Newbies and Guests - Welcome.

[Captain Nemo]

Great news!

[Phoenix]

Update:  Just tried to log in to Stormfront and couldn't.  That was at 8:45 am EST.  That might indicate Don is working on the problem, as previously I either didn't need to log in or was able to if requested.

Will check again early evening.

[Elizabeth]

I just tried Stormfront and got a database error message again.

[Jotunn]

I just tried Stormfront and got a database error message again.

Yup. Been a couple of weeks now. The technical difficulties must be a doozy.

[Phoenix]

That SF member with the German name (can't recall it right now) explained how a DDoS attack on his site was handled.  All IP addresses making multiple requests per minute were immediately blocked, because no human can make more than a couple in that time.  I don't know why Cloudflare can't do the same.  Whatever their strategy is doesn't seem to work.  Al I see is a message saying, "As a registered member you are bypassing the server busy message."  So what?  The server shouldn't be busy. All extraneous requests should be blocked.  Then that message disappears and the forum crawls with pages taking forever to open or not at all. Eventually the database is compromised and here we are -- again and again.

Something has to be done.  We can't go on like this. Since it's virtually impossible to find the perps behind these attacks, there has to be genuinely effective means of combatting them.  Cloudflare is stealing people's money.

[Jotunn]

That SF member with the German name (can't recall it right now) explained how a DDoS attack on his site was handled.  All IP addresses making multiple requests per minute were immediately blocked, because no human can make more than a couple in that time.  I don't know why Cloudflare can't do the same.  Whatever their strategy is doesn't seem to work.  Al I see is a message saying, "As a registered member you are bypassing the server busy message."  So what?  The server shouldn't be busy.

There's something other than DDOS attacks at work here. I was getting the "bypassing the server busy message" notification when there was only myself and thirty guests online. A DDOS attack generally shows up as over a thousand guests visiting at once. If we're getting "bypassing the server busy message" notifications with only thirty guests online, it seems probable the server itself has somehow become severely limited in how much traffic it can handle.

[Jotunn]

Well - I tried visiting Stormfront on a browser where I wasn't logged in, and I got a proper looking forum page that said "The Stormfront Forum is currently accessible only to registered members." But once I tried logging in, bam. Right back to the "server busy" error message.

[Elizabeth]

I am still getting "database error" on my Chrome browser.  It's the only browser I can try because my laptop is a Chromebook.

[Phoenix]

There's something other than DDOS attacks at work here. 

Yes, I didn't mean to suggest a DDoS attack was still ongoing.  Thpugh I'm no IT guy, I'd say it's pretty likely the constant attacks have created the current problem, whatever its exact nature.

As I said, this isn't the first time ... or the second ... or the third ... etc etc... this has happened.  But it has to stop somehow.

Update 5:40 am EST:  Still getting database error on stormfront.org.

[Elizabeth]

I texted Ruthless that we are still unable to get Stormfront.  She said "Don still working on trying to get the site back up".

[Phoenix]

Thanks for the update, Elizabeth.  I was beginning to wonder if what we'd heard was accurate or not.

This must be the mother of all database errors.

[Jotunn]

Time to rein in my paranoia horse and relax a bit I guess.

Errrmmmm..... please don't tell anyone I panicked and sent police to an empty house! 

[Elizabeth]

Thanks for the update, Elizabeth.  I was beginning to wonder if what we'd heard was accurate or not.

This must be the mother of all database errors.

I also wonder if what Ruthless told me is accurate or not. 

[Elizabeth]

Time to rein in my paranoia horse and relax a bit I guess.

Errrmmmm..... please don't tell anyone I panicked and sent police to an empty house! 

You did the right thing.  I wanted to do more and fill out a missing person report.

I wish Merlin and or Don Black would register here to let us know for sure they are alright.

[Elizabeth]

I texted Ruthless asking her to ask vikingcelt to register on AryanGuard.org and to ask him to ask Don Black and Merlin to please register too so they can reassure us.