Comments on: Asymptotia Attacked! http://asymptotia.com/2008/01/23/asymptotia-attacked/ Mon, 08 Sep 2008 07:33:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Amiya Sarkar http://asymptotia.com/2008/01/23/asymptotia-attacked/#comment-110859 Amiya Sarkar Wed, 27 Feb 2008 13:39:39 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2008/01/23/asymptotia-attacked/#comment-110859 Now you have recovered from this symptom, glad to have you back in black! Now you have recovered from this symptom, glad to have you back in black!

]]> By: Required http://asymptotia.com/2008/01/23/asymptotia-attacked/#comment-107167 Required Fri, 01 Feb 2008 13:23:32 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2008/01/23/asymptotia-attacked/#comment-107167 I like this version. My browser couldn’t read your customized one. I second that!! I like this version. My browser couldn’t read your customized one.

I second that!!

]]> By: IrrationalPoint http://asymptotia.com/2008/01/23/asymptotia-attacked/#comment-106402 IrrationalPoint Fri, 25 Jan 2008 15:55:42 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2008/01/23/asymptotia-attacked/#comment-106402 Glad you're back. --IP Glad you’re back.

–IP

]]> By: Athena http://asymptotia.com/2008/01/23/asymptotia-attacked/#comment-106323 Athena Fri, 25 Jan 2008 04:13:46 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2008/01/23/asymptotia-attacked/#comment-106323 Missed you yesterday, glad you're back! Missed you yesterday, glad you’re back!

]]> By: Clifford http://asymptotia.com/2008/01/23/asymptotia-attacked/#comment-106317 Clifford Fri, 25 Jan 2008 03:39:43 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2008/01/23/asymptotia-attacked/#comment-106317 Jacques - thanks for the links. Interesting reading. I think I was unlucky. I can see no reason why it was tied to Wordpress per se.... Cheers, -cvj Jacques - thanks for the links. Interesting reading.

I think I was unlucky. I can see no reason why it was tied to Wordpress per se….

Cheers,

-cvj

]]> By: Pioneer1 http://asymptotia.com/2008/01/23/asymptotia-attacked/#comment-106292 Pioneer1 Fri, 25 Jan 2008 00:21:15 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2008/01/23/asymptotia-attacked/#comment-106292 I like this version. My browser couldn't read your customized one. I like this version. My browser couldn’t read your customized one.

]]> By: Josh http://asymptotia.com/2008/01/23/asymptotia-attacked/#comment-106283 Josh Thu, 24 Jan 2008 23:42:03 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2008/01/23/asymptotia-attacked/#comment-106283 Glad to see you back up. Glad to see you back up.

]]> By: pedant http://asymptotia.com/2008/01/23/asymptotia-attacked/#comment-106273 pedant Thu, 24 Jan 2008 22:30:35 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2008/01/23/asymptotia-attacked/#comment-106273 I'm glad that things are back on track; I did feel rather put out when I was denied access to my daily fix. For want of a lesser cliche, keep up the good work CVJ - don't let the buggers grind you down (It is rare to be able to seize on a precedent for the use of improper language on an essentially civilised, and civil, blog.) I’m glad that things are back on track; I did feel rather put out when I was denied access to my daily fix. For want of a lesser cliche, keep up the good work CVJ - don’t let the buggers grind you down (It is rare to be able to seize on a precedent for the use of improper language on an essentially civilised, and civil, blog.)

]]> By: Jacques Distler http://asymptotia.com/2008/01/23/asymptotia-attacked/#comment-106263 Jacques Distler Thu, 24 Jan 2008 20:56:45 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2008/01/23/asymptotia-attacked/#comment-106263 Ah. Crapflooding. Sniff. Those were the days. Back in the day, the crapflooders were targetting MovableType and LiveJournal. See <a href='http://golem.ph.utexas.edu/~distler/blog/archives/000293.html' rel="nofollow">I</a>, <a href='http://golem.ph.utexas.edu/~distler/blog/archives/000294.html' rel="nofollow">II</a>, <a href='http://golem.ph.utexas.edu/~distler/blog/archives/000304.html' rel="nofollow">III</a>, <a href='http://golem.ph.utexas.edu/~distler/blog/archives/000486.html' rel="nofollow">IV</a>. Is WordPress the new target, or are you particularly unlucky? Ah. Crapflooding. Sniff. Those were the days.

Back in the day, the crapflooders were targetting MovableType and LiveJournal.

See I, II, III,
IV.

Is WordPress the new target, or are you particularly unlucky?

]]> By: Clifford http://asymptotia.com/2008/01/23/asymptotia-attacked/#comment-106223 Clifford Thu, 24 Jan 2008 16:38:27 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2008/01/23/asymptotia-attacked/#comment-106223 Well... I don't think I beat them. The buggers just went away for now. But thanks. -cvj Well… I don’t think I beat them. The buggers just went away for now.

But thanks.

