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11-18-2009, 04:19 PM #1WHT Addict
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Exceeded allocated monthly traffic(attacked)
hi
we recieved email about Exceeded allocated monthly traffic.
it says Please take note that the allocated traffic included with
your Budget-Performance (calculated by GB of traffic) has been exceeded Traffic generated for the month of November to this day: 1698.331GB .Allocated monthly traffic: 1500GB
we always use less than 100 gigs per months .I think our server has been attacked.
my question is what we must do to prevent it for future?
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11-18-2009, 04:21 PM #2Rockin' the beer gut
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Pay a company to audit your server's security - almost guaranteed you got hacked. Or, take a copy of your files, and reload the box.
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11-18-2009, 06:14 PM #3WHT Addict
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do you think there is another cause for Exceeding monthly traffic?
I am not sure attacking is the cause.strange issue is server
reports 45 gb for monthly traffic
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11-18-2009, 06:22 PM #4Junior Guru Wannabe
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You could also submit a support ticket to your hosting company and have them look into it further. Best of luck in the future!
Whitney Godard - Account Manager
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Phone: 1-866-817-2811 ext. 107
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11-18-2009, 07:32 PM #5Web Hosting Master
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Definitely ask for details and explain that this is an aberration from your normal traffic levels that you feel should be investigated. That's not an unreasonable request.
Denver Hunter | Webmaster | Library of Biz - Side Hustles, Small Business & Professional Growth
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11-18-2009, 07:49 PM #6Web Hosting Master
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Did you make sure you was not charged for the overages? Or if you was?
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11-18-2009, 08:06 PM #7WHT Addict
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First you need to review your logs, as well as your host. If you host isn't running some sort of monitoring software, then you need to inquire about it. Also if you have been hosting with this company for some time and they suddenly noticed a huge increase of bandwidth, they should have been the ones to notify you. But yes, if you aren't sure on how to go about this, hire someone to review your logs / security and request your host to look into your bandwidth history.
Keith Mitchell,Dedicated & Virtual Server Engineer,Hosting.com
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11-18-2009, 08:38 PM #8WHT Addict
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I did chek up server access statistics provided by host
it was true.we exceeded monthly traffic
I did chat with datacenter...they said if it happens another time
they will investigate.at now i have to pay 50 dollars for 170 gigs
that has been exeeded vainly.I worry about another time it reaches 10000 gigs and have to pay very very much money vainly again.we have only 2 sites there without any video or photos.just
some articles that has been pdf
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11-18-2009, 10:03 PM #9Web Hosting Guru
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any software for linux servers using nginx or lighttpd that can shut down a server or display a 'bandwidth exceeded' page when a monthly bandwidth limit has been reached?
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11-19-2009, 12:04 AM #10Junior Guru Wannabe
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Problem is there are so many variables with this.
For instance, if you are offering shared hosting on your server, and one of your clients installs a script that is vulnerable, it literally can compromise the whole server. Now if you have 200 websites on that server, its like a needle in a haystack trying to find the issue.
I mean an insecure form and bam, someone can root kit you! Thats why you really have to keep tabs on what clients are doing.
We do the best to screen our clients and in the case of custom scripting and or semi complex sites, we recommend them going VPS.
Also back up is key!
An easy thing to do is to login, see what your load balance is and start shutting sites off one by one. See when the load comes down.
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11-19-2009, 01:15 AM #11Web Hosting Guru
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11-19-2009, 02:30 AM #12relax, im a professional
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Don't you have some kind of control panel? This is one of those instances where cPanel or another panel really comes in handy. Shutting down sites for bandwidth usage isn't the solution but it can quickly stop overages.
I seen a server use 500GB in under 24 hours so anything is possible.James Paul Woods
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11-19-2009, 02:33 AM #13WHT Addict
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Your host should be able to provide you with a logon to check your traffic at any time. I would always reccomend looking at this once a week to see what your total use to date for that month is. Some people will check this ever day if they have time but once a week is usually good to find a problem.
