RECENT SLOWNESS

[Telos]

GOC'ers

We discovered a large botnet attack coming from Singapore was the cause of the slowness over the last 7 days.

We have now identified that attack vector and have put rules in place in several layers to block that entire subnet an have generally tightened up perimeter security.

You should see the site speed up to normal and perhaps better than prior to the attack.

We are also investigating a new VPS (Virtual Private Sever) upgrade (not a code upgrade) to add some operational buffer if this happens again.

Thanks everyone for their patience as we sorted this out!

Telos

 

[Aniest]

Thank you for all of your hard work !!!

I do want to be rude and say the DDOS does not at all surprise me: https://www.gunownersofcanada.ca/showthread.php/72504-website-slow?p=1044178&viewfull=1#post1044178

 

[SwissArmyMan]

Thanks for bringing closure to this. Some of us are regulars & would like to know what's going on.

The site is a bit faster than usual.

 

[Camo tung]

Thanks for bringing closure to this.

You just jinxed it!

 

[Smc]

Hmm. Why would a botnet attack this relatively small, backwater site? Politics?

 

[blacksmithden]

Hmm. Why would a botnet attack this relatively small, backwater site? Politics?

Likely, we just got added to a list somewhere.

 

[wai556]

Singapore ???
It kind of make sense I guess ...
- fast and cheap Internet service like 1 Gbps up/down for like $50, and most are moving to 2Gbps
- a fairly rich and educated population so plenty of IoT stuff at home to infect with botnet

I wonder why GOC was targeted ? Or maybe the it was the hosting service that was the target ?

 

[Dewey Cox]

For the record, it was longer than 7 days...

 

[Camo tung]

For the record, it was longer than 7 days...

Double that.

 

[Battle Beaver]

Singapore ???
It kind of make sense I guess ...
- fast and cheap Internet service like 1 Gbps up/down for like $50, and most are moving to 2Gbps
- a fairly rich and educated population so plenty of IoT stuff at home to infect with botnet

I wonder why GOC was targeted ? Or maybe the it was the hosting service that was the target ?

I'm guessing that it wasn't specifically GOC was targeted, but as you said, maybe the hosting service, or maybe one of the IP's along the way.

Would love to get specific technical details if Telos is ok with that. My nerdy potato would like to know.

 

[SwissArmyMan]

You just jinxed it!

If you're not clutching your potato it might be faster.

 

[Battle Beaver]

If you're not clutching your potato it might be faster.

One does not simply "clutch" a potato, for a potato needs a more gentle touch, please use an open palm when handling, and whisper positive affirmations to the potato.

 

[M1917 Enfield]

One does not simply "clutch" a potato, for a potato needs a more gentle touch, please use an open palm when handling, and whisper positive affirmations to the potato.

He is just like Trump and likes to just grab people's potatoes!

 

[Dewey Cox]

Are we going to be able to post directly from our phone/computer again eventually, or is that option gone?
(I really like that feature)

 

[Camo tung]

Are we going to be able to post directly from our phone/computer again eventually, or is that option gone?
(I really like that feature)

You will have nothing and you will be happy. Has a catchy ring, doesn't it?