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[VUPDblue]

It's not us. The provider has been experiencing...difficulties...today.

 

[edsinger]

It's not us. The provider has been experiencing...difficulties...today.

Ah that explains it, I started reading this thread and realized it was 2 weeks old and up until this weekend the speed was great!

 

[! twitty]

It's not us. The provider has been experiencing...difficulties...today.

So we don't have our own server on our own service?

 

[VUPDblue]

The new server is great. The hardware and software is performing as it should. Obviously there is a problem, and it lies with the provider. They have been experiencing a DDoS attack (Distributed Denial of Service) which is basically a huge number of pings maliciously directed at a site on their network. This is bringing their hosting to a crawl at best and is affecting INGO. This is analogous to buying a new jumbo jet to transport all your customers, hiring a great pilot, filling up on premium jet fuel only to be delayed on the runway due to a glitch with the Air Traffic Controllers.

 

[VUPDblue]

So we don't have our own server on our own service?

Yes, we own the hardware. I am outside my realm of comprehension on some of this stuff so I don't know how to exactly explain an answer to your question. I will try to get Scutter or Anthony to answer.

 

[Scutter01]

So we don't have our own server on our own service?

We are on a dedicated server, and a pretty gosh-darn fast one at that. Performance since the move has already proven that. However, the provider who hosts our server also hosts web servers for many other clients. One of those clients appears to be suffering from a distributed denial of service attack and we're collateral damage. The details are sketchy right now.

The service provider is working on the problem, but there's not a lot we can do about it at the moment.

This is analogous to buying a new jumbo jet to transport all your customers, hiring a great pilot, filling up on premium jet fuel only to be delayed on the runway due to a glitch with the Air Traffic Controllers.

A better analogy is that, just as we're taxiing to the runway, eighty other airports start sending hundreds of planes to our airport, completely monopolizing the runway we're trying to use.

 

[VUPDblue]

Thanks Frank. You explain it so good...

 

[right winger]

 

[GREEN607]

What is with teh server today? Has Anthony been doing updates or what? Keeps going in and out all day.

Yep, I had it too......took about 17 tries to get onboard today. Thought maybe it was my ISP..... cause we've been 'round that block before.

Had 4 PM's when I 'connected', and I never have any PM's! I know it ain't my sudden charming self.

They'll "git 'er done" peeps. Remember, the internet is the modern Murphy's Law.......

 

[Bill of Rights]

We are on a dedicated server, and a pretty gosh-darn fast one at that. Performance since the move has already proven that. However, the provider who hosts our server also hosts web servers for many other clients. One of those clients appears to be suffering from a distributed denial of service attack and we're collateral damage. The details are sketchy right now.

The service provider is working on the problem, but there's not a lot we can do about it at the moment.



A better analogy is that, just as we're taxiing to the runway, eighty other airports start sending hundreds of planes to our airport, completely monopolizing the runway we're trying to use.

Dang, Mr. [STRIKE]Lamarr[/STRIKE] Scutter,

 

[! twitty]

We are on a dedicated server, and a pretty gosh-darn fast one at that. Performance since the move has already proven that. However, the provider who hosts our server also hosts web servers for many other clients. One of those clients appears to be suffering from a distributed denial of service attack and we're collateral damage. The details are sketchy right now.

Ah, that makes sense. Thanks for the update.