THR is down right now...again - Page 6

tydephan · May 29, 2007, 09:23 AM

Thanks Mal.

I know that what I'm asking perhaps has no answer. I was just thinking that if you guys have successfully repelled the attacks, then maybe Oleg could employ the same host and/or services.

It may be that you guys have simply not been targeted.

ilbob · May 29, 2007, 09:26 AM

I have a hard time believing any credible group would be involved in something like this. Eventually it would get out and the backlash would be worse than any benefit they might gain from it.

My guess is some lonely, pimply faced kid with no life.

NCLivingBrit · May 29, 2007, 09:26 AM

Well, I joined up here the other day even without the DDOS spur, even had my username from THR free

Gotta love working a desk job with big pause times, I get to read TFL and THR (when it's up) all day!

Sounds to me like their host is at best lazy about their security, which is never good.

Erebus · May 29, 2007, 09:36 AM

I wonder how many of these forums are hosted by the same provider. Could be some script kiddie that discovered an easy crop of victims. The only thing more aggravating than a constant sustained attack is an intermittent one.

Oh yea another THR refugee here. Registered around the same time as THR but been here only once or twice.

txgho1911 · May 29, 2007, 09:55 AM

The best possible tool to kill these attacks would be an upstream filter where ISPs are linked. Then a blackhole accross the internet for a leanth of time.

This could kill VOIP and other streaming data uses.

Did TFL just drop offline for some people in the last hour?

I lost TFL AR15 for a few minutes and they are all back up when I returned just a minute ago.

Nightfall · May 29, 2007, 10:01 AM

So when thinking of culprits, how many APS refugees had Blackburn as their first thought? Anybody?

Hanzerik · May 29, 2007, 10:10 AM

So this is where everyone is hanging out.

sargenv · May 29, 2007, 10:10 AM

I too am a THR refugee but I've been on other forums for several years. It seems that I tend to find other forums from being on specific forums. I think I'd heard of TFL before but didn't expand my horizons until this weekend. Glad to be here and all that but I wish those idjuts that inconvenience us would just cut it out and get a life.. Though without THR being down, I wouldn't have discovered another forum to read in my down time..

mountainclmbr · May 29, 2007, 10:24 AM

THR and APS are still off for me.

armoredman · May 29, 2007, 10:28 AM

This is getting very annoying.

**Mike Irwin** · May 29, 2007, 11:08 AM

"So when thinking of culprits, how many APS refugees had Blackburn as their first thought? Anybody?"

I'd be a liar if I said that it hadn't crossed my mind a time or three.

fistful · May 29, 2007, 11:11 AM

Quote:

So when thinking of culprits, how many APS refugees had Blackburn as their first thought?

http://www.thefiringline.com/forums/...4&postcount=17

Bogie · May 29, 2007, 11:20 AM

I still think that this would make EXCELLENT fodder for O'Reilly, etc., regarding the suppression of free speech... Seeing that the whole mess originated from up toward Chicago...

JWarren · May 29, 2007, 11:27 AM

Hi all at TFL, and good to see you to the refugees of THR. I got around to registering here and I'll be around if you guys will have me.

-- John

Dixie_Amazon · May 29, 2007, 11:30 AM

Another wandering THG member here.

Ex-MA Hole · May 29, 2007, 11:34 AM

Mike, Scapegoat AND Fistful, ah, yup.

I hear you. Fistful/ Scapegoat, I'd love TO hear you TWO, TOO.

Joey · May 29, 2007, 11:41 AM

Today 09:10 AM Hanzerik So this is where everyone is hanging out.

It's a good place, many years ago TFL was the place on the web & then the owners took a break for a year or more. THR was created to fill the void left behind by TFL closing it's doors.

Now they both are great places to hang your hat

Zak Smith · May 29, 2007, 11:44 AM

On my linux box, I use the iptables module "limit" to drop packets incoming from hosts that send too many requests per minute. Would this kind of thing help?

tydephan · May 29, 2007, 11:49 AM

To all the refugees from THR/APS:

Welcome to The Firing Line. As I have stated in one of my previous posts, I actually went the other way. I cut my teeth on TFL and learned a lot. I ghosted on THR for a long time before finally joining. I enjoy The High Road immensely, but still find my time on TFL very fulfilling.

So welcome to the TFL, the unofficial THR support group.

One of our senior members, sm, has opened a "Welcome" post to new members in the General Discussion area with some great links to check out (I enjoyed checking in each day to read the latest on Rich's Zimbabwe expedition last year - still makes for a great read!).

Welcome to TFL

mtnbkr · May 29, 2007, 12:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bogie

Seeing that the whole mess originated from up toward Chicago...

