Site outage this weekend, why.

[Dave-Infopop]

This weekend, as you've all noted, the site was out. Most of Saturday, all of Sunday, and most of today. This site was under attack by a Distributed Denial Of Service attack. This is not the first DDOS attack on this site, but it was by far the largest. Just FYI, DDOS attacks have taken down yahoo, google, Microsoft and now TheRX. We, Infopop, are working in concert with our upstream providers, and with the TheRX management to help mitigate the effects of a DDOS attack in the future. The forums will again be down for a spell this evening so that our upstreams can address some network issues.

Thanks,

David Dreezer
Infopop Corporation.

 

[wilheim]

PS: Infopop almost NEVER makes statements on client forums hosted on their servers, so apparently that's going to be a fake, too.

Posted by Old Ballgame aka. Butch.



wil.

 

Wil and Everyone,

We asked Dave at Infopop to post here.

Thanks,

RxWebhead

 

Also - to update - We may be down at 2am EST.tonight.

Thanks,
RxWebhead

 

[theswami]

I have no idea if it's true or not BUT.....

If Infopop "almost" never makes statements on clients' forums couldn't this be one of the times that they do?

You folks are childish. Who really cares why the forum was down unless you; 1)work here or 2)own the site.

 

[SubZaero]

Could be true. This is from infopop's site.

http://community.infopop.net/6/ubb.x?a=tpc&s=729094322&f=3983010105&m=9501055

 

[TheGeneral+]

Thanks Dave

 

[LIFESABET]

On a distant usenet server, long long ago, the force of the internet thrived because shared solutions to common problems.

So, do ya think we can share a little info about the exact details of the attacks, what you will do to prevent them in the future.

It sure would be nice to learn a little from your misfortune. I know its not the mentality of this industry, but it sure would be nice.

Good to see you back online, and if you dont want to share your input, I understand. Best of luck to avoid future outages.

-lab

 

[wilheim]

I do believe Dave actually represents InfoPop, and his post is accurate. I just qouted a known expert on these matters, none other than Butch himself.


wil.

 

[BillDozer]

not that anyone asked me but who cares about the attack? none of your money is here unless you are in a contest. Lets talk about the dominos in CR.

 

[THE SHRINK]

wilheim,

If you believe Butch, then perhaps this isn't the right forum for you...

I have been working my very hard with Infopop to get this forum back as fast as possible...

Infopop didn't have to come on here to address the situation and I personally find it embarrassing that someone on our site would question their identity

THE SHRINK

 

[bigboydan]

shrink, i hope everyone that was effective by this outage will get a rebate on there bills

now that would be a nice gesture on everyones part imhoo

 

[THE SHRINK]

LIFESABET,

Unfortunately, the information you are seeking to learn can be used against us by the perpetrators...

They have already shut down dozens of sports books and we are the ONLY gambling portal they have decided to target at this time...

However, we would be willing to try and assist other victims who contact us privately in stopping these bastards...

THE SHRINK

 

[bigboydan]

shrink if they tageted you how much did they ask from you to pony up ?

 

[wilheim]

If you believe Butch, then perhaps this isn't the right forum for you...

I quess you did not read my whole post. I said I believed that Dave did actually represent InfoPop. I qouted Butch, who is banned here, but you allow to post here as a ghost, which is your porblem. Fine with me, I can see where this is not the Forum for me. Good luck in the future.


wil.

 

[VaultedTreehouse]

Wil, I understood your point, don't mind Shrink.

 

[Angelle]

You better not go anywhere wil!

I don't want to have to change my tagline..
wothout you around my life would be incomplete

 

[THE SHRINK]

wilheim,

I apologize for misunderstanding you. This has been a very hard 3 days for me and surely, you should be able to understand why my patience is running very thin...

It's all good buddy....

Hope you are big enough to accept this sincere apology because I feel small now...

THE SHRINK

 

[DellDude]

Dell, If you do not want to be here, Please leave.

Thanks

[This message was edited by The General on November 17, 2003 at 09:16 PM.]

 

[LIFESABET]

Thanks for explaining, and sharing info often ends up hurting you. But once you have everything locked down good and tight, please keep with the attitude to help others who fall victim to that vandalism. Good to see you back, and best of luck.