A few minutes ago, I was posting a new thread when pufff! 404 Error, after I tried again Error 500, it only lasted a few minutes, but I just want to ask...

What happend?

Oh just your run of the mill friendly DDoS attack :)

Nothing like blocking hostile requests on your holiday weekend! :D

I figured it was something like that. It started with the site loading slowly, and then 500 error followed by 404 + nginx.

Only lasted about 20-30 minutes for me though - not bad, considering how heavily WHT can get hit at times. ProxyShield to the rescue? :)

Well I have my own in house solution for the attacks I can handle :) This would be one of them but when the occasional pest crops up that I can't squash I hand it off to Ameen at Gigenet :)

Well, it's good to know it's been handled and those DDoS attackers have been corrected

Probably the resuly of SWR having too much Christmas Pudding laced with brandy. Kinda sends him nutty for a few minutes.

owm