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« on: January 15, 2016, 07:23:04 pm »
Help please. My forum.....http://wilds.smfforfree.com/index.php....is down, and has been for the past hour and 20 minutes. It was down about 6 PM Central Time, and it is now 7:20 PM. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I get a message that says "This webpage is not available."

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Re: Forum Down
« Reply #1 on: January 15, 2016, 07:26:52 pm »
Currently under a DDOS attack have to wait until the attack stops   >:(
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Re: Forum Down
« Reply #2 on: January 15, 2016, 07:30:05 pm »
I don't know what "DDOS attack" means or entails, but I do appreciate VERY much your quick response to my post, and that you know what the problem is. I know you are doing a great job. Thank you!

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Re: Forum Down
« Reply #3 on: January 15, 2016, 07:36:10 pm »
Incidentally, my forum is back up and running smoothly, so all is well. Again, thanks.

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Re: Forum Down
« Reply #4 on: January 21, 2016, 07:43:11 pm »

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Re: Forum Down
« Reply #5 on: January 22, 2016, 06:58:29 pm »

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Re: Forum Down
« Reply #6 on: January 22, 2016, 10:38:38 pm »
I don't know what "DDOS attack" means or entails, but I do appreciate VERY much your quick response to my post, and that you know what the problem is. I know you are doing a great job. Thank you!

Sorry for the late reply on this, but "DDOS" stands for Direct Denial of Service. Basically, it's routing lots of data into one place (a server in this case) so it becomes overwhelmed and shuts down.

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Re: Forum Down
« Reply #8 on: January 23, 2016, 05:32:20 am »
Andrew, thank you for that explanation.

 

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