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    Posted: July 02 2008 at 01:42
Hi all,

Progarchives.com is currently under intense and continuous attacks (multi SQL Injections / seconds) so it affects the performance a lot and may explain the recents slow loading times and timeouts.

We (Graphix and me) are working are assess to fix this, we have a solution and working on it.

Thanks for your support, in theses though times.

PS: I think ProgNosis suffers from the same attackers.





Edited by M@X - July 02 2008 at 01:43
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 02 2008 at 01:48
I sit here impatient and annoyed that the site isn't working, and forget that meanwhile you guys are busting your humps fending off constants assault  ..many thanks to both of you

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 02 2008 at 01:50
Originally posted by Atavachron Atavachron wrote:

I sit here impatient and annoyed that the site isn't working, and forget that meanwhile you guys are busting your humps fending off constants assault  ..many thanks to both of you



Indeed. We are eternally grateful Clap
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 02 2008 at 02:00
I wonder what is the point of these attacks.
Anyway, best wishes to those trying to help.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 02 2008 at 02:04
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 02 2008 at 02:06
I thought vengeful internet nerds liked prog? I'm just surprised someone cares enough to bother with anything more complicated than a DDoS.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 02 2008 at 02:07
Thanks for all your hard work, M@x and helpers. Sometimes I don't understand people.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 02 2008 at 02:15
Originally posted by Atavachron Atavachron wrote:

I sit here impatient and annoyed that the site isn't working, and forget that meanwhile you guys are busting your humps fending off constants assault  ..many thanks to both of you

 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 02 2008 at 02:19

Who the f**k does this anyway? Have these people anything better to do? Like jerking off or something? f**k, it really pisses me off.. Losers with a laptop.... and we here trying to make an art form live... while losers take their frustrations on bothering other people....

More Clapto M@x and everyone involved in keeping PA alive...

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 02 2008 at 02:22
M@X - great job!
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 02 2008 at 02:55
Don't let these jokers put down PA - after all this is a way of life - prog music. Some losers who has nothing to do just sit on computer and make desaster anywhere they put a finger, it really pisses me off.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 02 2008 at 03:08
I figured something serious was going on... Good luck in getting rid of them demons!!!
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 02 2008 at 03:16
Originally posted by The T The T wrote:

Originally posted by Atavachron Atavachron wrote:

I sit here impatient and annoyed that the site isn't working, and forget that meanwhile you guys are busting your humps fending off constants assault  ..many thanks to both of you

 

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Nice one M@X - we knew we could rely on you - even if you are on a world tour...

Edited by Jim Garten - July 02 2008 at 03:19

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 02 2008 at 03:18
Yes, thanks for everything you all do to maintain this INCREDIBLE site!



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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 02 2008 at 03:18
Originally posted by The T The T wrote:

Losers with a laptop.... and we here trying to make an art form live... while losers take their frustrations on bothering other people


Ain't that always the way Teo?

It's always the same - you get a group of people genuinely doing their best to build up a great website, and all some can do is stand back, watch & try to screw it up for everyone.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 02 2008 at 03:48
So who might have a grudge against Progarchives and ProgNosis, a disgruntled ex-member??

Keep up the good work Max and Graphix
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 02 2008 at 03:51
Thanks for the work, M@x.
People are strange, aren't they? I bet they're sitting back and enjoying the activities that their actons have caused.
Weird how the destructive side of human nature seems to work.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 02 2008 at 03:56
Better call out the heavy artillery.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 02 2008 at 04:42
I don't know the server software, but it seems like the most important thing is to recognize script requests *before* they hit the database layer. Of course if there are simply too many script requests for forum pages which don't submit any malicious information, it's simply a denial of service attack which you can only prevent by blocking the offending IP addresses. And if the attack is launch from arbitrary, bot-controlled computers then there really isn't much that can be done.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 02 2008 at 04:51
Originally posted by Tony R Tony R wrote:

So who might have a grudge against Progarchives and ProgNosis, a disgruntled ex-member??

Keep up the good work Max and Graphix
I sure the attack was purely in the interests of monetary gain (SQL Injection is used to get information out of the database) - but like many of these attacks - it failed in its original purpose because it broke the site.
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