Forum running slow

[livinthelife]

What's happened? It's taking at least 30-45 seconds for pages to load up here. Been happening for about an hour.

[cookinwitdiesel]

I had a CloudFlair DDoS Protection thing pop up when I logged in today, guessing they got some sort of traffic burst that may have been an attack.

[livinthelife]

I had a CloudFlair DDoS Protection thing pop up when I logged in today, guessing they got some sort of traffic burst that may have been an attack.

Let me lead with saying I got the same Cloud....whatever thing, also.

Other than that, I'm sorry, I don't understand the rest of what you wrote.

[Tigger1]

I had a CloudFlair DDoS Protection thing pop up when I logged in today, guessing they got some sort of traffic burst that may have been an attack.

Same here.

[Jerryr]

I had a CloudFlair DDoS Protection thing pop up when I logged in today, guessing they got some sort of traffic burst that may have been an attack.

Same here. It’s slowing pages loading. Some sort of security issue?

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[Andy R]

Sorry everyone, seems like someone is bombarding our server with a DDoS attack.
https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/...rnet%20traffic.

We are working on it and hope to get it resolved soon.

[Janet H]

You may be seeing a Cloudflare browser check message as you login and the site may be loading slowly for you. This is temporary and we're sorry about the inconvenience. The server that houses this site has been slowed down as the result of a DDoS attack and we are still under attack. A Distributed Denial of Service attack is deliberately malicious and caused when a lot of computers try to access the site at the same time - they place too much demand on the server and it locks up.

To defend from continuing DDoS attacks we are using a service to block malicious inquiries (from individuals, mostly overseas computers) from getting to the web servers. The screen and posting delays are because we have added this extra layer of security, verifying viewing to remove/stop malicious activity. This extra check is especially tough on those with slow connections and some mobile users but it cannot be avoided. Your individual computers and devices are not at risk and the site hasn't actually been hacked - just slowed down. You may see the browser check screen from time to time as your IP is verified.

You can read more about this here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denial-of-service_attack

If you are having trouble staying logged in please tick the 'remember me' box on the login screen, Mobile users may need to clear their devices cache (usually cycle off and then on).

We appreciate your understanding as we get work through this.

[Always Learning]

I also received message thar browser was being checked by cloudflair.

[Houndbb]

Same here. It’s slowing pages loading. Some sort of security issue?

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Have “dial up” and “external modem” left your vocabulary? Look how easily we’re all spoiled! Just jest-apparently it was short lived.
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[Txfivver]

Sorry everyone, seems like someone is bombarding our server with a DDoS attack.
https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/...rnet%20traffic.

We are working on it and hope to get it resolved soon.

It's probably a bunch of those darn "other brand" owners tired of us making fun of their stuff lol