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The Flood / Re: Thank fuck I was having withdrawal symptoms.
« on: August 02, 2014, 06:43:18 PM »
*sigh*

Everything's okay now.
I basically got like three hours of sleep because I had to fix everything and get the database uploaded. This DDoS shit is a nightmare.



who did it?
I'll post what I know in the thread in Updates. Wait for it.

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The Flood / Re: Thank fuck I was having withdrawal symptoms.
« on: August 02, 2014, 06:39:31 PM »
*sigh*

Everything's okay now.
I basically got like three hours of sleep because I had to fix everything and get the database uploaded. This DDoS shit is a nightmare.

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News / We have a new host now
« on: August 02, 2014, 06:32:39 PM »
In case you didn't know, yesterday night the forum was hit by a major DDoS attack that crashed the server and took the host's website offline for an hour. They've basically told me they cannot tell who was behind the attack because it involved many different IP addresses and the combined requests were several gigabytes worth. They kicked the site off of their server and we now have a new one.

But since we have a new server, some stuff might still fuck up. Namely, remember that error that would pop up in the beginning (max_questions)? That is now once again possible, so I'm trying to work with this host in order to fix it before it happens.

We can also get hit by this attack again, if the jerk is so inclined. I will be looking into things I can do to guard against it, but it's very difficult to stop an attack of the magnitude we experienced.

More on this stuff as I know more.

EDIT: your avatar is now broken if you uploaded one. You need to re-upload it.

What we know:
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Your site is under a major DDoS attack. We have null routed the domain to stop the traffic effecting our servers. We will have to ask you to find alternate hosting for your domain as our platform can no longer support you.
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The traffic was coming from a multitude of sources, it's most likely that some form of botnet was responsible. At it's peak we were receiving ~10gb of inbound traffic to the domain. Unfortunately in extreme cases like this we do have to advise that a site cannot be hosted on our shared platform in order to ensure services remain reliable for other users.

UPDATE: Some strange shit is afoot. As most of you probably know, Crouton and I have been working on figuring out who was able to DDoS the site and knock us right out of our host. Well... It gets kind of sketchy.

I requested the UDP Traffic logs from Fatcow to see what the fuck was going on, and was transferred to several people before they basically said they didn't keep track of them. Read below (unedited):

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Hello,

Thank you for contacting support.

I have escalated your issue to our Technical Specialist to provide UDP traffic logs for your host . You should be hearing from them within 12-24 hours.

If you have any questions in the meantime, please let us know and be sure to refer to the link http://www.fatcow.com/member/sconsole for the quickest service.

Sincerely,

Shravya U
Customer Support
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Hello,

I will be handing this ticket over to one of our System Administrators to check if we can provide UDP traffic logs . We cannot assure that we can provide the logs. We will update the ticket regarding this soon. You should be hearing from them within 12-24 hours. If you have any questions in the meantime, please let us know and be sure to refer to the link http://www.fatcow.com/member/sconsole for the quickest service.

Sincerely,

Prithviraj K
Technical Specialist
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Hello,

Im sorry to inform you that, unfortunately we are not logging UDP traffic for customer site.

For any further assistance in need, please update Support Console.

Sincerely,

Kalandar M
Technical Specialist

If that's not strange enough, I did a little searching for reviews on the hosting service and came across this:
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We are a Internet Radio station that was running on a dedicated server at another hosting company. We moved to FATCOW to save money thinking we would get the same or better service. After only 2 days on their servers, they shut off our account and website without ANY warning. They claimed we caused a DDOS attack and thus they suspended our account. They would not allow us to talk with Tier 3 support or explain what happened.

They simply told us to go away. We moved our site to a better know hosting/registrar.

I am a Cisco Engineer with over 25 years in this business. I have never been treated in this manner.

STAY AWAY FROM FATCOW!!!

It's pretty much word for word what happened to us, save for the dedicated server. So... I'm not so sure what happened anymore. It's true that when we switched hosts, someone was trying to bring the site down (and mostly failing, since it only slowed everything down), but it definitely wasn't of the same caliber as the first attack.

