Cloudflare activated

[TJ]

Sorry for the slowness and downtime folks. I tried rebooting it 4-5 times last night. It would be ok for a few minutes before it got swarmed with connections. I turned everything off for guests. It was running pretty well when I went to bed. Then it was not accessible again this morning.

I signed up with Cloudflare and enabled the Under Attack Mode (Show visitors a JavaScript challenge when they visit your site) for now. I also enabled Super Bot Fight Mode (Block AI bots and challenge bots from any source that may carry out attacks like content scraping and credential stuffing using the standard configuration of Super Bot Fight Mode.) I'm still going through the options.

It will be an extra $25 a month, but it will be worth it if it prevents the DDos attacks and greatly improves the speed.

Please let me know if you are having any issues.

[opus]

Suggestion—— Maybe also post this on chitchat for more eyeballs?

I do like the thread title. Sounds like a super hero movie catchphrase.

[TJ]

One thing that still isn't working is the mail server. I can't connect to it. I don't know if the e-mail notifications are being sent out.

[stevea]

I see the guests are slowly dwindling -- great news.

Let us know if you need help with Cloudflare.

[icecream]

This is a bouncy thread. First on chit chat, then site feedback, now back to chit chat.

[TJ]

Apologies to all the bots out there. Your days are numbered.

Server Load Averages 2.58 2.42 2.31 | 3,720 Users Online (19 members and 3,701 guests)

[stevea]

That's ["bouncy thread"] part of the Cloudflare suite of offerings lol

[opus]

So far I’ve proudly been found to be human every time.

In regards to what we talking about before, Primetimer also installed Cloudflare today.

When bad things are happening, always follow the money to find the cause. I say Cloudfare is behind all the attacks.

[TJ]

Originally Posted by opus

So far I’ve proudly been found to be human every time.

In regards to what we talking about before, Primetimer also installed Cloudflare today.

When bad things are happening, always follow the money to find the cause. I say Cloudfare is behind all the attacks.

I wonder if Dude111 will be able to prove he is human with javascript disabled. I don't know how the challenge system works with older browsers.

Cloudflare is pretty much a necessity these days. I have no idea where all the bots were coming from. I've never seen so many different IP addresses connecting from around the world. The downside is that Cloudflare has an outage, we will go down like the millions of sites who are using them.

The e-mail server should be running again now. Our host was able to fix it. I just got about 400 e-mails from today.

I remember when all the antivirus software programs were the rage. It seems like those software companies had a financial benefit to all of the viruses.

[Bonniegirl]

But I AM a robot !!! " It does not compute" " Danger, Danger" !!

[Dude111]

Yes Im trying to work with Todd and see if I can get in here directly...

Right now I can only get here thru a proxy... (Which is bizarre Cloudfare allows it)

Speed is OK thru the proxy right now.......

I love you Todd....... Im sorry this is costing you more.... We really need to find out whats wrong with our site!!

[ThisLittlePiggy]

I always laugh when they tell me, we're verifying if you are human....this could take a few minutes...LOL

[ThisLittlePiggy]

Originally Posted by Bonniegirl

But I AM a robot !!! " It does not compute" " Danger, Danger" !!

[Dude111]

Yes and Im glad/thankful it doesnt say that when I goto most sites... Thats an annoyance also...

Its sad these bad people have made things so hard for innocent people who dont mean anyone any harm.......

[Dude111]

Oh my lord,im back in direct!!!!!!!

THANK YOU TODD...... I LOVE YOU SO MUCH,IM SORRY FOR GETTING UPSET AND ALL!!!

I didnt mean it......... I love you Todd!!!!!!!