Server Busy Errors

[+Audioboxer Subscriber²]

I guess the rumour of vista 7 beta hitting today is killing the NW servers?

Sorry, the server is too busy to handle your request, please try again in a moment

Edited January 5, 2009 by Audioboxer

[Rob Veteran]

Nope, wondering if it's a DOS attack actually, will keep you guys updated.

[threesixtyflip]

I have also noticed this, for me the latest forum activity ticker seems to be what is causing the problems for me. Then after that I refresh and get a message saying too many users.

[+Audioboxer Subscriber²]

Nope, wondering if it's a DOS attack actually, will keep you guys updated.

(Y)

Okay I edited the title to be a bit more informative seeing as it's not related to traffic it seems.

[Numpad]

an attack?? battle stations!!!

trust no one :shiftyninja:

[Rob Veteran]

DoS attack confirmed, IP address blocked, should be fixed.

[Mercellus]

Everything is back to normal for me. Good work. :)

[Brad.]

Daymn, was it you guys who took the board offline or was it the attacker? :/

[Rob Veteran]

We took it down while we investigated.

[Brad.]

Ah okay fair enough, good job anyway (Y) :)

[Dance.]

Ah, thought as much. Was having a lot of difficulty accessing the site :(

[threesixtyflip]

Everything is back to normal now, good work guys/ladies at neowin :D

200th post woo!

[Panacik]

DoS attack confirmed, IP address blocked, should be fixed.

Hmm, i am GUESSING i know who is behind this...

[Numpad]

Hmm, i am GUESSING i know who is behind this...

do tell... its god, isnt it... :|

[Barney T. Administrators]

DoS attack confirmed, IP address blocked, should be fixed.

Nice work, Rob! (Y)

No wonder Steve pays you the big bucks!!

[DrunknMunky Veteran]

I wouldn't want to be the guy attacking Neowin. I seen what happened the last time in 2002/3? lol

[FiB3R]

I wouldn't want to be the guy attacking Neowin. I seen what happened the last time in 2002/3? lol

What happened last time? :ninja:

[Barney T. Administrators]

What happened last time? :ninja:

https://www.neowin.net/index.php?act=view&a...gain)%252005-25

That was quite an event. Little kids should not have computers...

[+Audioboxer Subscriber²]

https://www.neowin.net/index.php?act=view&a...gain)%252005-25

That was quite an event. Little kids should not have computers...

Link is dead for me?

Anyway

Right now Neowin is swamped, slow, and sometimes gives "Server too busy" messages. This started a couple of hours ago and I expect this to continue for as long as the datacenter (rackshack) allows it and eventually pulls the plug (routing to our server). This is caused by yet another DoS (Denial of Service) attack where a person is sending 1000's of packets to common ports on our server (in this case apache) The person doing this goes by the name of kidd0 who is 12 years old (yea I know) and can be found at the website www.<< spam >>. He was banned for breaking the rules some time ago and has since recruited another member from Neowin who relayed threats and admissions of previous DoS attacks for kidd0 until he was also banned from here. Additionally the site has also started to use newslogos from Neowin without permission or credit yet surprisingly they do source some of our news stories. I don't usually post information relating to these types of attacks but since they are happening too frequently lately with no end in sight and resulting in downtime of up to 48 hours for some visitors I felt it was only fair to tell everyone why they can't browse the site properly. kidd0 has made no secret and has admitted at a number of sites for being responsible for downtimes at Neowin and other sites. Its a shame that this kid has way too much power (controls some sort of zombie trojan on 1000's of infected PC's) and nothing better to do than destroy the same type of community that he appears to duplicate at his own site. I feel pretty powerless and fed up at the same time. So if I don't answer your emails or PM's demanding to know why you can't get to the site or why your IP was "blocked" its because the routing will be disabled again which means there will be downtime before people can access the site again. IPS (Invision Power Services, our host) are aware of this, so please don't bother to bombard them with emails, they are also doing what they can to rectify the situation. On behalf of the Neowin Team, Thanks for your continued patience and support, I hope this is sorted soon.

Source: https://www.hackinthebox.org/modules.php?op...le&sid=9986

Sorry it's not formatted better...

[sundayx Veteran]

No wonder Steve pays you the big bucks!!

:shiftyninja:

[matthewmarley]

Good work guys !!

[Barney T. Administrators]

Link is dead for me?

Anyway

Source: https://www.hackinthebox.org/modules.php?op...le&sid=9986

Sorry it's not formatted better...

That is where my link goes......

[Panacik]

do tell... its god, isnt it... :|

Nope. I could be wrong, but its a very coincidental turn of events...

[DrunknMunky Veteran]

What happened last time? :ninja:

Lets just say you don't attack a website with some of the best techies around :p

You may just find them on your doorstep, and not very happy lol

[+Audioboxer Subscriber²]

That is where my link goes......

Your link just takes me to https://www.neowin.net as if the article isn't found? :huh:

You posted this - https://www.neowin.net/index.php?act=view&a...gain)%252005-25