Why is Sythe always down?

[Ownfir]

I notice that at least twice a day sythe wont load and i'll get the can't load page error. It happens a lot, i'm just curious why. Is it for working on the site or something? Anywho, i'm just wondering. It's no big deal

 

[kNx]

Happening all the time, here for over 2 years, and can't remember a day without this happening at least few times. Probably just resting the server, so it doesn't explode. :-D

 

[Ur Account trainer]

w0w iv never had sythe down maybe like 1 or twice a week but nit every day...

 

[Ozaki]

The server is crap, evidently. It happens all the time - please get a new server(s)

 

[World Domination]

w0w iv never had sythe down maybe like 1 or twice a week but nit every day...

You must be online at all the right times.It happens several times a day for me, but usually only like a minute or two at a time. Sometimes it is much longer, though.

 

[Infernal Dave]

There have been many threads about this... Many of the times, people try to ddos sythe, hence the server being down.

 

[Sindrefyrn]

I'm not sure why this happens, but it's something about when the moderators are searching for an IP. A new server should fix this, we need one.

 

[SuF]

If you guys want to donate money so Sythe can get a new server thats better than the current one that costs like 300 a month, then go for it. Sythe gets attacked by botnets constantly, and IP searches take it down since the database is so large.

Start donating like 300 a month and beg Sythe to get a better server and we might get one.

 

[Pinzork]

Just out of curiosity if you don't mind me asking, who is it that actually attacks Sythe.org? Just random unhappy nerdlings? Or actually someone with a cause?

 

[MuaythaiKid]

probably similar sites like the ones being spammed all over...

creators of other sites trying to keep getting sythe down so people will join their site.

 

[Benwise]

And to the person who said buy a new server, do you know how long it would take to transfer all of this to a different server? And, most servers wouldn't put up with being constantly DDoS'd and botnetted, and probably just end the deal... So, lets have 100% down time, or occasional down time?

 

[barrie j w]

Deal with it, get off your computers and go outside for two minutes.

 

Does anyone actually understand what a DoS attack is?

"A denial-of-service attack is an attempt to make a computer resource unavailable to its intended users."

If you understand that much then you will understand why server unavailability has nothing to do with the quality of the hosting -- which I might add is very good compared to most websites.

 

[J A V A]

So, really, we can't do anything?

 

"
Degradation-of-service attacks

"Pulsing" zombies are compromised computers that are directed to launch intermittent and short-lived floodings of victim websites with the intent of merely slowing it rather than crashing it. This type of attack, referred to as "degradation-of-service" rather than "denial-of-service", can be more difficult to detect than regular zombie invasions and can disrupt and hamper connection to websites for prolonged periods of time, potentially causing more damage than concentrated floods.[16][17] Exposure of degradation-of-service attacks is complicated further by the matter of discerning whether the attacks really are attacks or just healthy and likely desired increases in website traffic.[18]"

 

[jCash]

sythe, how does the website come back up after it's DoS'd is it the provider or you that has to do something?

or is the DoS simply blocking us from seeing it, i don't really understand.

 

[jCash]

sorry, lagged

 

sythe, how does the website come back up after it's DoS'd is it the provider or you that has to do something?

or is the DoS simply blocking us from seeing it, i don't really understand.

The aim of the DoS attack is simply to stop you using Sythe.org. That's what a DoS attack is. Denial of service. Ie the attacker denies you the right to use this site by whatever means possible.

When the site gets attacked I have to login and filter the traffic manually. There are something like 20,000 blocked IPs in the firewall from probably a couple dozen seperate botnets. I have nfi why, but sythe.org is a huge target for botnet attack.

The good thing is that once a botnet is blocked it basically can't hurt the site anymore. But unfortunately most of that blocking has to be done by hand.

 

[jCash]

The aim of the DoS attack is simply to stop you using Sythe.org. That's what a DoS attack is. Denial of service. Ie the attacker denies you the right to use this site by whatever means possible.

When the site gets attacked I have to login and filter the traffic manually. There are something like 20,000 blocked IPs in the firewall from probably a couple dozen seperate botnets. I have nfi why, but sythe.org is a huge target for botnet attack.

The good thing is that once a botnet is blocked it basically can't hurt the site anymore. But unfortunately most of that blocking has to be done by hand.

ahh, so alot of work for you.

is there no way it can be automaticly sorted?

and that surely means, as time goes on and more botnet's are blocked the less the threat to sythe.org is?


(if you have a moment could you capilalise the c in my name, and even better delete the numbers :S thanks if you can )

 

[jshrz]

Denial of Service attack is when one person continiousally sends requests to the server which takes up bandwidth and eventually the server crashes.