we are under attack!

[Whiteman]

... and I was blaming the trans-pacific connection until I remembered my web site is hosted in the US and it is performing flawlessly!

[UK Ron]

Very slow here in the UK again this morning.

Me too 

[Dave Bentley]

Slow in Oz as well

[Keta]

What is there gain from attacking a "critical" site like this?

[alantani]

guess it's just what they do..... 

[Keta]

I can come up with things I'd like to do to them.

[Normslanding]

Does't seem to bad here, now.

[Ron Jones]

It is just what they do, but it might be more than you realize.

If this isn't just some kid being an idiot, this could be only the beginning. Getting access to the sight is the first step. That opens the door to more attacks and data collection that gives data about users and administrative access. This allows them to find all sorts of data and maybe, unfortunately, spam the sight with advertising and all other garbage we don't want here.

Why would they do this here? Have you goggled Alan Tani lately? Their are lots of individuals in the know that refer to him concerning all things reel. But it gets better; search for Keta and find out about his stainless dogs, or Dawn at Smooth Drag or or or ... All of these people come here and all are significant parts of the large cottage industry of reel repair. Can you imagine if one of their spams caught Alan's attention and he acquired the product and then liked it and gave it his blessing here? How many here have a tube of Blue Yamaha marine grease because it is what Alan Tani uses? Lots of people spend lots of money trying to make this happen, and it happens every day. I spent 3 years teaching sailors how to protect Naval networks from this crap.

So, just a little enlightenment about the seedy, horrible dark world of hacking. All in all..

I"D RATHER BE FISHING!!

Ron

[alantani]

ron, i know you're right, but i would think that the lack of advertising here would make this place much less a target.  there is no money being passed around here, and certainly no launch codes.  the guys that are popping up and guys that tried to register and are then banned.  they go onto a banned list.  (i think) the software does not even allow them to look at the site at all.  and yet keep on trying to ping the site.  each time they come up on the error board to indicate that they were blocked.  so i'm guessing that the software is working the way it's supposed to, but the site is still slowing way down.  i dunno...... 

[Ron Jones]

I would think that a Go Daddy block list would not effect this sight. Have you contacted them yet? They would have more info.

Ron

[alantani]

stephen is my go to web guy and he is checking.  i was thinking about going to a dedicated server, but the costs would be prohibitive.

[alantani]

well, there have been 690 attempts to view the site from this same guy from 1:59pm to 3:14pm.  if nothing else, he is persistant.

[Norcal Pescador]

I just jumped on and it happened at Warp 10! Go figure. Did the idiot finally give up?

[kamuwela]

i must be getting old cause i was falling asleep waiting.

[Keta]

Slow for me again this morning.