Is the site being attacked?

**EdG** · March 15th, 2020, 12:13 PM

There are currently 772 users online. 11 members and 761 guests

That looks like a denial-of-service attack. Maybe this is why the server keeps having outages.
Ed

**Sarahlabyrinth** · March 15th, 2020, 12:51 PM

I don't know, Ed, but why would anybody bother to attack a hair forum?

**EdG** · March 15th, 2020, 12:58 PM

Originally Posted by Sarahlabyrinth

I don't know, Ed, but why would anybody bother to attack a hair forum?

They don't care that LHC is a hair forum, only a vBulletin site. An attacker could be trying to spread malware.
Ed

**Sarahlabyrinth** · March 15th, 2020, 01:05 PM

Originally Posted by EdG

They don't care that LHC is a hair forum, only a vBulletin site. An attacker could be trying to spread malware.
Ed

You mean like a virus?

**EdG** · March 15th, 2020, 01:12 PM

Originally Posted by Sarahlabyrinth

You mean like a virus?

Yes, the computer kind. This is just a possibility. I can't think of many reasons to attack vBulletin sites.
Ed

**Kat** · March 15th, 2020, 02:28 PM

I find it a bit hard to believe only 11 members are on at any one given time...

**Sarahlabyrinth** · March 15th, 2020, 03:31 PM

Originally Posted by Kat

I find it a bit hard to believe only 11 members are on at any one given time...

Yes, I'm sure there would be way more than 11 at any given time.

**Belgrade Beauty** · March 15th, 2020, 06:40 PM

Lately I noticed that site is having trouble working. Every now and then a message pops that the site is busy, server is full etc...

**physicschick** · March 15th, 2020, 10:34 PM

Good question. There's a huge number of IP addresses from Singapore currently browsing LHC, some of which show up in lists of sketchy addresses. I'll check with the admins whether we can block a range of addresses to cut down on this.