-cvj

]]> By: Elliot http://asymptotia.com/2008/01/23/asymptotia-attacked/#comment-106222 Elliot Thu, 24 Jan 2008 16:31:00 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2008/01/23/asymptotia-attacked/#comment-106222 Sorry. This is disturbing. If the attackers can be identified, I hope the ISP will take both criminal and civil action against them. I also think that when you purchase hosting services from a provider, they should have mechanisms in place to shut off DOS attacks pretty quickly without affecting your site. If they don't well... they should.... Anyway it is comforting to see the site back. e. Sorry. This is disturbing. If the attackers can be identified, I hope the ISP will take both criminal and civil action against them. I also think that when you purchase hosting services from a provider, they should have mechanisms in place to shut off DOS attacks pretty quickly without affecting your site. If they don’t well… they should….

Anyway it is comforting to see the site back.

e.

]]> By: Yvette http://asymptotia.com/2008/01/23/asymptotia-attacked/#comment-106217 Yvette Thu, 24 Jan 2008 16:00:15 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2008/01/23/asymptotia-attacked/#comment-106217 Glad to hear you beat the buggers Clifford! :) Glad to hear you beat the buggers Clifford! :)

]]> By: Mary Cole http://asymptotia.com/2008/01/23/asymptotia-attacked/#comment-106182 Mary Cole Thu, 24 Jan 2008 13:03:58 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2008/01/23/asymptotia-attacked/#comment-106182 Glad you're back! Good luck with the rebuilding. Glad you’re back! Good luck with the rebuilding.

]]> By: Christine http://asymptotia.com/2008/01/23/asymptotia-attacked/#comment-106171 Christine Thu, 24 Jan 2008 10:33:33 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2008/01/23/asymptotia-attacked/#comment-106171 I hope you can recover from the attack as smoothly as possible. Best wishes. I hope you can recover from the attack as smoothly as possible.

Best wishes.

]]> By: Clifford http://asymptotia.com/2008/01/23/asymptotia-attacked/#comment-106157 Clifford Thu, 24 Jan 2008 06:44:06 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2008/01/23/asymptotia-attacked/#comment-106157 Thanks Carl and Supernova. I hope to rebuild the site look on the weekend. -cvj Thanks Carl and Supernova. I hope to rebuild the site look on the weekend.

-cvj

]]> By: Clifford http://asymptotia.com/2008/01/23/asymptotia-attacked/#comment-106156 Clifford Thu, 24 Jan 2008 06:41:04 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2008/01/23/asymptotia-attacked/#comment-106156 Amara: - Yes, I tried methods of that nature. Did not seem to work. I have a few more things to try for next time. -cvj Amara: - Yes, I tried methods of that nature. Did not seem to work. I have a few more things to try for next time.

-cvj

]]> By: Supernova http://asymptotia.com/2008/01/23/asymptotia-attacked/#comment-106154 Supernova Thu, 24 Jan 2008 06:12:26 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2008/01/23/asymptotia-attacked/#comment-106154 I miss the Asymptotia logo -- glad to hear things are settling down and it will be back anon. I miss the Asymptotia logo — glad to hear things are settling down and it will be back anon.

]]> By: Carl Brannen http://asymptotia.com/2008/01/23/asymptotia-attacked/#comment-106153 Carl Brannen Thu, 24 Jan 2008 05:59:59 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2008/01/23/asymptotia-attacked/#comment-106153 I'm glad you're back. I once got annoyed at the spambots looking around my sites for email addresses and wrote some php to give them blank pages. It was a pain, and likely had no real effect on spam. I’m glad you’re back. I once got annoyed at the spambots looking around my sites for email addresses and wrote some php to give them blank pages. It was a pain, and likely had no real effect on spam.

]]> By: Amara http://asymptotia.com/2008/01/23/asymptotia-attacked/#comment-106149 Amara Thu, 24 Jan 2008 05:08:55 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2008/01/23/asymptotia-attacked/#comment-106149 I'm so sorry, Clifford. I see now that blogs suffer the same vandalistic behavior that web sites experience. In the summer of 2005, I had that same kind of attack that you just described, at perhaps a lower intensity, and it continued for about one month. Verio's only advice to me was to put the domains from where the attacks came into my .htaccess file, in order to forbid them access. There were something like a thousand of them (distributed attack), but some of them were from blocks of IP domains that were cycling through the last set of addresses. That helped me a little, I but still lost many hours. I hope the sys admins can devise better strategies against these kinds of attacks so their clients don't lose so much time trying to solve it on their own. I’m so sorry, Clifford. I see now that blogs suffer the same vandalistic behavior that web sites experience. In the summer of 2005, I had that same kind of attack that you just described, at perhaps a lower intensity, and it continued for about one month. Verio’s only advice to me was to put the domains from where the attacks came into my .htaccess file, in order to forbid them access. There were something like a thousand of them (distributed attack), but some of them were from blocks of IP domains that were cycling through the last set of addresses. That helped me a little, I but still lost many hours. I hope the sys admins can devise better strategies against these kinds of attacks so their clients don’t lose so much time trying to solve it on their own.

]]> By: Jude http://asymptotia.com/2008/01/23/asymptotia-attacked/#comment-106141 Jude Thu, 24 Jan 2008 03:56:24 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2008/01/23/asymptotia-attacked/#comment-106141 Wow. Glad you're back. Wow. Glad you’re back.

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