people like OP post too many so called substantial posts (ie this one) and the forum cant handle all of the spam.
that's what happened to the forum.
that's what happened to the forum.
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Topic: What is happened to the forum? (Read 1579 times)
Here the reply from theymos : https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.10962337
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people like OP post too many so called substantial posts (ie this one) and the forum cant handle all of the spam.
that's what happened to the forum.
that's what happened to the forum.
news flash. if you had took a little of your time to read the previous posts, you'll find the real question and the real answer.
people like OP post too many so called substantial posts (ie this one) and the forum cant handle all of the spam.
that's what happened to the forum.
that's what happened to the forum.
Why do you think it was DDoSed? Is there any point?
Fun fact: Well My guess is someone tried to pull a April day prank but got mixed up with the timezone so he/she/they made an impact one day later (According to my time zone) LOL
Real Fact: I have absolutely no idea. It's happened a couple of times now in the last 6 months so the authority should try their best to prevent this kind of incident.
Why do you think it was DDoSed? Is there any point?
A ddos attack? Really?
Yup. And it lasted for several hours before the forum returned its stability.
A ddos attack? Really?
I thought it might have been due to some problems with the re-enabling of avatars. 
Seems like we're still in April Fools' mode.
Seems like we're still in April Fools' mode.
The point is the avatars features don't even work well now, I'm sure we're on April 2rd right now.
Maybe it's because the attacks, hope Theymos will fix everything later.
The avatars' aren't meant to be what the user want it to be. It serves as an April Fools' prank to everyone in this forum who is eligible to put in avatars after all, so no point in telling that avatars don't work well, as it was intended to not work well. At least you see your own avatar, but the way others see you...
I thought it might have been due to some problems with the re-enabling of avatars.
Seems like we're still in April Fools' mode.
Seems like we're still in April Fools' mode.
The point is the avatars features don't even work well now, I'm sure we're on April 2rd right now.
Maybe it's because the attacks, hope Theymos will fix everything later.
Actually, The DDoS happened almost exactly one hour after a new bitcoin exchange called Mineral.com launched. and apparently the people at GAW are involved in it, even though they denied it.
this is just an observation, however. not saying that they did it.
this is just an observation, however. not saying that they did it.
It was probably one of the speculation trolls angry went up yesterday instead of following their predictions and going below $200, or somebody was really serious about making fools' day prank. 
I'm glad it's working again.
I'm glad it's working again.
I think it is was only a "stupid" april fool and maybe related with the avatar. I think someone has tried to exploit again the upload function but he failed and theymos has changed the forum to another "IP" (as you can read here : https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.10959655).
I think theymos can "accept" a sort of compromise to improve the "security" of this forum, or maybe he is waiting to the new forum software and after he will use cloudflare.
Though cloudfare is a good service you can rely to in terms of security, still it is another thing if you entrust the security to a third-party service. Maybe theymos had thought about how to prevent such attacks in the future, and may also ask the devs that are working on the forum software to add some codes that will help the security of the forum.
As the title said : What is happened to the forum?
One could have figured that out just typing the url in Chrome (depending on the message that you're getting). Hopefully we don't overflow with threads about this. It took me almost forever to load the site earlier. But it seems like the issue was now fixed. Btw, are there any info as to where the attack originated? I'm kinda curious.
It was probably one of the speculation trolls angry went up yesterday instead of following their predictions and going below $200, or somebody was really serious about making fools' day prank.
I'm glad it's working again.
I'm glad it's working again.
I think theymos can "accept" a sort of compromise to improve the "security" of this forum, or maybe he is waiting to the new forum software and after he will use cloudflare.
Though cloudfare is a good service you can rely to in terms of security, still it is another thing if you entrust the security to a third-party service. Maybe theymos had thought about how to prevent such attacks in the future, and may also ask the devs that are working on the forum software to add some codes that will help the security of the forum.
As the title said : What is happened to the forum?