Very fucking strange.

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Gaming / Re: Noscope Simulator?
« on: August 01, 2014, 04:20:36 PM »

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The Flood / MOVED: Destiny just got a tad more interesting
« on: August 01, 2014, 03:53:51 PM »
This topic has been moved to Gaming.

http://sep7agon.net/index.php?topic=254.0

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Serious / Re: How are people still against gay marriage?
« on: August 01, 2014, 03:44:44 PM »
I don't think it's right but I also don't think my opinion should have an affect on someone who doesn't believe in what I believe in. It's disgusting when it's flaunted though. Straight or gay.

Why don't you think it's right?

As a species, we are not meant to go with the same sex. It just doesn't work. You can't reproduce. It's a bliff.
I suppose if you look at it purely as a procreation exercise, you'd be right. But...I've seen my one female dog humping my other female dog, so obviously homosexual behavior happens in nature.

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The Flood / Re: Minecraft Griefing; Kid rages like all hell xD
« on: August 01, 2014, 02:39:16 PM »
He is so mad. I thought he was going to start crying.

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News / Re: Don't block our ads
« on: August 01, 2014, 01:46:07 PM »
Sorry, but I hate ads. I hope you don't make using adblock a bannable offense, like those assholes in the Flood are suggesting.
You won't be banned for it. It was just a request.

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The Flood / Re: I'm In Woodbury from The Walking Dead, AMA
« on: August 01, 2014, 01:39:02 PM »
That's awesome.

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The Flood / Re: Has anyone been IP banned from this site yet?
« on: August 01, 2014, 01:09:23 PM »

Rose.

Who is still here
He sent me a PM saying IP bans don't work.
No shit, he spends every day making a new IP instead of living an actual life.
I suck at computer stuff, but can't IP changes be tracked?
They can be, yes, but he is changing IPs every time he gets banned.

I am working on a way to make it very inconvenient for him to keep doing it.

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The Flood / Re: um.... holy shit?
« on: August 01, 2014, 12:52:17 PM »
This is amazing news if it's legit. I'll have to read up on this later.

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News / Re: We now have a private group for this site on B.net
« on: August 01, 2014, 11:18:25 AM »
So if the site is down and you guys feel the need to complain about it, learn what the problem is, or just be able to posts stuff and talk to each other in general do it here from now on. I'm tired of seeing all the hate produced by members of OffTopic when we post. We're not trying to create a bad reputation for this site after all.

http://www.bungie.net/en/Clan/Detail/145015

Requested invite
Uh... I am pretty sure it's open to anyone.

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The Flood / Re: Post your art galleries.
« on: August 01, 2014, 10:58:41 AM »
A redesign of my local community college
4 Minigames

EDIT: navigation is broken on the minigame one, so...

And also, for a few lols go to the college website, go to the contact page, and enter hydra into the math field. No caps; all lowercase.





I did the last 20 for free.
YouTube

I modeled the button after this video, which has a limit of $2 million since the money halves each time you press it.

And that Polymer app is awesome! Did you do both the design and the code, or just the design?

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The Flood / Re: Post your art galleries.
« on: August 01, 2014, 02:37:15 AM »
A redesign of my local community college
4 Minigames

EDIT: navigation is broken on the minigame one, so...

And also, for a few lols go to the college website, go to the contact page, and enter hydra into the math field. No caps; all lowercase.

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The Flood / Re: Post your art galleries.
« on: August 01, 2014, 02:24:57 AM »
Would you accept websites as art?

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The Flood / Re: I need Ideas for a Website
« on: August 01, 2014, 02:22:13 AM »
Advertise it as the place to get eternal, from Halo Reach. Then, play Never Gonna Give You Up when they click the big button.
That's pretty good.