Which means nothing. It could be starting up there or it could be that those machines are compromised as well. The attack could have started from anywhere, including your house.

For example: While down in Alabama, I logged into my server at home in Virginia via SSH. Anything I did from that box would appear to be coming from Virginia, even though I was sitting in Alabama. It's not as simple as saying "ooh ooh, the packets are coming from x.x.x.x".

Chris

Mtdew · May 29, 2007, 12:18 PM

Well I leave for the weekend and THR just cannot stand to be without me. LOL.

Hey everyone from THR, This is Arkie!!!

The Biker · May 29, 2007, 12:22 PM

Hey Folks, guess who?

Biker

cosine · May 29, 2007, 12:22 PM

Ahh... I'm glad there's a refuge here for wandering, lost APS and THR souls.

tenbase · May 29, 2007, 12:24 PM

so who brought the beer?

The Biker · May 29, 2007, 12:26 PM

*Burp*.

Biker

May 29, 2007, 09:26 AM	#128
NCLivingBrit Member Join Date: May 22, 2007 Location: Raleigh, NC Posts: 39	Well, I joined up here the other day even without the DDOS spur, even had my username from THR free Gotta love working a desk job with big pause times, I get to read TFL and THR (when it's up) all day! Sounds to me like their host is at best lazy about their security, which is never good. __________________ The very existence of flamethrowers proves that sometime, somewhere, someone said to themselves, “You know, I want to set those people over there on fire, but I’m just not close enough to get the job done.” - George Carlin

May 29, 2007, 09:55 AM	#130
txgho1911 Member Join Date: September 26, 2005 Posts: 45	The best possible tool to kill these attacks would be an upstream filter where ISPs are linked. Then a blackhole accross the internet for a leanth of time. This could kill VOIP and other streaming data uses. Did TFL just drop offline for some people in the last hour? I lost TFL AR15 for a few minutes and they are all back up when I returned just a minute ago. __________________ socialnewswatchDOTcom instead of Drudge

May 29, 2007, 10:01 AM	#131
Nightfall Member Join Date: May 18, 2004 Location: VA Posts: 17	So when thinking of culprits, how many APS refugees had Blackburn as their first thought? Anybody? __________________ Peace is good. Freedom is better.

May 29, 2007, 10:24 AM	#134
mountainclmbr Senior Member Join Date: May 29, 2007 Location: On a mountain in the Colorado Rockies Posts: 966	THR and APS are still off for me. __________________ "The unfettered free market has been the most radically destructive force in American life in the last generation." - Hillary Clinton

May 29, 2007, 11:08 AM	#136
Mike Irwin Staff Join Date: April 13, 2000 Location: Northern Virginia Posts: 41,380	"So when thinking of culprits, how many APS refugees had Blackburn as their first thought? Anybody?" I'd be a liar if I said that it hadn't crossed my mind a time or three. __________________ "The gift which I am sending you is called a dog, and is in fact the most precious and valuable possession of mankind" -Theodorus Gaza Baby Jesus cries when the fat redneck doesn't have military-grade firepower.

May 29, 2007, 09:23 AM	#126
tydephan Senior Member Join Date: August 14, 2006 Location: Huntsville, AL Posts: 437	Thanks Mal. I know that what I'm asking perhaps has no answer. I was just thinking that if you guys have successfully repelled the attacks, then maybe Oleg could employ the same host and/or services. It may be that you guys have simply not been targeted.

May 29, 2007, 09:26 AM	#127
ilbob Senior Member Join Date: November 29, 2006 Location: Northern Illinois Posts: 515	I have a hard time believing any credible group would be involved in something like this. Eventually it would get out and the backlash would be worse than any benefit they might gain from it. My guess is some lonely, pimply faced kid with no life.

May 29, 2007, 09:36 AM	#129
Erebus Junior Member Join Date: August 29, 2006 Location: North Centrl MA Posts: 5	I wonder how many of these forums are hosted by the same provider. Could be some script kiddie that discovered an easy crop of victims. The only thing more aggravating than a constant sustained attack is an intermittent one. Oh yea another THR refugee here. Registered around the same time as THR but been here only once or twice.

May 29, 2007, 10:10 AM	#132
Hanzerik Member Join Date: February 23, 2007 Location: Wyoming Posts: 41	So this is where everyone is hanging out.

