Slow Forums: PF Under DDOS Attack

[Borek]

Every page opens in 10-30 seconds. I have 166 ms pings, so it is unlikely that the problem is on my side. Plus, at least once so far I have seen "MySQL server has gone away" error.

 

[turbo]

Yes, it is really bad tonight.

 

[JThompson]

Ditto for the slowness, but getting these errors:

Warning: array_slice() expects parameter 1 to be array, null given in [path]/includes/class_postbit.php(265) : eval()'d code on line 17

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in [path]/includes/class_postbit.php(265) : eval()'d code on line 18

Warning: array_slice() expects parameter 1 to be array, null given in [path]/includes/class_postbit.php(265) : eval()'d code on line 24

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in [path]/includes/class_postbit.php(265) : eval()'d code on line 25

 

[Pengwuino]

My computer is on fire.

 

[arildno]

The problem seems fixed now..

 

[Jonathan Scott]

Currently not only slow but keep getting messages about failing to connect to www.physicsforums.com at all. Also, PF chat has just dropped me and I can't get back in.

 

[Evo]

Greg is working on it.

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

we were attacked this morning/afternoon. the firewall is still catching up, so things might still be a little slow for a bit

 

[Pengwuino]

I miss chat.

 

[Pengwuino]

we were attacked this morning/afternoon. the firewall is still catching up, so things might still be a little slow for a bit

... scientologists?

 

[Char. Limit]

... scientologists?

Must be scientologists. Damn you L.Ron!

 

[Studiot]

Solidarity!

 

[micromass]

... scientologists?

Maybe young-earth creationists??

 

[Char. Limit]

Can we go back on the chat now?

 

[turbo]

Can we go back on the chat now?

Nice to know...I don't want to stress Greg's servers, but chat would be nice.

 

[micromass]

Maybe char can set up a youtube social? We can chat there for a while until PF is fully recovered. And we get to listen to cool music (:

 

[Char. Limit]

Maybe char can set up a youtube social? We can chat there for a while until PF is fully recovered. And we get to listen to cool music (:

I suppose I could do that.

 

[Fredrik]

It takes several minutes to load a page now, if it works at all. I'm also seeing different fonts than usual, and no background color. (It's white instead of the usual blueish gray).

 

[Dickfore]

What's going on?! It began some time around Mar 5, 23:30 pm EST. I was online checking my replies and it became non-responsive.

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

What's going on?! It began some time around Mar 5, 23:30 pm EST. I was online checking my replies and it became non-responsive.

We've been hit all day in a DOS attack. Keep the updates coming. Things are running ok for me at the moment.

 

[lurky]

Not working well for me at all. Currently 9pm Eastern (March 6th).

 

[caffenta]

We've been hit all day in a DOS attack.

Maybe it's an angry kid who failed a high-school physics test and feels the need for misplaced revenge.

Speed varies a lot for me now. It's fast, then really slow, then moderately slow, then fast again.

 

[lisab]

we were attacked this morning/afternoon. the firewall is still catching up, so things might still be a little slow for a bit

'Nuf said. I'm activating the PF Sisterhood Militant Reserves.

Who was it, Greg? We'll kick their @ss!

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

the attack is still on going. i have contacted our data center to see if they can block the attack before it hits our server.

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

finally got the big boys to help out, let me know if there are changes in performance

 

[Grep]

Still slow as molasses in winter (in Canada) over here. Things load eventually, but it can take quite a few minutes to do so.

 

[lurky]

OK it's better now. I don't know if it's *fixed* but it's certainly better.

 

[pergradus]

the attack is still on going. i have contacted our data center to see if they can block the attack before it hits our server.

any idea who done it?

 

[fluidistic]

I'm having a hard time even posting here. Does not work well for me.

 

[ThomasT]

2:25 AM EST Southeast Florida. Still somewhat slow here. But functioning. I wonder if the 'big boys' have gotten to the point where they're charting the requests. If that's what's happening.

Ok, the last click to "Preview Post" was fairly quick.

Same with the next.

Now I'm submitting this reply.

