Is it just me or has this site gotten really slow? - Page 5

pdurrant · 09-19-2025, 03:02 AM

There's a DDOS attack ongoing as I post this.

JSWolf · 09-19-2025, 05:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pdurrant

There's a DDOS attack ongoing as I post this.

Tell Amazon to go away.

Quoth · 09-19-2025, 05:35 AM

Yes, worst I've seen this morning with gateway timeouts.

Quoth · 09-19-2025, 05:41 AM

Why are they doing it?

JSWolf · 09-19-2025, 06:32 AM

When this happens, the best way to deal (if possible) is to ban all non-members until this goes away.

JSWolf · 09-19-2025, 07:27 AM

WOW! Currently Active Users: 119731 (18 members and 119713 guests)

pdurrant · 09-19-2025, 11:47 AM

It seems to have passed now.

Alex tells me he's taken steps to alleviate the problem. I won't go into details here for obvious reasons.

salty-horse · 02-18-2026, 04:55 AM

My home IP has been blocked for a few days now by hetzner.com, and judging by the number of active users, there's another attack.

DiapDealer · 02-19-2026, 01:24 PM

I see no evidence of a ddos attack against MR in the last few days. IP's get blocked all the time because bad actors and bad bots. It doesn't require an organized massive attack for that to happen.

I do know that hetzner.com getting blocked has happened previously. The problem is that a lot of ISPs don't keep access logs long enough for MR to find out what the exact behavior is that might be triggering the automated blocks.

JSWolf · 02-27-2026, 05:43 PM

With 90166 guests, the site is starting to slow down.

DiapDealer · 02-27-2026, 07:32 PM

We really don't need a play-by-play on the guest counts. It's going to be what it's going to be. There can be brief slowdowns without an attack.

09-19-2025, 11:47 AM	#67
pdurrant The Grand Mouse 高貴的老鼠 Posts: 74,976 Karma: 319562998 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Norfolk, England Device: Kindle Oasis	It seems to have passed now. Alex tells me he's taken steps to alleviate the problem. I won't go into details here for obvious reasons. Last edited by pdurrant; 09-19-2025 at 12:00 PM.

02-27-2026, 07:32 PM	#71
DiapDealer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 29,145 Karma: 211348980 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: Nexus 7, Kindle Fire HD	We really don't need a play-by-play on the guest counts. It's going to be what it's going to be. There can be brief slowdowns without an attack. Last edited by DiapDealer; 02-27-2026 at 07:45 PM.

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09-19-2025, 03:02 AM	#61
pdurrant The Grand Mouse 高貴的老鼠 Posts: 74,976 Karma: 319562998 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Norfolk, England Device: Kindle Oasis	There's a DDOS attack ongoing as I post this.

09-19-2025, 05:35 AM	#63
Quoth Still reading Posts: 15,336 Karma: 113121807 Join Date: Jun 2017 Location: Ireland Device: All 4 Kinds: epub eink, Kindle, android eink, NxtPaper	Yes, worst I've seen this morning with gateway timeouts.

09-19-2025, 05:41 AM	#64
Quoth Still reading Posts: 15,336 Karma: 113121807 Join Date: Jun 2017 Location: Ireland Device: All 4 Kinds: epub eink, Kindle, android eink, NxtPaper	Why are they doing it?

09-19-2025, 06:32 AM	#65
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 82,237 Karma: 150871427 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	When this happens, the best way to deal (if possible) is to ban all non-members until this goes away.

09-19-2025, 07:27 AM	#66
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 82,237 Karma: 150871427 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	WOW! Currently Active Users: 119731 (18 members and 119713 guests)

02-18-2026, 04:55 AM	#68
salty-horse Wizard Posts: 2,404 Karma: 24130620 Join Date: Sep 2008 Device: Kobo Clara 2E	My home IP has been blocked for a few days now by hetzner.com, and judging by the number of active users, there's another attack.

02-19-2026, 01:24 PM	#69
DiapDealer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 29,145 Karma: 211348980 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: Nexus 7, Kindle Fire HD	I see no evidence of a ddos attack against MR in the last few days. IP's get blocked all the time because bad actors and bad bots. It doesn't require an organized massive attack for that to happen. I do know that hetzner.com getting blocked has happened previously. The problem is that a lot of ISPs don't keep access logs long enough for MR to find out what the exact behavior is that might be triggering the automated blocks.

02-27-2026, 05:43 PM	#70
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 82,237 Karma: 150871427 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	With 90166 guests, the site is starting to slow down.

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