May 29, 2007, 10:10 AM	#133
sargenv Member Join Date: May 29, 2007 Location: Bay Area, CA Posts: 72	I too am a THR refugee but I've been on other forums for several years. It seems that I tend to find other forums from being on specific forums. I think I'd heard of TFL before but didn't expand my horizons until this weekend. Glad to be here and all that but I wish those idjuts that inconvenience us would just cut it out and get a life.. Though without THR being down, I wouldn't have discovered another forum to read in my down time..

May 29, 2007, 10:28 AM	#135
armoredman Senior Member Join Date: May 22, 2007 Location: Arizona Posts: 5,297	This is getting very annoying.

May 29, 2007, 11:20 AM	#138
Bogie Senior Member Join Date: June 5, 2000 Location: Job hunting on the road... Posts: 3,827	I still think that this would make EXCELLENT fodder for O'Reilly, etc., regarding the suppression of free speech... Seeing that the whole mess originated from up toward Chicago... __________________ Job hunting, but helping a friend out at www.vikingmachineusa.com - and learning the finer aspects of becoming a precision machinist. And making the world's greatest bottle openers!

May 29, 2007, 11:27 AM	#139
JWarren Junior Member Join Date: May 29, 2007 Location: MS and LA Posts: 0	New THR refugee checking in. Hi all at TFL, and good to see you to the refugees of THR. I got around to registering here and I'll be around if you guys will have me. -- John

May 29, 2007, 11:30 AM	#140
Dixie_Amazon Junior Member Join Date: May 27, 2007 Location: Red Stick, LA Posts: 1	Another wandering THG member here. Last edited by Dixie_Amazon; May 29, 2007 at 11:31 AM. Reason: Spelling

May 29, 2007, 11:34 AM	#141
Ex-MA Hole Member Join Date: September 8, 2004 Location: Concord, New Hampsha' Posts: 26	Mike, Scapegoat AND Fistful, ah, yup. I hear you. Fistful/ Scapegoat, I'd love TO hear you TWO, TOO. __________________ Ex-MA Hole on APS and THR, too.

May 29, 2007, 11:41 AM	#142
Joey Senior Member Join Date: June 28, 1999 Posts: 437	Today 09:10 AM Hanzerik So this is where everyone is hanging out. It's a good place, many years ago TFL was the place on the web & then the owners took a break for a year or more. THR was created to fill the void left behind by TFL closing it's doors. Now they both are great places to hang your hat

May 29, 2007, 11:44 AM	#143
Zak Smith Senior Member Join Date: December 12, 1999 Location: Fort Collins, Colorado, USA Posts: 2,682	On my linux box, I use the iptables module "limit" to drop packets incoming from hosts that send too many requests per minute. Would this kind of thing help? __________________ Zak Smith . DEMIGOD LLC . THUNDER BEAST ARMS CORP . COLORADO MULTI-GUN *My PM inbox full? Send e-mail instead.*

May 29, 2007, 11:49 AM	#144
tydephan Senior Member Join Date: August 14, 2006 Location: Huntsville, AL Posts: 437	To all the refugees from THR/APS: Welcome to The Firing Line. As I have stated in one of my previous posts, I actually went the other way. I cut my teeth on TFL and learned a lot. I ghosted on THR for a long time before finally joining. I enjoy The High Road immensely, but still find my time on TFL very fulfilling. So welcome to the TFL, the unofficial THR support group. One of our senior members, sm, has opened a "Welcome" post to new members in the General Discussion area with some great links to check out (I enjoyed checking in each day to read the latest on Rich's Zimbabwe expedition last year - still makes for a great read!). Welcome to TFL

May 29, 2007, 12:18 PM	#146
Mtdew Member Join Date: October 19, 2005 Location: arkansas Posts: 28	Well I leave for the weekend and THR just cannot stand to be without me. LOL. Hey everyone from THR, This is Arkie!!!

May 29, 2007, 12:22 PM	#147
The Biker Member Join Date: May 29, 2007 Posts: 45	Hey Folks, guess who? Biker

May 29, 2007, 12:22 PM	#148
cosine Member Join Date: February 8, 2006 Location: Suburb of Milwaukee, Wisconsin Posts: 46	Ahh... I'm glad there's a refuge here for wandering, lost APS and THR souls. __________________ The right to keep and bear arms is a gift from our creator. I am just a man. I do not have the authority to decide who can and can't bear arms. If you think you have the authority to decide who can and can't bear arms, you are no friend to liberty. -- Molon Labe, THR

May 29, 2007, 12:24 PM	#149
tenbase Junior Member Join Date: March 3, 2006 Location: Alexandria, VA USA Posts: 0	so who brought the beer?

May 29, 2007, 12:26 PM	#150
The Biker Member Join Date: May 29, 2007 Posts: 45	Burp. Biker

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