So what exactly happened to the forums today, they were down for quite a while, anyone know?
I think Tyson forgot to put the 50 cents in the machine.
01-24-2005 05:02 PM
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FTR Overload - 24/1/05So what exactly happened to the forums today, they were down for quite a while, anyone know? |
01-24-2005 05:25 PM
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It appears there are viruses and worms that are attacking phpbb forums, we've been hit by several from different IP's and our host shut us down, telling us we were consuming too much resources. They've brought us back up but I don't think this battle is over yet. | |
01-24-2005 05:28 PM
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01-24-2005 05:37 PM
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It's not the fault of the forum software. Some asshat wrote a virus that propagates out on the net looking for sites that run phpBB and when it finds one sends connections to the site in an attempt to exploit a vulnerability in the phpBB code. |
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01-24-2005 05:37 PM
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01-24-2005 05:41 PM
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I thought it was patched for that particular worm a couple weeks ago.. or maybe I was hallucinating. |
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01-24-2005 05:57 PM
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Or maybe it was the 702 freakin people logged in at once. | |
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01-24-2005 06:09 PM
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We've already upgraded, thank God, because the damage could be way, way worse. The upgrade did protect this board, if we hadn't upgraded, the entire forum would just show pages like: | |
01-24-2005 06:11 PM
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*grabs clubs, pitch-forks and torchs* | |
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01-24-2005 08:00 PM
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I have nothign to add to this post, other than to note that "asshat" is a funny word. | |
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01-24-2005 08:03 PM
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01-24-2005 08:07 PM
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it was a yeti attack | |
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01-24-2005 09:23 PM
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Yeah, the 700 "guests" were the problem. | |
01-24-2005 09:29 PM
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01-24-2005 09:38 PM
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01-25-2005 12:10 PM
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Is there anything that can be done to ensure the continued use of the word 'asshat' on this board? | |
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01-25-2005 12:13 PM
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01-26-2005 01:08 PM
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Asshat ... noun or verb? | |
01-26-2005 03:37 PM
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Aww... who reset the most users online? | |
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01-26-2005 04:02 PM
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01-26-2005 05:37 PM
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01-26-2005 11:05 PM
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We changed the 702 number to 50 since that's about the most real people we've had on the forum at any one time. | |
01-27-2005 07:04 PM
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asshat or forum version news, it's easy to see what and why we gravitate to what we do. long live the asshat, and asshatting i might add. | |
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