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Server Very Crashy Again...; ...and DC-ing a lot
Topic Started: Nov 17 2015, 05:44 PM (1,447 Views)
R0ninknight
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Well my life must be not-sad because I don't even know what the acronym 'DDOS' stands for. :D
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Lucadia
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Dungeons n' Dragons Overdose, Sorry? hehe
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Mr_Otyugh
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Distributed Denial of Service. Practically the network is getting flooded over its capacity by bogus connections in a way that it's unable to handle legitimate traffic.
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It means time has come for me to Fallout as well...
Farewell, my friends.
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Mr_Otyugh
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Just giving heads up, server has been under some heavy DDoS attacks today. There's a chance it will continue in the few coming days, so I'd plan up some back up things to do. Efforts for mitigation are under way.

Still currently before the mitigation have been got properly working, the best defense is to be a boring victim. So keep it cool and calm. ;)
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Mr_Otyugh
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We're encountering a temporary issue which is making first attempt to get in the server troublesome, it's separate from the DDoS entirely. Any subsequent log ins however should be instantaneous.

It's being looked into, but if you're determined to play currently, persistence helps out. To me it took around 20 minutes to get in currently, and after that I could log out and log in rapidly without any issues.

Will keep you posted.

*edit* Also let me know if you're still having issues getting in.
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Darker_Thought
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Server down again :P

Work dammit work! -> :beatdeadhorse:
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*Naomi Auroras(Human Holy Warrior)

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Darker_Thought,Dec 8 2015
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Server down again :P

Work dammit work! -> :beatdeadhorse:

It's not like you and I were in the middle of something important. Calm down :P
Waka-waka Doo-doo Yeah!
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Alersia
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Its in to :beatdeadhorse: a dragon, today? :rolleyes:
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Yup

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Darker_Thought
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Toxic Honey,Dec 8 2015
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Darker_Thought,Dec 8 2015
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Server down again :P

Work dammit work! -> :beatdeadhorse:

It's not like you and I were in the middle of something important. Calm down :P

It was fashion.... IT WAS A FASHION SESSION in the apearance room being lost gaaaaah! :cursing:
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*Bael'phegora(Sabel) (Seer of the Blooded Lotus)
*Kira (Fiendish Dark Elf / Astral traveler)
*Naomi Auroras(Human Holy Warrior)

Perhaps you were expecting some surprise, for me to reveal a secret that had eluded you, something that would change your perspective of events, shatter you to your core. There is no great revelation, no great secret. There is only you.
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Mr_Otyugh
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Probably DDoS again, might take a while. Today has been pretty heavy on activity among DDoSing. BG and Haven were hit today as well, I'd guess it's going to be pretty persistent for a few more hours. Naturally being looked into, but I'd plan on a alternative pass time just incase. On the bright side, it might make me speed up my christmas give away this year.
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vivallion
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On this note, i'd like to adopt the thought, "Why do people dos an old games' servers?"
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Nithki Keilsparn, the Innocent, but greedy Tiefling.
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Alersia
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First I thought it would be a person playing on another server that wants to hit the rivals but if all three servers are hit its obsolete.

Thanks god, the testserver is always up :D
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Mr_Otyugh
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New games do get attacked as well, but they have more heavy duty protections so these kind of small attacks wouldn't really make a dent to their professional mitigation systems. That takes care of the old part, which leaves trying to rationalize why'd people DDoS to begin with? I'd say the reasons are at best petty really. However there's always some people who wish to either feel empowered, or they might have a very persistent grudge (I qualify this as a less likely scenario, but not impossible).

Generally speaking my guess is the primary motivation still is to try to prompt strong reactions in the forums so that they can see the seeds of their deeds growing.

I've been in close communication with a number of people on this though, alongside staff members of other servers, and we're getting attacked quite little in comparison. I am fairly confident that the main reason is that there has been little to get out of our forums in the way of entertainment or empowerment. So I do still maintain the best strategy remains as being a "boring victim". Obviously there's a more mechanical approach as well, which is being approached by others, but we've kept those out of public as to not unnecessarily goad further attacks. None of us likes this, and I'm not going to prohibit communication as that'd be unfair for everyone, but I think you'll want to do it well informed.
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