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Offline Tweak

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Heeeeeeeeere's the forums!
« on: February 05, 2013, 06:15:04 PM »
So..it's been a few busy days.

After the announcement last week of the DoS attack, the forums were once again attacked. They were brought online pretty quickly on a new IP so that no other sites on the server were affected and..another DoS attack promptly took them down again.

At this point measures were started to put in place. We're now using a completely new IP with no relation to the old ones and are using the DNS services of CloudFlare to not only improve performance but also increase security by providing DoS protection and hide the actual server IP from being found.

This should hopefully keep us running. It appears the attacks were a general Furry-oriented attack and not specifically aimed at the forums.

On that note, continue to enjoy using the forums. Anyone who wants to attempt to find the actual server IP (it doesn't start with 108!) please feel free. I feel confident it's virtually impossible to find but a crowd effort would be of use. Anyone who manages to find it and PM it to me with the method they used will be offered a reward.

We're back and thanks for bearing with us.
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Re: Heeeeeeeeere's the forums!
« Reply #1 on: February 05, 2013, 06:45:39 PM »
Legendary. Just legendary. Thank you, Mr Legendary.
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Re: Heeeeeeeeere's the forums!
« Reply #2 on: February 05, 2013, 08:41:24 PM »
Truly awesome job to everyone involved in the recovery effort! I think I speak for many of us when I say our appreciation goes beyond what can merely be expressed in a forum post. Thank you so much, and here's to a long, undisrupted future of TFF!  :D
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Re: Heeeeeeeeere's the forums!
« Reply #3 on: February 05, 2013, 09:46:16 PM »
Im so happy! I thought the forums were down for good, so glad I was wrong. Thank you!  :D
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Re: Heeeeeeeeere's the forums!
« Reply #4 on: February 05, 2013, 09:54:29 PM »
Yay! :D
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Re: Heeeeeeeeere's the forums!
« Reply #5 on: February 05, 2013, 11:03:47 PM »
Hooray, thank you for all of your hard work! Can't wait to start talking to all of you again!
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Re: Heeeeeeeeere's the forums!
« Reply #6 on: February 05, 2013, 11:58:35 PM »
Forums are back, forums are back, forums are back. *runs around in excited circles*

ANYWAYS. I am so glad this was resolved, I thought it could be a while yet until this settled. I shall pass my thanks to any and all involved in assisting this recovery!
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Re: Heeeeeeeeere's the forums!
« Reply #7 on: February 06, 2013, 06:47:32 AM »
Excellent job tweak! :D
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Re: Heeeeeeeeere's the forums!
« Reply #8 on: February 06, 2013, 11:42:42 AM »
Yayyy, back in business!
Why would someone want to DDoS furs though :c we are no harm
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Re: Heeeeeeeeere's the forums!
« Reply #9 on: February 06, 2013, 12:51:12 PM »
Quote from: ImaLionRoarr on February 06, 2013, 11:42:42 AM
Yayyy, back in business!
Why would someone want to DDoS furs though :c we are no harm

You need to venture further around the internet buddy XD
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Re: Heeeeeeeeere's the forums!
« Reply #10 on: February 06, 2013, 01:20:34 PM »
Quote from: anoni on February 06, 2013, 12:51:12 PM
Quote from: ImaLionRoarr on February 06, 2013, 11:42:42 AM
Yayyy, back in business!
Why would someone want to DDoS furs though :c we are no harm

You need to venture further around the internet buddy XD


Well there's a lot of hate against furry but this isn't even an adult based site (only an itsy bitsy small part)
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Re: Heeeeeeeeere's the forums!
« Reply #11 on: February 07, 2013, 03:19:54 PM »
Way to go!
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Re: Heeeeeeeeere's the forums!
« Reply #12 on: February 07, 2013, 04:24:13 PM »
I have no experience whatsoever in finding someone's IP but...

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Re: Heeeeeeeeere's the forums!
« Reply #13 on: February 07, 2013, 08:03:25 PM »
I really like the idea of offering rewards in exchange for info on loopholes and the like. Much like Firefox, they too hand out rewards to any user that finds a security hole in their browser.

Good job, and thank you.
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Re: Heeeeeeeeere's the forums!
« Reply #14 on: February 14, 2013, 03:27:01 AM »
Great job bringing the site back, guys!
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