Bitcointalk downtime, or just me? Edit: DDoS attack confirmed as per Theymos - page 2.

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Quote from: theymos on September 07, 2016, 09:52:37 PM

I guess they're going to do it every day at around this time until I figure out how to stop them... I've made some progress on that front, but it's not done yet.

If anyone is an actual expert in Linux networking (ie. the term "GRE tunnel" is familiar to you), I could use your help in figuring some of this stuff out.

It was absolutely down for the last 2.5 hours. No connection at all.
Just now was able to log in and surprised how long it was just timed out for.

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How long will they keep attacking this forum. What's the main reason why they keep doing this. Is theymos is a big treat to them or whatsoever Cry

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I guess they're going to do it every day at around this time until I figure out how to stop them... I've made some progress on that front, but it's not done yet.

If anyone is an actual expert in Linux networking (ie. the term "GRE tunnel" is familiar to you), I could use your help in figuring some of this stuff out.

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Quote from: achow101 on September 06, 2016, 11:10:26 PM

Quote from: JeffBrad12 on September 06, 2016, 11:07:39 PM

But my question whether bitcoin talk is not secured with cloudflare?

You never asked about cloudflare. People here cannot read your mind, so you actually do need to ask what you want to know.

And no, Bitcointalk does not use cloudflare. This is because CloudFlare can become a Man-In-The-Middle and risk user privacy and security.

Quote from: JeffBrad12 on September 06, 2016, 11:07:39 PM

and every 30 minutes bctalk is already recovering and just 5 minutes later bctalk is down again

That's just the nature of a DDoS attack. Sometimes they take things down, sometimes the countermeasures work, and sometimes it just slows the site down a lot.

Your explanation is make mi mind is bright, thanks for that.

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It seems like the DDoSing has stopped. The forum isn't slow or crashing every five minutes.

Honestly, you don't need CloudFlare. Just set the server to require captcha input after x% server load or lag.

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Quote from: JeffBrad12 on September 06, 2016, 11:07:39 PM

But my question whether bitcoin talk is not secured with cloudflare?

You never asked about cloudflare. People here cannot read your mind, so you actually do need to ask what you want to know.

And no, Bitcointalk does not use cloudflare. This is because CloudFlare can become a Man-In-The-Middle and risk user privacy and security.

Quote from: JeffBrad12 on September 06, 2016, 11:07:39 PM

and every 30 minutes bctalk is already recovering and just 5 minutes later bctalk is down again

That's just the nature of a DDoS attack. Sometimes they take things down, sometimes the countermeasures work, and sometimes it just slows the site down a lot.

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Quote from: awesome31312 on September 06, 2016, 08:33:03 PM

Quote from: bL4nkcode on September 06, 2016, 08:29:23 PM

Are we attack this period? I can't access the site in several minutes even I have a stable internet connection, I tried in http://www.isitdownrightnow.com/ and it is down at that time and just for a while I'm able to access it again. Is everyone experienced it also?

Yes, please read my post above, we are being attacked.

"News: Due to DDoS attacks, there may be periodic downtime."

From the "News" listed underneath your total time logged in

But my question whether bitcoin talk is not secured with cloudflare? and every 30 minutes bctalk is already recovering and just 5 minutes later bctalk is down again

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Quote from: bL4nkcode on September 06, 2016, 08:29:23 PM

Are we attack this period? I can't access the site in several minutes even I have a stable internet connection, I tried in http://www.isitdownrightnow.com/ and it is down at that time and just for a while I'm able to access it again. Is everyone experienced it also?

Yes, please read my post above, we are being attacked.

"News: Due to DDoS attacks, there may be periodic downtime."

From the "News" listed underneath your total time logged in

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Getting intermittent connection right now it was worst yesterday.

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Are we attack this period? I can't access the site in several minutes even I have a stable internet connection, I tried in http://www.isitdownrightnow.com/ and it is down at that time and just for a while I'm able to access it again. Is everyone experienced it also?

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These HF kids with their botnets really need to get a life =/

"News: Due to DDoS attacks, there may be periodic downtime."

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Quote from: Swagtoshi on September 06, 2016, 02:29:03 PM

Quote from: theymos on September 05, 2016, 06:31:20 PM

Quote from: awesome31312 on September 05, 2016, 06:29:05 PM

OMG! Is everything going to be okay? Can we expect more downtime? Please answer!

Probably there will be periodic downtime until they stop or until I figure out how to mitigate the attack.

You should make a thread with the details. Perhaps programmers would help you solve the problem. I know I would take a look and try to come up with solution.

Theymos is a programmer. The site has been under multiple DDoS attacks. There isn't much that can be done that hasn't already is done.

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Quote from: theymos on September 05, 2016, 06:31:20 PM

Quote from: awesome31312 on September 05, 2016, 06:29:05 PM

OMG! Is everything going to be okay? Can we expect more downtime? Please answer!

Probably there will be periodic downtime until they stop or until I figure out how to mitigate the attack.

You should make a thread with the details. Perhaps programmers would help you solve the problem. I know I would take a look and try to come up with solution.

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A DDoS attack takes a site down, it doesn't provide the attacker with any access.

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Quote from: x4 on September 05, 2016, 06:54:25 PM

Yeah I noticed it too when I cant load the site even I had a stable connection, but thanks its litle bit fast. Just what happened few years ago. Our accounts are safe from hackers? Do we need to change our passwords because of this?

oh,that's a good question

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Quote from: Sundark on September 05, 2016, 06:51:49 PM

Quote from: awesome31312 on September 05, 2016, 06:37:47 PM

Quote from: The Sceptical Chymist on September 05, 2016, 06:34:14 PM

Did we get hacked?

I don't know but on a hidden market which I can't name, I saw a Bitcointalk.org accounts listing, so I would change my password ASAP. It had plenty of sales too.

Forum was hacked in the past - so unless staff will confirm that today's forum outage is linked to database hack as well - I am gonna assume that they are selling database from from that previous hack.

Given the circumstances, it wouldn't hurt to change passwords anyway, just for good measure. That's my thoughts on it at least.

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Yeah I noticed it too when I cant load the site even I had a stable connection, but thanks its litle bit fast. Just what happened few years ago. Our accounts are safe from hackers? Do we need to change our passwords because of this?

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Quote from: awesome31312 on September 05, 2016, 06:37:47 PM

Quote from: The Sceptical Chymist on September 05, 2016, 06:34:14 PM

Did we get hacked?

I don't know but on a hidden market which I can't name, I saw a Bitcointalk.org accounts listing, so I would change my password ASAP. It had plenty of sales too.

Forum was hacked in the past - so unless staff will confirm that today's forum outage is linked to database hack as well - I am gonna assume that they are selling database from from that previous hack.

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It is down for me as well. I was in the discussion with another trader. and thought my internet connection was down.

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Well, I guess this was quick. Thanks theymos.

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