Data Center Problems

Reply #3

Tarzan — Mon, 04 Oct 2004 02:11:07 GMT

So that's what happened!I thought me puter ate a BUG

Reply #2

Jake649 — Mon, 04 Oct 2004 02:07:32 GMT

Oh, just a DOS attack and here I was thinking it was CASH_Only working hard to get to 5000 posts.Good luck,Jake

Reply #1

paulap — Mon, 04 Oct 2004 00:54:32 GMT

thanks todd i was wondering what was going on

Data Center Problems

Todd — Mon, 04 Oct 2004 00:52:22 GMT

Our data center experienced some problems this evening, as I'm sure many of you had noticed.The issue is called a Denial of Service (DOS) attack, which is basically one or more idiots who program a bunch of computers to flood an IP range with network traffic. The net result is that it overwhelms the network, blocking out legitimate traffic (i.e., you).The attack is not centered on Lottery Post itself, it is centered on a whole range of IP addresses, of which Lottery Post is one.DOS attacks are... [ More ]