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11-19-2009, 02:47 AM #14WHT Addict
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thanks all
I got server just for my own site
I looked at network usage.it exceeded monthly traffic(1500 gigs)
yesterday was 1600 gb today is 1700
I dont have any videos or photos on my site just some articles thathave been pdf from 5 years ago.I am confused what is the cause?
I myself don`t know about server managing...the one who have done it before does`t liks to works for me it seems...
iweb replied me if i suspect DDoS attacks it is better for me to use thier servises
http://iweb.com/managed-hosting/secu...tion/features/
I replied them I am not sure attacking is the cause...I want to investaging about it...
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11-19-2009, 10:39 AM #15Junior Guru Wannabe
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babak, could you send me a PM with your account information ?
I'd like to look into this for you,
Thanks
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11-19-2009, 10:49 AM #16WHT Addict
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my server manager did cheked up log files and he founds nothing.he posted this email to iweb
Since we have installed your r1soft backup the bandwidth usage which is shown
in costumer hub has increased strangely . we have just one site on this server
which you can see its bandwidth usage in this link :
https://...com/plesk-stat/webstat/
which is equal to the whole bandwidth usage of server from plesk control panel
and is 1/40 of the amount shown in hub control panel . I also checked the log
files and found nothing . as I see your Backup has a bug and I fear it would be the cause
of this problem. please resolve the issue
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11-19-2009, 10:52 AM #17Web Hosting Evangelist
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11-19-2009, 12:31 PM #18Web Hosting Master
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11-19-2009, 12:51 PM #19WHT Addict
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we have only two sites there(about 1.5 gigs).total space of server is about 29 gigs.r1soft reports it has 40 gigs.it is configured for daily back up automatically .
after that i asked them to install it i have had some problems.their systems didn`t accept any tickets.they said they installed r1soft
but it has not been installed .after one week and multiple chatting ultimately their system administor fixed it.r1soft installed and their system too. they said there was a bug.at now
i have 29 gigs on server .r1soft shows 40 gigs. i asked about it they told it is normal
I don`t know current problem relates to r1soft or notLast edited by babak54; 11-19-2009 at 01:05 PM.
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11-19-2009, 01:10 PM #20WHT Addict
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11-19-2009, 05:20 PM #21Web Hosting Master
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11-19-2009, 05:40 PM #22WHT Addict
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Is the traffick inbound or out? Ask your provider to check that. Install mrtg or vnstat or something like that to monitor your traffic. Inbound traffic i guess attack. Out i guess there could be an script running in tmp or something like that
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11-19-2009, 07:20 PM #23Web Hosting Master
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Judging by its design and purpose, I should think R1soft could be generating 80 gigabytes of traffic a day, backing up a server with 29 gigabytes of data.
One of the features of R1soft is it can keep the backup constantly up-to-date. That means changing files can be backed up many times a day ... so the daily network traffic can exceed the total amount of data on disk.
If someone has configured R1soft to back up say every hour, and included MySQL tablespace areas containing the Vbulletin forums data, then maybe every time someone posts a forum append, R1soft will see modified files to be backed up.
Given that the problem started when R1soft was installed, I think the first step is to examine R1softs's logs to see how much network traffic it is generating.
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11-19-2009, 11:45 PM #24WHT Addict
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thanks iWeb-Foo and all friends
from 12.00 wed I have had normal situation.I monitor it every day.
awstats reports 2.05 GB for average BW and 40.95 as total as yet.server reports 50.1 GB.server access statistics provided by host/network usage reports very much more.which one is reliable ?
r1soft is configured for having backup daily automatically.it seems r1soft gets huge BW even at normal situtaion .may be it is better for me to make it off at future
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11-20-2009, 02:29 AM #25Web Hosting Master
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They are measuring different things.
The host network usage reports are measuring all network traffic; awstats is measuring the traffic to selected applications (web server and ftp server I think, but maybe others too.)
You really should check the R1soft reports to see what it's doing.
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