DDoS?

Brian said:
The forum currently has 18,788 Banned users, and these can still access the forum, but I don't think they can actually do, or see anything apart from various error messages, or blank pages.
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We are now up to 19,261 Banned users.
 
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But "guests" don't need to be logged in anyway. Just now there were 11k+ guests and the forum was flakey, now it's down to 5k it's much better.
 
If there are 11k+ guests it isn't a limit on what guests do that is required. The number of simultaneous guests that can view the site needs to be limited.
Do we know if some/many of the guests are from the same/similar IP address(es)?
 
EEPhil said:
If there are 11k+ guests it isn't a limit on what guests do that is required. The number of simultaneous guests that can view the site needs to be limited.
Do we know if some/many of the guests are from the same/similar IP address(es)?
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The XenForo extension is probably overkill for or needs which could be probably be satisfied with a simple rule like
If use is 'guest' and guestct > 500 then return "Not Authorized"
that would allow for a resonable number of genuine guests
But I think we still need @af123 to actually implement any changes
 
I have made a few more adjustments, and now Banned Members, and Unregistered/Unconfirmed visitors should not be able to view the forum.
This includes Guests, and Robots, and therefore this may have a negative impact on search engine indexing.

We will have to see how this goes for a day or two.
 
I have this site set on my Opera speed dial and clicking on its icon usually takes me straight to the Forums page where I can view as guest or then log in if I want to post however now clicking on the icon takes me straight to the log in screen instead forcing me to log in before I can see the forums. It would have been easier to just say it is now a members only site that requires you being logged in to use it.
 
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Looking at who is here now shows a couple of hundred guests and bots viewing a variety of different forum pages, how is this possible if I cannot even get to a forum list now without signing in let alone a page. Are they just still here from before the changes so unaffected by them?
 
trog said:
I have this site set on my Opera speed dial and clicking on its icon usually takes me straight to the Forums page where I can view as guest or then log in if I want to post however now clicking on the icon takes me straight to the log in screen instead forcing me to log in before I can see the forums. It would have been easier to just say it is now a members only site that requires you being logged in to use it.
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Ditto.
 
EEPhil said:
This site is on my speed dial, but I appear to have logged in such that I'm remembered. I rarely need to login explicitly.
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There is a box to tick on the log in page which keeps you signed in for 30 days, which is what I use.
 
trog said:
I have this site set on my Opera speed dial and clicking on its icon usually takes me straight to the Forums page where I can view as guest or then log in if I want to post however now clicking on the icon takes me straight to the log in screen instead forcing me to log in before I can see the forums. It would have been easier to just say it is now a members only site that requires you being logged in to use it.
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Is it such a hardship to log in to view, and participate on the forum?
 
trog said:
Looking at who is here now shows a couple of hundred guests and bots viewing a variety of different forum pages, how is this possible if I cannot even get to a forum list now without signing in let alone a page. Are they just still here from before the changes so unaffected by them?
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They are seeing an error message, as indicated by an exclamation mark in a triangle, see screenshot below.

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