Hello,
GrandForums.com was down for a number of hours today as you might have noticed.
This was because it was under a DDOS attack, which means a group of most likely hacked zombie computers were sending bogus requests to the server to try to use up all it's resources and crash it.
We've placed the server behind a Cisco Firewall now.
Please note your hosting accounts were unaffected as we store them elsewhere.
We are guessing the reason for this attack was because the hackers (or should we say, people that can read instructions) failed to find a way to hack the forum and resorted to a brute force DDOS attack.
The Firewall will now detect DDOS behavior and block it soon after it starts.
Firefox
Full Version: Our hacker friends are back
Thank you! I was waiting hours for it to come back up!
Thanks for making things clear. Shields up!
No more worries.
No more worries.
Heh, Ya know they'll just find ways to get around the firewalls. 
I mean.. It is actually possible, just a lot of hard work, If they wish to continue.
I mean.. It is actually possible, just a lot of hard work, If they wish to continue.
Similar to someone wanting to tow a Truck across the Alps themselves - in terms of difficulty.
We should be OK
We should be OK
wow you guys are professional..
that's y i love it here..
the admins are great..
anyway i guess the hackers need free cpanel hosting
but they are shy to ask
that's y i love it here..
the admins are great..
anyway i guess the hackers need free cpanel hosting
but they are shy to ask
that sucks, just wish you guys would stop thinking it was me :-/
Hm, was the ip of the hackers blocked? If it was, that means it was sent by an individual computer.
Hello,
GrandForums.com was down for a day or so due since yesterday due to the DDOS attack again.
We noticed a short time ago and have restarted it.
We have been examining logs and blocking the IPs in the firewall now that were taking part in the attack. When it comes to these type of attacks, it usually means defense a while After it starts. In this case as someone told us.
As always, your hosting accounts are stored completely separately and were up and running without problems.
GrandForums.com was down for a day or so due since yesterday due to the DDOS attack again.
We noticed a short time ago and have restarted it.
We have been examining logs and blocking the IPs in the firewall now that were taking part in the attack. When it comes to these type of attacks, it usually means defense a while After it starts. In this case as someone told us.
As always, your hosting accounts are stored completely separately and were up and running without problems.
can u pls tell abt ddos attack and how could we prevent is
pls tell me abt bandwidtheater also and to use it
pls tell me abt bandwidtheater also and to use it
QUOTE(shaky @ Dec 7 2006, 03:12 AM) 
can u pls tell abt ddos attack and how could we prevent is
pls tell me abt bandwidtheater also and to use it
pls tell me abt bandwidtheater also and to use it
Ddos Stands for Denial of Service Attack.
QUOTE
In computer security, a denial-of-service attack (DoS attack) is an attempt to make a computer resource unavailable to its intended users. Typically the targets are high-profile web servers, and the attack attempts to make the hosted web pages unavailable on the Internet. It is a computer crime that violates the Internet proper use policy as indicated by the Internet Architecture Board (IAB).
Taken from wikipedia
QUOTE(Firefox @ Nov 24 2006, 11:05 PM)
Hello,
GrandForums.com was down for a number of hours today as you might have noticed.
This was because it was under a DDOS attack, which means a group of most likely hacked zombie computers were sending bogus requests to the server to try to use up all it's resources and crash it.
We've placed the server behind a Cisco Firewall now.
Please note your hosting accounts were unaffected as we store them elsewhere.
We are guessing the reason for this attack was because the hackers (or should we say, people that can read instructions) failed to find a way to hack the forum and resorted to a brute force DDOS attack.
The Firewall will now detect DDOS behavior and block it soon after it starts.
Firefox
GrandForums.com was down for a number of hours today as you might have noticed.
This was because it was under a DDOS attack, which means a group of most likely hacked zombie computers were sending bogus requests to the server to try to use up all it's resources and crash it.
We've placed the server behind a Cisco Firewall now.
Please note your hosting accounts were unaffected as we store them elsewhere.
We are guessing the reason for this attack was because the hackers (or should we say, people that can read instructions) failed to find a way to hack the forum and resorted to a brute force DDOS attack.
The Firewall will now detect DDOS behavior and block it soon after it starts.
Firefox
Oh that is why thanks for the notice
QUOTE(Firefox @ Nov 24 2006, 11:05 PM)
Hello,
GrandForums.com was down for a number of hours today as you might have noticed.
This was because it was under a DDOS attack, which means a group of most likely hacked zombie computers were sending bogus requests to the server to try to use up all it's resources and crash it.
We've placed the server behind a Cisco Firewall now.
Please note your hosting accounts were unaffected as we store them elsewhere.
We are guessing the reason for this attack was because the hackers (or should we say, people that can read instructions) failed to find a way to hack the forum and resorted to a brute force DDOS attack.
The Firewall will now detect DDOS behavior and block it soon after it starts.
Firefox
GrandForums.com was down for a number of hours today as you might have noticed.
This was because it was under a DDOS attack, which means a group of most likely hacked zombie computers were sending bogus requests to the server to try to use up all it's resources and crash it.
We've placed the server behind a Cisco Firewall now.
Please note your hosting accounts were unaffected as we store them elsewhere.
We are guessing the reason for this attack was because the hackers (or should we say, people that can read instructions) failed to find a way to hack the forum and resorted to a brute force DDOS attack.
The Firewall will now detect DDOS behavior and block it soon after it starts.
Firefox
Oh that is why thanks for the notice
We're Back!!!!!!!!
Ahplace.com was hacked also, so bad that they have decided to close their doors!
It was the moral bashing that caused the owner to close AHPlace. DDOS's have that affect unless your a DDOS attack veteran that deals with it often.
QUOTE(Firefox @ Dec 28 2006, 02:05 PM)
It was the moral bashing that caused the owner to close AHPlace. DDOS's have that affect unless your a DDOS attack veteran that deals with it often.
Not really sure what all that means but ok lol. Except for the bashing, I guess they couldn't take it. Thanks
Good job done protecting it.
ugh.. have them.. taken care of mwuhahaha!
~SS
~SS
Thanks for making things clear
yeah thx,
yeah thx,
QUOTE(thegrrl @ Dec 28 2006, 01:41 PM)
Ahplace.com was hacked also, so bad that they have decided to close their doors!
Tell me about it ... I am really sorry Ahplace had to close down. Anyway Otto opened up another hosting company called Quotaless.com
so thats why i had trouble activationg today
wow i didn't know hacking a website was possible w/out knowing the password...
hopefully it doesn't happen again
hopefully it doesn't happen again
Cool hope the new firewall hardware works well.
Yepp Good Thing We have Good Admins and Mods! 
This topics old you know...
lmao
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