 

[Andre]

Getting better now, but certainly not like it should. Pages load sometimes like normal, sometimes it looks like 10 seconds.

If you are under attack, then you have enemies, no?

 

[Jimmy Snyder]

It's ok now. I wasn't able to post at all last night. I wrote up what was easily the funniest post I ever made and submitted it, but nothing came of it and now I can't remember what I wrote.

 

[Pengwuino]

It's ok now. I wasn't able to post at all last night. I wrote up what was easily the funniest post I ever made and submitted it, but nothing came of it and now I can't remember what I wrote.

No one's buying it.

 

[caffenta]

No one's buying it.

Oh, I am. The exact thing that happened to Jimmy happened to me. What I wrote was http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gpjk_MaCGM" type funny. And now it's gone.

Thanks for making us lose the war, hackers. I hope you're happy.

 

[jwxie]

its 6:15AM here in NY
the speed is getting better.

 

[rhody]

finally got the big boys to help out, let me know if there are changes in performance

Grrr.. I just lost this post after time out, hunt them Greg, show no mercy !

6:22 am EST.

Rhody...

 

[Andre]

Grrr.. I just lost this post after time out, hunt them Greg, show no mercy !

6:22 am EST.

Rhody...

It's a good habit to hit <ctrl A> and <crtl C> (windows) before clicking 'post reply'.

then when disaster strikes <ctrl V> does the trick, unstriking.

 

[lurky]

It's a good habit to hit <ctrl A> and <crtl C> (windows) before clicking 'post reply'.

then when disaster strikes <ctrl V> does the trick, unstriking.

Yeah I do that in a hurry if I notice site problems. I learned this the hard way from another forum, though.

Anyway, from my perspective, the site is not yet back to normal but it is functional.

 

[rhody]

Yeah I do that in a hurry if I notice site problems. I learned this the hard way from another forum, though.

Anyway, from my perspective, the site is not yet back to normal but it is functional.

When posting large posts, I go into gmail, and paste and save it as a draft. Have been burned many times before. I should have known better this am, but because response wasn't bad when getting into post, I assumed, wrongly, that the problem was fixed.
Live and learn I guess.

Rhody...

 

[zorro]

PF has never been this much slow for me. Any page (of PF) rarely loads and it gets stuck on 'waiting for physicsforums.com'

 

[Andre]

A couple of hours ago it seemed much better, on and off that is. Apparantly the cyber attack has been resumed.

 

[Lancelot59]

I guess. It's horribly slow.

 

[G01]

Seriously though, what has this forum ever done to anybody?

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

Seriously though, what has this forum ever done to anybody?

if only it worked that way :) PF is big enough now that it's a target for any reason.

 

[caffenta]

Seriously though, what has this forum ever done to anybody?

Yeah, this is getting ridiculous. What kind of total loser would attack PF?

 

[caffenta]

if only it worked that way :) PF is big enough now that it's a target for any reason.

But what for? Why would a bunch of geeks attack a bunch of nerds? It’s like running a protection racket against bums. What are they going to pay you with? Dirty socks? It makes no sense I tells ya.

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

This has escalated into a very serious attack. I appreciate everyone's patience!

 

[rhody]

This has escalated into a very serious attack. I appreciate everyone's patience!

Until the US gets SERIOUS about forming a task force (Homeland Secuirty, Dept of Commerce, etc...) to identify, and take out these miscreants, this will continue.

People will continue their bad behavior unabated, until a little emotion known as fear takes over. Fear from the example of the newly formed task forces ability to identify, arrest, detain, and deport said troublemakers. Once they (the bad guys) figure out the stakes just got exceedingly high, many, if not most will change their habits. What will remain are the insane, mentally ill and terrorist types. It is in every civilized country's interest to participate, and the US could lead the way. Enough ranting, there, I feel better, well, just a little.

Rhody...

 

[pergradus]

AHHHHHH this is crazy!

Are you sure its really a DOS and not some other server problem? How can you tell the difference?

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

Are you sure its really a DOS and not some other server problem? How can you tell the difference?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netstat