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jema
Downsizer Moderator

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 28344
Location: escaped from Swindon

Posted: Mon May 12, 25 8:59 pm Post subject: site issues

can't find the original thread. But just an update.

we are still under constant attack as you can see if you hit the "who's online" link at the top of the page.

It's been going on ever since AI became a thing and my assumption is AI training bots as a lot of the IPs are Amazon and other big players. In the last 6 months or so it's been enough to really grind us to a halt unless dealt with.

I ban vast IP ranges every few days. hopefully it will eventually be enough.

Mistress Rose

Joined: 21 Jul 2011
Posts: 16508

Posted: Tue May 13, 25 5:58 am Post subject:
Thank you for all the work you are putting in Jema. Much appreciated that you are generally managing to keep things running smoothly and deal with any issues as we report them.

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 44397
Location: yes

Posted: Tue May 13, 25 3:54 pm Post subject:
ditto, thanks

jema
Downsizer Moderator

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 28344
Location: escaped from Swindon

Posted: Wed May 14, 25 7:42 am Post subject:
all remains quiet, albeit some blocked ips keep trying. I'm fairly sure there's a bit of a weekend pattern to things, probably on the assumption that people will be less on the case.

Nicky cigreen

Joined: 25 Jun 2007
Posts: 9967
Location: Devon, uk

Posted: Wed May 14, 25 6:03 pm Post subject:
I appreciate your efforts

Florence

Joined: 15 Mar 2025
Posts: 138

Posted: Wed May 14, 25 6:22 pm Post subject:
Your hard work is much appreciated jema.

gz

Joined: 23 Jan 2009
Posts: 9245
Location: Ayrshire, Scotland

Posted: Fri May 16, 25 10:22 am Post subject:
2277 "guest users" online no wonder it gets slowed down

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 44397
Location: yes

Posted: Fri May 16, 25 11:11 am Post subject:
12:08 very slow, and doubling posts it might be a weekend thing , it is a now thing

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 44397
Location: yes

Posted: Fri May 16, 25 4:33 pm Post subject:
i just had a look at what interests the 1800 or so guests they are getting a good education def AI learner bots, they possible have no malice to us, they could do it without being disruptive if they learnt to use the library properly if they were crawling chat i would assume malice until proven otherwise, proof is a difficult beast to catch.

jema
Downsizer Moderator

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 28344
Location: escaped from Swindon

Posted: Fri May 16, 25 7:25 pm Post subject:
Getting hit a lot again, under control for the second, but I'm going to leave it to the morning for another session.

Mistress Rose

Joined: 21 Jul 2011
Posts: 16508

Posted: Sat May 17, 25 7:04 am Post subject:
Thanks for trying to keep up with it Jema. They really are a pain.

jema
Downsizer Moderator

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 28344
Location: escaped from Swindon

Posted: Sat May 17, 25 7:31 am Post subject:
current state is that we are getting hammered by banned ips that just don't want to give up. as such site speed is not too bad, but it' very hard to spot additional ip ranges to ban.

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 44397
Location: yes

Posted: Sat May 17, 25 12:17 pm Post subject:
the bots are grabbing the hamster wheels and getting spun off in the last ten mins it has gone from slow to almost normal

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 44397
Location: yes

Posted: Sat May 17, 25 12:18 pm Post subject:
down to 1682 at the mo

gz

Joined: 23 Jan 2009
Posts: 9245
Location: Ayrshire, Scotland

Posted: Sun May 18, 25 8:59 pm Post subject:
1930 now, and it has sped up a lot.... keep those wheels spinning, hamsters!â¤ï¸

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