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Discussion in 'Liverpool' started by Hash., Jul 13, 2011.

  1. Hash.

    Hash. pure daycent

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    The site is under DDOS attack for the last 2 days. Hence it timing out on the odd occasion. Mick has said in his thread 'DDOS on the forum' he's now getting the police involved so hopefully it'll return to normal soon enough
     
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  2. Salah's-left-foot

    Salah's-left-foot Well-Known Member

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    Meaning what exactly?

    Someone's been hacking the site?
     
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  3. Chris.

    Chris. #bringbackchris

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    Somebody is clearly jealous of the site...
     
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  4. KingEric07.

    KingEric07. cape wearing twat

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    JA606 = **** ( probably them )

    Although I admit to only finding this when JA606 closed for a while
     
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  5. Hash.

    Hash. pure daycent

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    this <ok>
     
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  6. Sharpe*

    Sharpe* Senior Member

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    [video=youtube;JC8nyBr9_-8]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JC8nyBr9_-8&feature=related[/video]

    Business as usual chums.
     
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  7. Hash.

    Hash. pure daycent

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    I'm not scaremongering , just pointing out why the site times out occasionally over the past few days and basically to save syd and mick from any pms from our board about it
     
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  8. Sharpe*

    Sharpe* Senior Member

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    I know. Just thought it was a brilliant chance to get Dad's Army on our board!
     
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  9. KingPepeReina.

    KingPepeReina. Active Member

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    Whats a DDOS.
     
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  10. Sharpe*

    Sharpe* Senior Member

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    Direct driver orange sausage
     
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  11. KingEric07.

    KingEric07. cape wearing twat

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    Dirk Digglers Obscene Shlong
     
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  12. Sharpe*

    Sharpe* Senior Member

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    lol I thought mine want bad either!
     
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  13. Hash.

    Hash. pure daycent

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    its nintendos new game console
     
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  14. Ze

    Ze Well-Known Member

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    Distributed denial of service = DDOS

    Basically.. it's when multiple different computers (often linked via botnet) try and connect to a site and end up clogging up the connection, ending up with the site closing down.

    Have you all noticed it goes really slow when lots of people are online? Picture that with 10 times as many people, it just doesn't open.
     
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  15. KingPepeReina.

    KingPepeReina. Active Member

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    It was a bit iffy earlier on tonight.It was very slow for a spell.I couldn't connect at one stage.Its happened a few times recently.
     
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  16. Hash.

    Hash. pure daycent

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    the ddos attacks are why <ok>
     
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