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Post by moon/Laura on Jan 5, 2011 21:41:24 GMT -5
Hey gang.. I noticed when I got home we were down.. but it wasn't just us- it was my other proboard forum as well.
Found out from the support board that Proboards was the victim of a denial of service attack. So we may have some intermittent problems as they continue to recover and block the attack.
What's a denial of service attack, you say?
A denial-of-service attack (DoS attack) or distributed denial-of-service attack (DDoS attack) is an attempt to make a computer resource unavailable to its intended users. Although the means to carry out, motives for, and targets of a DoS attack may vary, it generally consists of the concerted efforts of a person or people to prevent an Internet site or service from functioning efficiently or at all, temporarily or indefinitely.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 5, 2011 21:52:43 GMT -5
MSN and Bundle are attacking us.
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Post by The J on Jan 5, 2011 21:58:50 GMT -5
I blame netscape.
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Post by ՏՇԾԵԵʅՏɧ_LԹՏՏʅҼ on Jan 5, 2011 21:59:55 GMT -5
Blame it on Gates - Didn't you see his threatening posts earlier ? (He was disguised as Deminmaine)
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Post by Miss Tequila on Jan 5, 2011 22:02:16 GMT -5
I think Virgil's coding went haywire and he smited the board!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 5, 2011 22:03:01 GMT -5
Could Virgil be a mole?!??
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Post by Deleted on Jan 5, 2011 22:09:35 GMT -5
That was my first thought too.
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Post by moon/Laura on Jan 5, 2011 22:11:36 GMT -5
well, i never say never.. but i'm not sure he's that intelligent..
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Post by kinetickid on Jan 5, 2011 22:17:47 GMT -5
MSN and Bundle are attacking us. That was my first thought.
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Post by jan on Jan 5, 2011 22:22:37 GMT -5
Funny, I thought it was J trying to stop our master plan.
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Post by Virgil Showlion on Jan 5, 2011 22:22:40 GMT -5
The server going down did a number on da bot.
I'm with Archie: it's bungle™ declaring open war.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 5, 2011 22:23:18 GMT -5
Test. Test. Anybody read this? Dang hackers!
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Post by The J on Jan 5, 2011 22:23:31 GMT -5
At first I thought it was Virgil messing with the coding again
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Post by Sammy on Jan 5, 2011 22:24:52 GMT -5
I am connect via an itty bitty satellite modem... I guess that's what they call them. It's raining heavily so my connection has been spotty all night. But, my hotmail page was a mess, so I wonder......?? The people who mess around with networks need to grow a set instead of hiding behind a computer. My thoughts on the subject. ;D
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Post by Virgil Showlion on Jan 5, 2011 22:25:04 GMT -5
When have I ever crashed the site?
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Post by Sammy on Jan 5, 2011 22:25:34 GMT -5
Me thinketh Virgil has found a new way to have fun.
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Post by The J on Jan 5, 2011 22:26:35 GMT -5
When have I ever crashed the site? Once I learned it was proboard-wide, I knew it wasn't you -- you're not that good
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Post by jan on Jan 5, 2011 22:27:14 GMT -5
We know it was one of you.
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Post by The J on Jan 5, 2011 22:27:44 GMT -5
I have the technical skills of a retarded gopher. Definitely not me.
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Post by Miss Tequila on Jan 5, 2011 22:28:04 GMT -5
When have I ever crashed the site? LOL, today?
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Post by Value Buy on Jan 5, 2011 22:30:51 GMT -5
MSN and Bundle are attacking us. You mean it wasn't George Bush's fault? The liberals at P&M will never believe he had nothing to do with it
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Post by Virgil Showlion on Jan 5, 2011 22:31:42 GMT -5
Firstly, launching a sizable DDoS attack is something any idiot with access to a university network can do.
Secondly, my coding has never nor will ever be responsible for this board going down.
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Post by dancinmama on Jan 5, 2011 22:34:02 GMT -5
I have the technical skills of a retarded gopher. Definitely not me. You can set up avatars. I don't think a gopher (even a genius gopher) could do that!!
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Post by The J on Jan 5, 2011 22:35:27 GMT -5
Firstly, launching a sizable DDoS attack is something any idiot with access to a university network can do. Secondly, my coding has never nor will ever be responsible for this board going down. (You do realize I'm messing with you right? Hence the )
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Post by Miss Tequila on Jan 5, 2011 22:36:13 GMT -5
Firstly, launching a sizable DDoS attack is something any idiot with access to a university network can do. Secondly, my coding has never nor will ever be responsible for this board going down. Christ, and people say women are touchy...Virgil, I was joking with you...lighten up or I will lace your drink with flouride
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Post by Sammy on Jan 5, 2011 22:49:48 GMT -5
;D Life's a bitch then you become a mod.
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Post by sanityjones on Jan 5, 2011 23:02:20 GMT -5
I'm still down.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 5, 2011 23:03:17 GMT -5
;D Life's a bitch then you become a mod. I think you mean, "Life is awesome and then you become a mod and people start bitching."
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Post by moon/Laura on Jan 5, 2011 23:03:21 GMT -5
here.. have a little blue pill.
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Post by sanityjones on Jan 5, 2011 23:04:19 GMT -5
Thanks moon. It's safe to take with vodka right?
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