recent DDoS attack

Gaz29

Gaz29

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squarepush3r said:
a DDOS attack won't disable pictures or damage the picture database. Also cloudflare offers protection against DDOS.

So it seems pretty unlikely what happened was actually a DDOS attack.
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algebraist said:
No disrespect, and I don't want to cause trouble, but it's disappointing to see @squarepush3r's post get no response. I have no more than a layman's understanding of DDOS, but it seems reasonable that once the attack is over, the site would be exactly as it was before.

I understand the need for security in a nasty internet world, and wouldn't want the administrators to divulge anything that might compromise the site. But when we're given almost no information, and what we are given doesn't clearly jive with what we can observe, then we have to assume that what's really going on is worse than what we're being told.

Again, I really and truly mean no disrespect, and I sincerely hope I'm wrong. I love this site. But even if I grant that it was a DDOS, and that that is somehow responsible for the current problem with images, the fact that the "team" has been working on the issue for so many days now, with no updates and no noticeable progress, one has to question whether the "team" is more than one person, and whether or not they are up to the task.

I'm not trying to lay blame on anyone; I'm just saying that if an administrator came on the site and said something like "Sorry, everyone, I'm afraid RIU is actually just run by one person, and he/she just lost his/her job, broke up with his/her spouse, got the flu, slipped on a banana peel, or whatever, and it's going to be a while before anything gets better, if ever," then I bet some people here would step up and offer to help. Many -- and probably most -- of us here really care about this site, and if there are serious issues, well, there are a lot of people who are very good at finding creative solutions to problems on this site. It's part of what makes it so great.

Thanks for listening; I hope you can tell us more about what's going on; and in any case good luck with the repairs.
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sunni said:
people are well aware we only have one admin who only works on weekdays
ive said it a million times, you know what people tell us than? "youre making up excuses "

so honestly i just dont even bother given information anymore because someone always comes up with hoiw they would fix it, or whats wrong with it or whats this and that

the reality is they dont know, because they arent looking at the puzzle, and sometimes multiple things break, and sometimes something breaks with correlation with another event

either way you all will continue to spout off information you think it is so why bother explaining when i get shown the hand and sayings like " NO YOURE WRONG"

like above what squarepusher said.
this isnt a light switch it isnt on off button

in any event, we have told everyone the amount we wish to tell people , we have updated users and i will do my best to keep any updates about when pictures should be returning.
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Yeah that's all your gonna say.? Someone HAD to start a thread to ask what's happening and no-one still has a clue..! Your answers come across as if you have answered these questions a hundred times, what you say doesn't stack up to 'just a simple caught in the cross-hairs' job.. or DDs attack, as you claim.
Maybe a statement from rollitup to members about roughly what is happening would be most helpful.!
Gaz
 
sunni

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algebraist said:
Thanks, @sunni, for your reply. I'm pretty new here; I wasn't aware that it was well known that there was only one admin -- I see your avatar says "administrator," and I've also seen members @Admin and @rollitup whose avatars say the same, so that looks like at least three. But maybe a member designated as "administrator" is not an administrator in the sense of the website.

In any case, I think you summed it up nicely with:


Okay, fair enough. In truth, I am really not all that interested in what happened to the site -- that is very thankfully not my problem.

But I do have what I think is a legitimate concern: Is the continued availability of RIU subject to the whims and wellbeing of a single person? In other words, presumably someone pays the web-hosting bill when it comes around, collects the advertising checks, pays the person who is currently working on the server (or does it him or herself). If that person loses interest, gets sick, or gets hit by a truck crossing the street, is it all over once the bills are overdue?

I hope nobody will take offence at my suggesting that that might be the case; I am hoping to hear an assurance that it's not. When the site was down I poked around the internet hoping to hear some news of what was going on. What I found was a rollitup.org Facebook page that hadn't been updated since early December; some members were posting there looking for news. No information on that page, which can't be in any way tied to the RIU site, is what really made me start to worry.

Sorry for going on, and I will shut the hell up in just a moment. I just want to add that, aside from being the best forum of it's type, which would be sorely missed, there is such a great wealth of information on this site, that it would be a real loss if anything happened to it. I feel like we should petition the Library of Congress to archive everything here as a national treasure (well, maybe not everything... ). No other site can compare.

So what I am saying is that if RIU isn't as stable and secure as it should be, I'd like to talk about it now, while we have a forum to talk in. If we lose it, we'll just be a bunch of people scattered across other forums griping about how much they suck...

