Brickwizard
Posts: 33 +64
It's not just here, there have been some serious DDos attacks again over the weekend, it seems to have been targeting Cloud flair accounts [well the ones I know have been]
Really? It's weird that I haven't noticed it on other websites.
Brickwizard
Posts: 33 +64
the website I use most was down for about an hour and half, and many other contacts also reported outages on various sites
Brickwizard
Posts: 33 +64
There are many reasons your connection may be slow [far too many to list] so to generalise
slow connections can be caused by excessive load on either your ISP server, the destination site server, or even one of the many routing servers between the two points,
It can be an indication of a DDos attack in progress, if you get an HTTP error page it will usually have a 5** code or occasionally 4** code,, in this case first check if the destination site is down, to do this I recommend hetrix tools, if its a site you regularly use or are responsible for, alternatively you could use a checker such as https://www.isitdownrightnow.com/
If the site is not down, try deleting cookies for that site and refreshing
slow connections can be caused by excessive load on either your ISP server, the destination site server, or even one of the many routing servers between the two points,
It can be an indication of a DDos attack in progress, if you get an HTTP error page it will usually have a 5** code or occasionally 4** code,, in this case first check if the destination site is down, to do this I recommend hetrix tools, if its a site you regularly use or are responsible for, alternatively you could use a checker such as https://www.isitdownrightnow.com/
If the site is not down, try deleting cookies for that site and refreshing
When it was happening on multiple devices including mobile, it wasn't my connection or browser that was the issue. But if cloudflare is experiencing DDOS attacks then yeah, that explains it.
This past week we've seen multiple DDoS attacks but thanks to Cloudflare those are getting blocked after 1 minute or so (every time), so the slow downs are there but for very brief moments. If you're seeing consistent slowdowns though, it might be something else... perhaps a CF node close to your location not working properly. Let me know.
It's pretty constant throughout the day and I've seen it last for much longer than just 1 minute. I'll keep you updated.
captaincranky
Posts: 19,765 +8,898
For literally years, I've had issues loading pages here. I've given up complaining about it. I mean. so what if I have to renew a page a half dozen times before it loads.
Hey man, I just want to be a part of something larger than just myself.
PS, Sometimes it seems that page access. or posting, is predicated on the length of time I hold the mouse button down the. Sometimes it takes just a millisecond blip, and well, sometimes it takes a lot longer.
I thought that was finally fixed a while back Cap.I had a similar situation for a long time. Sometimes it could go hours before it would finally log me on. I tried other PCs and mobile devices'.
Finally, in early 2019 I just signed up again and all was fixed.
I made my name scavengerspc, where my old one was scavengers pc.
It kind of sucked because I had been registered here since at least
2002 or 03 and had to start over.
How is the situation going on your end this week?
Pretty sure your issue is CDN related and not the same as the other members above.
captaincranky
Posts: 19,765 +8,898
Not a chance. The situation has "improved" a wee bit, but IMO, it's due to a "more powerful" web box. I'm "all the way up" to an i3-539 8 GB 64 bit OS.
This next bit is going to be contemplative, speculative, comparative, and based an assumption.
I don't think this software handles large data bases very well. As you say you were registered for 20+ years, I'm assuming you had a post count similar to mine, and your current count, is only since your re-registering.
I had a copy of Photoshop Elements 7, and tried to load a huge (bigly?) catalog of what I think of as "erotic art". Well, when I tried to copy it over to another machine, the catalog wouldn't load past the letter "G".
So, is this issue that, or that issue this? IDK, but I've obviously seen something similar before. It superficially seems the same. But if there is any actual correlation, I haven't a clue.
Maybe I'll just put in my 20, retire, and live off my likes.
captaincranky
Posts: 19,765 +8,898
BTW, that's an i3-530. Another little quirk is if you miss accessing "edit" on the first try, you have to (attempt), to reload the page. Hence this "addendumb".