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Septagon / What I'm Working On
« on: August 01, 2014, 02:15:35 AM »
I thought it might be helpful for those of you who are waiting for improvements to see what I am immediately working on to improve the site. So, below are the few items I am either working on, or are going to work on very soon. Not everything that needs to be fixed is on here; these are just the immediate items.
  • Global Topic Mod
  • Edit board layout to simplify
  • Fix Disembodied Soul's PMs

Here are a few things I plan to work on in the future:
  • Take over DeeJ's job at Bungie

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The Flood / I need Ideas for a Website
« on: August 01, 2014, 01:56:41 AM »
I regularly peruse new TLDs and interesting website domains that are for sale, and a few months ago I came across one that I thought was awesome enough to buy it right away: http://burn.blue

For real, if you type in burn.blue into your address bar you'll get the site.

Anyway, I came up with a logo and a general color scheme (blue and white) but I have absolutely no idea what to do with it. I need your opinions and ideas; what should I turn this thing into?

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I like how they use the word ancient. But it's still pretty cool that it was found there.

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The Flood / Re: Help me, Sep7agon, you're my only hope.
« on: August 01, 2014, 12:43:24 AM »
Lol this offsite. Glad these people left bnet.
Love your name. You must be a professional.

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The Flood / Re: Help me, Sep7agon, you're my only hope.
« on: August 01, 2014, 12:06:53 AM »

lol. All the work this guy puts in just to mildly inconvenience people..
He just made a new account and PM'd me gloating about how he is immune to IP bans. I wasn't even the one who banned him, but he seems pretty damn proud of himself. ::)

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The Flood / Re: May I request a custom title?
« on: August 01, 2014, 12:03:45 AM »
I'll think about it.

Ok, thanks :D
That feeling when you realize moderators can't give you custom ranks.

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The Flood / Re: So I saw Guardians of the Galaxy
« on: August 01, 2014, 12:00:37 AM »
I think I would rate it at a B-. It was a very good film, to be sure; it didn't take itself too seriously and there were definitely some memorable, very quotable moments.

It's lacking on the bad guy character development. Lee Pace's character was more of an evil obstacle than anything, and the whole blue-chick-who's-name-I-can't-remember's and Gamora's rivalry seems pretty shallow.

And yeah, you will probably feel better about yourself if you just skip the after credit scene. I say that as a Marvel fan who stays through every Marvel movie's credits.

Spoiler
Unless you're a fan of Howard the Duck

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The Flood / Re: Help me, Sep7agon, you're my only hope.
« on: July 31, 2014, 10:53:00 PM »
Why the fuck do all these shitty forums allow anonymous/guest posting? That's a fucking terrible idea.
We don't. He is posting and then immediately deleting his account. It's been fixed.

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Gaming / Re: Let's play halo 3 customs
« on: July 31, 2014, 10:40:09 PM »
I would be down for some Halo 3, but we should probably schedule a time so everybody knows. We could even make it into a community game night or something.

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Septagon / Re: Are passwords stored in plaintext?
« on: July 31, 2014, 10:31:36 PM »
T4R, just curious
Lolno. I am nowhere near that stupid.
Just making sure, it seems like even large websites do that way too often.
I have access to the database and even I would have difficulty getting your password. It's pretty safe, I'd wager.

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Septagon / Re: Are passwords stored in plaintext?
« on: July 31, 2014, 10:28:12 PM »
T4R, just curious
Lolno. I am nowhere near that stupid.

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Septagon / Re: Cannot quite users
« on: July 31, 2014, 09:34:46 PM »
This is a known bug. The post options will be moved in a future update for mobile. Like buttons and avatars will be fixed as well for mobile users.

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The Flood / Re: The flood's relationship with Bungie in a nutshell
« on: July 31, 2014, 06:01:23 PM »
So I've never seen the Michael Bay transformers movies, but when people said he raped the franchise they really weren't kidding.
There is nothing wrong with the Transformers movies. The people who whine about them are just spoiled children who think they could make it better but all they would make is a huge pile of shit.
The last one was shit. One of the worst movies this year.

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