One could have figured that out just typing the url in Chrome (depending on the message that you're getting). Hopefully we don't overflow with threads about this. 
The forum was under a big DDoS attack. theymos has long resisted the idea of protecting the forum with the most cost effective DDoS protection providers like Cloudflare because doing so hands the SSL private keys to a 3rd party company and increases the privacy risk of the users. Instead he decided to try hosting at another provider with automatic DDoS mitigation where theymos continues to directly control the SSL certificate. This provider is considerably more expensive than Cloudflare, which he considers necessary to protect the users. It remains to be seen if their service is reliable and worth the cost.
I thought it might have been due to some problems with the re-enabling of avatars.
Seems like we're still in April Fools' mode.
Seems like we're still in April Fools' mode.
Probably not. The bitcointalk account in twitter posted earlier that the forum indeed is under a ddos attack. And the fact that the forum changed its ip address tells us that there had been really a problem earlier.
I thought it might have been due to some problems with the re-enabling of avatars.
Seems like we're still in April Fools' mode.
Seems like we're still in April Fools' mode.
Oh ok, cloudfare is a good option and I don't understand why this forum doesn't use it.
It's ok. But, you have to rely on a third party which is the dealbreaker in my opinion. Cloudfare? I don't think we need that service for this forum tbh. It's just that the forum software is a little bit outdated but can still stand some security threats. The last time I remember that we experienced similar issue was dated January. Hope this attack doesn't persist and the forum may once again be stable.
Well, even with new forum software it won't really improve protection against DDOS attacks. More/better hardware will, there's certain things you can do, but theymos has pretty much already covered most of the little things you can do to prevent DDOS attack. There's been plenty of discussion on this previously where theymos has asked for advice on protection from DDOS. I can't seem to find the thread yet.I think theymos can "accept" a sort of compromise to improve the "security" of this forum, or maybe he is waiting to the new forum software and after he will use cloudflare.
Though cloudfare is a good service you can rely to in terms of security, still it is another thing if you entrust the security to a third-party service. Maybe theymos had thought about how to prevent such attacks in the future, and may also ask the devs that are working on the forum software to add some codes that will help the security of the forum.
Oh ok, cloudfare is a good option and I don't understand why this forum doesn't use it.
It's ok. But, you have to rely on a third party which is the dealbreaker in my opinion. Cloudfare? I don't think we need that service for this forum tbh. It's just that the forum software is a little bit outdated but can still stand some security threats. The last time I remember that we experienced similar issue was dated January. Hope this attack doesn't persist and the forum may once again be stable.
Well, even with new forum software it won't really improve protection against DDOS attacks. More/better hardware will, there's certain things you can do, but theymos has pretty much already covered most of the little things you can do to prevent DDOS attack. There's been plenty of discussion on this previously where theymos has asked for advice on protection from DDOS. I can't seem to find the thread yet.I think theymos can "accept" a sort of compromise to improve the "security" of this forum, or maybe he is waiting to the new forum software and after he will use cloudflare.
Oh ok, cloudfare is a good option and I don't understand why this forum doesn't use it.
It's ok. But, you have to rely on a third party which is the dealbreaker in my opinion. Cloudfare? I don't think we need that service for this forum tbh. It's just that the forum software is a little bit outdated but can still stand some security threats. The last time I remember that we experienced similar issue was dated January. Hope this attack doesn't persist and the forum may once again be stable.
Well, even with new forum software it won't really improve protection against DDOS attacks. More/better hardware will, there's certain things you can do, but theymos has pretty much already covered most of the little things you can do to prevent DDOS attack. There's been plenty of discussion on this previously where theymos has asked for advice on protection from DDOS. I can't seem to find the thread yet.The security holes--even the tiniest ones--should be covered and be immediately taken care of. Valuable and sensitive information might be compromised once another security threat or attack occurs. I really, really, just hope that the new forum software is that secure so as to prevent another issue like this to happen again.
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