123]

ok i have another qeustion what do we do the the video plugin error logs? does jabo want them for debuggin or not:bouncy:

[Smiff]

er video plugin error logs don't clear, they just keep building up.. so if you've posted the lines already that's enough :) make sure you put your system specs and driver with them aswell please.

[axcc123]

ok smiff

[squall_leonhart]

mybb forums also went down recently due to an sl injection in certain vulnerable files.

isolate the ip range and ban it till you can get the ip logs to ban the ips individually

[OmegaDeus]

No a DOS attack is much different. I had this happen to a place that I was hosted through once. Here goes the definition for those who don't know:

DoS attack

Short for denial-of-service attack, a type of attack on a network that is designed to bring the network to its knees by flooding it with useless traffic. Many DoS attacks, such as the Ping of Death and Teardrop attacks, exploit limitations in the TCP/IP protocols. For all known DoS attacks, there are software fixes that system administrators can install to limit the damage caused by the attacks. But, like viruses, new DoS attacks are constantly being dreamed up by hackers.

A lot of times because they are going directly at the server, an attack such at this will drop many sites. Most often, they are not directed at an individual for any reason other than pure enjoyment. Sometimes they will however do this to a specific person on purpose. This type of attack also can be caused by a website that's got something formatted improperly, like a php or asp script that run at server level. This latter was the case with the server I was on.

[Blacklord]

Ahahaha i put the site down! it was me! ahahaha! And i won't stop! hahahhahaha! (just kiding). Anyway aren't u guys protected against that sort of thing?

[squall_leonhart]

No a DOS attack is much different. I had this happen to a place that I was hosted through once. Here goes the definition for those who don't know:

DoS attack

Short for denial-of-service attack, a type of attack on a network that is designed to bring the network to its knees by flooding it with useless traffic. Many DoS attacks, such as the Ping of Death and Teardrop attacks, exploit limitations in the TCP/IP protocols. For all known DoS attacks, there are software fixes that system administrators can install to limit the damage caused by the attacks. But, like viruses, new DoS attacks are constantly being dreamed up by hackers.

A lot of times because they are going directly at the server, an attack such at this will drop many sites. Most often, they are not directed at an individual for any reason other than pure enjoyment. Sometimes they will however do this to a specific person on purpose. This type of attack also can be caused by a website that's got something formatted improperly, like a php or asp script that run at server level. This latter was the case with the server I was on.

yes but a decent dos attack requires many computers, and they are usually all on the same ip range, so simply bannign that range will stop the attack long enough to get the information needed to stop it permanently

[Smiff]

it must be fairly good 'cos Martin hasn't got the site up yet.. i don't know, the pj team don't manage the server, it's the emulation64 crew that do that for us. so it's wasting their time, not ours (if you're still reading, mr. doss-er)

[axcc123]

hopefuly they get it back up soon:pj64: rocks:bouncy:

[laynlow]

that sux :(

[Martin]

The site will be back once the attacks stop.

[squall_leonhart]

... attacks probably won't stop.. so cut them off for now by disconnecting the connection, then go through the ip logs to find out who was doing it then block the ips and reconnect... i've had to do it at my old school once or twice.....

actually i just had an idea... put his ip out and let us dos him back till he overloads his servers....

[Trotterwatch]

I'm certain Martin knows all of that.

As for the idea of putting the attackers IP down so we can retaliate, that is stupid and illegal ;) He's also most likely not exposing his real address.

[Martin]

... attacks probably won't stop.. so cut them off for now by disconnecting the connection, then go through the ip logs to find out who was doing it then block the ips and reconnect... i've had to do it at my old school once or twice.....

actually i just had an idea... put his ip out and let us dos him back till he overloads his servers....

I appreciate you trying to help, but I have many years of experience with servers and know my way around pretty well :P

What you're suggested was naturally immediately done and the IPs were logged and blocked automatically by the firewall. The attacking IP addresses are of course not his own but proxy IPs.

I think I've made the situation clear enough now so I'll close this thread. Again, the site will be back when the attacks stop, I'm sorry for the inconvenience but there's nothing we can do.