Technical Issues - TPU Main Site & Forum (2023)

Wirko · Aug 2, 2023

W1zzard said:
In theory, to the browser, and that will show an error message. But during a HTTP flood the attacker simply sends requests as fast as it can, without looking at the result or errors. Basically like when you're holding down F5 in your browser (please don't try, you might get your IP banned)

In a ddos situation, the communication between server and browser is unreliable at best. What I meant was a signal from your servers/load balancer to the ISP, which can then react by switching to more restrictive filtering for your IPs. It would be a small part of the solution when a perfect solution doesn't exist anyway.

W1zzard · Aug 2, 2023

Wirko said:
In a ddos situation, the communication between server and browser is unreliable at best. What I meant was a signal from your servers/load balancer to the ISP, which can then react by switching to more restrictive filtering for your IPs. It would be a small part of the solution when a perfect solution doesn't exist anyway.

Such a mechanism doesn't exist, and bad ISPs will ignore it anyway. There exists a mechanism called "abuse reporting", which sends an email to the ISP, so they can investigate, which will never happen.

I can just drop packets at our server's NIC, so they consume as little CPU time as possible. If that's not enough, I can talk to our ISP and get certain IPs/IP ranges/ASNs nullrouted. For very big attacks, see what @Solaris17 wrote.

Dan.G said:
Hmm... CAPTCHA implementation after a certain number of requests / minute?

Yeah that's one option, and usually ends up with "more requests" (so our requests/minute counting overwhelms the CPU), or more IPs (so they can run at "max requests per minute minus one").

DDOS is basically a cat and mouse game, but I see no reason to invest hours of my time, when they take us down for minutes only

Mussels · Aug 2, 2023

W1zzard said:
hey speak HTTP 2.0, so not some printers. Another attack had randomly crafted query strings and HTTP referers

I have proved myself too ignorant to be the attacker.

Which is what i want you to think.

lexluthermiester · Aug 3, 2023

W1zzard said:
Just got hit by a DDOS attack, banned around 200 IPs and things seem better now

Someone seems pissed off. Why do I say that?...

W1zzard said:
They speak HTTP 2.0, so not some printers. Another attack had randomly crafted query strings and HTTP referers

...this. This says directed attack. Likely someone who got banned or given time-out having a tantrum. All too common.

W1zzard · Aug 3, 2023

lexluthermiester said:
This says directed attack

Nah, it was generic enough to be part of a bigger scan

lexluthermiester · Aug 3, 2023

W1zzard said:
Nah, it was generic enough to be part of a bigger scan

Fair enough. Seen this kind of thing enough that based on what you said it seemed like a deliberate act.

Mussels · Aug 4, 2023

It's probably just me and lex arguing with 40 tabs open each.

quite stable the last 24 hours, that i've seen.

lexluthermiester · Aug 4, 2023

Mussels said:
It's probably just me and lex arguing with 40 tabs open each.

I enjoy our debates! We can easily disagree with each other, it never gets personal and we still continue to respect each other. :toast:

But this meanders from topic, so I digress..

Space Lynx · Aug 6, 2023

Not reporting an issue, just wanted to say I started using this website recently on my phone and wow it an awesome and fluid experience. I was not expecting this is all.

These forums have always impressed me, with how everything is laid out, how double posts auto merge, the overall look of everything. It's wild how just viewing this site on Firefox on my phone is just as smooth looking and functional.

Very well designed. 10/10 w1zzard is actually a wizard. :lovetpu:

W1zzard · Aug 8, 2023

Whoops, I wanted to do rolling reboots and resetted the wrong server t.t

Everything should be coming back up now

lexluthermiester · Aug 9, 2023

W1zzard said:
Whoops, I wanted to do rolling reboots and resetted the wrong server t.t

Everything should be coming back up now

I'm sorry I missed that.. :laugh:

Count von Schwalbe · Aug 9, 2023

lexluthermiester said:
I'm sorry I missed that..

A mere 5 minute 502, nothing exciting :oops:

Mussels · Aug 9, 2023

Relevant.

lexluthermiester · Aug 9, 2023

Mussels said:
Relevant.

What's really funny is that you are likely more right than you know! :rockout:

wNotyarD · Aug 9, 2023

Having some 502's right now as well.

MarsM4N · Aug 19, 2023

Just got this:

Solaris17 · Aug 26, 2023

No shit. I had my old custom license plate changed to "ERR-502". I will post it for yall tomorrow.

lexluthermiester · Aug 26, 2023

MarsM4N said:
Just got this:

View attachment 309771

Same, it lasted about 6 minute here.

W1zzard · Aug 26, 2023

A few hundred IPs attacked us and woke me up at 6:15 am

Problem is resolved now

Wirko · Aug 26, 2023

Solaris17 said:
No shit. I had my old custom license plate changed to "ERR-502". I will post it for yall tomorrow.

You should park your car next to this one ... (not my car but it's my photo, things like that make my commutes a bit less boring)

Solaris17 · Aug 27, 2023

I was busy yesterday here you go. Had to move my tool chest for you hope your happy.

Worked with nginx doing reverse proxying a lot at the time

Nuckles56 · Sep 15, 2023

I just got a 502 trying to get to the homepage this morning

Shrek · Sep 15, 2023

Ditto

W1zzard · Sep 15, 2023

Yeah.. ran into some database issues .. should be fixed now hopefully

INSTG8R · Sep 16, 2023

Some avatar and thread images randomly not loading. May just be the database coming back up

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