maybe it's a Sunday thing
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.. same today, again from China
maybe it's a Sunday thing
maybe it's a Sunday thing
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I appreciate what you are doing to protect the players here.
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I agree with eclipsegirl and think that we all appreciate your constant surveillance.
When you do not have enough imagination to create a similar work you attack the other's![[thumbdn]](./images/smilies/msp_thumbdn.gif "ThumbDown")
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Someone said that the envy is the homage of the mediocrity to the excellence.
When you do not have enough imagination to create a similar work you attack the other's
.Someone said that the envy is the homage of the mediocrity to the excellence.
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still, lately it's not DDOS / attack anymore,clm wrote: When you do not have enough imagination to create a similar work you attack the other's
Someone said that the envy is the homage of the mediocrity to the excellence.
but simply the copying of information for training AI "large language models"
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and another one just now, a bit more serious,
the site was unreachable for ~ half an hour it seems.
again from China, and hitting the site at such a high rate that the "load" went up to 300
(a normal high load would be 3, for example).
I'm going to have to start blocking more IP ranges from China, unfortunately![[mellow]](./images/smilies/msp_mellow.gif "Mellow")
(hoping this will not impact the actual puzzlers from China)
the site was unreachable for ~ half an hour it seems.
again from China, and hitting the site at such a high rate that the "load" went up to 300
(a normal high load would be 3, for example).
I'm going to have to start blocking more IP ranges from China, unfortunately
(hoping this will not impact the actual puzzlers from China)
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I re-enabled the forum for a bit to collect some more "attack data".
Some more reading on the subject: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/03/2 ... -countries
Even while the forum was disabled, I logged about 40,000 requests for it in less than 24 hours,
from 184 different sources, of which 171 from China.
(a handful were from Mexico, India, Malaysia, and Vietnam).
amazing when you consider I have very few puzzlers from these countries
Some more reading on the subject: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/03/2 ... -countries
Even while the forum was disabled, I logged about 40,000 requests for it in less than 24 hours,
from 184 different sources, of which 171 from China.
(a handful were from Mexico, India, Malaysia, and Vietnam).
amazing when you consider I have very few puzzlers from these countries
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That must be very frustrating for you, Patrick.
How long was the forum down for? It seemed to be for the best part of 24 hours, or possibly longer.
I also had the site freeze as I completed my timed 8x8 two days ago.
How long was the forum down for? It seemed to be for the best part of 24 hours, or possibly longer.
I also had the site freeze as I completed my timed 8x8 two days ago.
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Yes, somehow I thought it was about 24 hours, but it was in fact about 45 hourspaulv66 wrote:That must be very frustrating for you, Patrick.
How long was the forum down for? It seemed to be for the best part of 24 h[/quoours, or possibly longer.
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The AI crawlers have left the site alone for a bit,
I'm sure I'm not the only one noticing how responsive
the site is now![[love]](./images/smilies/msp_love.gif "Love")
![[huh]](./images/smilies/msp_huh.gif "Huh")
I'm sure I'm not the only one noticing how responsive
the site is now