Thanks again for your earlier reply, and for all your work.
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It would seem you're on the wrong Facebook page as I updated it lots

We've been online since 2006 we have no plans to go down
It isn't the end of the world just because we went down for two weeks
Yeah it took forever to get back online
But that doesn't mean it's due to lack of interest or care
 
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sunni

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Gaz29 said:
Yeah that's all your gonna say.? Someone HAD to start a thread to ask what's happening and no-one still has a clue..! Your answers come across as if you have answered these questions a hundred times, what you say doesn't stack up to 'just a simple caught in the cross-hairs' job.. or DDs attack, as you claim.
Maybe a statement from rollitup to members about roughly what is happening would be most helpful.!
Gaz
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Sometimes people start threads prior to me getting online that's not really them having to ask so much as they got on line first
 
sunni

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Perhaps you're all confused
I work here from home
I do not work with the servers or hardware
Not a single admin or mod on here does

I contact the owner by skype should the website have technical difficulties
I report back to you all what you need to know by what little or no information the owner gives me

I can understand why you question etc
And that's totally fine

But the constant badgering me and lynch mobbing me because I can't give you every single thing you want needs to stop
It's rude it's uncalled for
Thanks
 
ttystikk

ttystikk

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sunni said:
Perhaps you're all confused
I work here from home
I do not work with the servers or hardware
Not a single admin or mod on here does

I contact the owner by skype should the website have technical difficulties
I report back to you all what you need to know by what little or no information the owner gives me

I can understand why you question etc
And that's totally fine

But the constant badgering me and lynch mobbing me because I can't give you every single thing you want needs to stop
It's rude it's uncalled for
Thanks
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Working with the public, gotta love it. Most people are really nice but there's always some jackass who stepped in dogshit and thinks it's your job to clean his shoes.

The other 98% of the time, ya'll do great work, free to the average user. Props for that!

...With apologies to any donkey-horse hybrids who may be reading this.
 
squarepush3r

squarepush3r

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sunni said:
It would seem you're on the wrong Facebook page as I updated it lots

We've been online since 2006 we have no plans to go down
It isn't the end of the world just because we went down for two weeks
Yeah it took forever to get back online
But that doesn't mean it's due to lack of interest or care
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I can't imagine a top website that would go down for 2 weeks if they had proper interest or care. Also pictures aren't working still.
Seems like the owners aren't monetizing this well, since its a top ranking website and could be a cash cow, but seems to be neglected.
 
sunni

sunni

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squarepush3r said:
I can't imagine a top website that would go down for 2 weeks if they had proper interest or care. Also pictures aren't working still.
Seems like the owners aren't monetizing this well, since its a top ranking website and could be a cash cow, but seems to be neglected.
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seems like you just dont really understand what happened, and you woul dlike to be snotty about it
 
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avnewb

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I like this website as it has been all I have used. It is why I have a killer COB light setup. Thank god they dont make it a cash cow.
These issue just hit when I most need advice but things are still going fine for me. Was only wondering why it went back down but not going to make a big deal about it. I guess it is about wanting to show my work as well as get advice.
However, for now I will just keep doing what we are all here doing and when thing are fixed so pics can be posted again then that will be great.

THANKS!
 
dagwood45431

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Bugeye said:
I think the appropriate action is to identify the hackers, burn down their houses, and fat shame their women. That will teach them not to fuck with RIU.
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Fat shame their women after burning their houses down! That got a genuine laugh out loud out of me!
 
Michiganjesse

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ttystikk said:
Working with the public, gotta love it. Most people are really nice but there's always some jackass who stepped in dogshit and thinks it's your job to clean his shoes.

The other 98% of the time, ya'll do great work, free to the average user. Props for that!

...With apologies to any donkey-horse hybrids who may be reading this.
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Well said
 
Michiganjesse

Michiganjesse

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sunni said:
Perhaps you're all confused
I work here from home
I do not work with the servers or hardware
Not a single admin or mod on here does

I contact the owner by skype should the website have technical difficulties
I report back to you all what you need to know by what little or no information the owner gives me

I can understand why you question etc
And that's totally fine

But the constant badgering me and lynch mobbing me because I can't give you every single thing you want needs to stop
It's rude it's uncalled for
Thanks
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WTF this is so messed up can't believe you thought i was serious, had to mess with you. Ttystick said above best to mess with admin. Just needed a laugh. Love this site. And most of the people here are great. Not like other sites.
 
sunni

sunni

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Michiganjesse said:
WTF this is so messed up can't believe you thought i was serious, had to mess with you. Ttystick said above best to mess with admin. Just needed a laugh. Love this site. And most of the people here are great. Not like other sites.
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I wasn't talking to you when I wrote that
 
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