Ron
02-18-2001, 04:29 PM
Found this in the message board, posted by Phil. Might explain why some of your stats look fishy.
Here is the deal guys... we have been getting DOS attacked and Syn Flooded for a few weeks now. This morning, one of our database servers was brought down by them. They weren't able to get inside, but they were able to knock it offline. We are installing a $25,000 firewall / load balancer later this week, which should make us very well protected. This will be the same system that AOL uses, so I'm confident it is very stable.
Signups should be coming back soon. People were not able to finish their signup process due to the database server being taken down, but they were able to start the process. I sent them all a re-confirmation message that should help. We'll see by tomorrow how many of them come back
Here is the deal guys... we have been getting DOS attacked and Syn Flooded for a few weeks now. This morning, one of our database servers was brought down by them. They weren't able to get inside, but they were able to knock it offline. We are installing a $25,000 firewall / load balancer later this week, which should make us very well protected. This will be the same system that AOL uses, so I'm confident it is very stable.
Signups should be coming back soon. People were not able to finish their signup process due to the database server being taken down, but they were able to start the process. I sent them all a re-confirmation message that should help. We'll see by tomorrow how many of them come back