Rackshack under Denial-of-Service Attack

[Jason Dunn]

If you're wondering why the site is so slow in the last hour, it's because our provider, Rackshack, is getting pummeled by a DOS attack. 8O Nothing we can do but wait it out.

[entropy1980]

Man I was thinking of moving to Rackshack but you guys have been having so many issues I think I might look elsewhere!!! :cry:

[Jason Dunn]

The DOS seems to be over...

Rackshack is pretty good all things considered - for the money, nothing can beat it, but ultimately you get what you pay for. :lol:

[Gremmie]

Whats up with all these DDoS attacks lately?

[Ed Hansberry]

If you're wondering why the site is so slow in the last hour, it's because our provider, Rackshack, is getting pummeled by a DOS attack.

Good grief. Don't hackers use modern day operating systems? I thought DOS was dead. http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/images/hansberry/subtle_lol.gif

[beyondallcom]

Ed,

DOS stands for Denial of Service :D not the legendary OS.

Regards,
Kevin

[mscdex]

I just now noticed Ed's new avatar icon, at first I thought it was a bunch of markers or crayons writing out "Pocket PC Thoughts", then I thought "wait, those are christmas lights." :oops: :lol:

[Ed Hansberry]

I just now noticed Ed's new avatar icon, at first I thought it was a bunch of markers or crayons writing out "Pocket PC Thoughts", then I thought "wait, those are christmas lights." :oops: :lol:

Yeah, you'd be surprised how hard it is to cram that into a 10K file. :?

How about my super subtle laughing emoticon? http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/images/hansberry/subtle_lol.gif

[seeker]

Ed,

You are a master of graphics... Care to share technique and software needed to produce them?

Great job...

[Ed Hansberry]

Ed,

You are a master of graphics... Care to share technique and software needed to produce them?

Ha! I am 100% pathetic when it comes to this stuff.

However, I love messing around in PaintShop Pro from www.jasc.com - $99 and that includes AnimationShop which does the animated gifs and what not. They have a free 100% functional trial. Think of it as a poor man's PhotoShop.

http://www.jasc.com/images2/psp7c.gif (http://www.jasc.com)

[Janak Parekh]

How about my super subtle laughing emoticon? http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/images/hansberry/subtle_lol.gif
That's evil, you know. It's exactly one pixel off to the right, so the rightmost pixel column of the pic is missing; at first, I thought my browser was corrupting the real smiley image. 8O ;)

Man I was thinking of moving to Rackshack but you guys have been having so many issues I think I might look elsewhere!!!
Don't use the DDOS (I'd guess it's distributed) as a factor in this... unfortunately, until people learn to not install every piece of software under the sun, DDOS's are going to be here to stay. There's actually interesting academic research going on trying to come up with patterns that routers can use to detect (and drop packets related to) DDOS's.

--janak

[Ed Hansberry]

How about my super subtle laughing emoticon? http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/images/hansberry/subtle_lol.gif
That's evil, you know. It's exactly one pixel off to the right, so the rightmost pixel column of the pic is missing; at first, I thought my browser was corrupting the real smiley image. 8O ;)
That is the odd thing - it isn't off either. Animation Shop and XP's picture viewer shows it perfect. All I did was take Jason's :lol: image and add a blank section that shows for 4.5 seconds and resave it. IE6 does the shift thing. I give up.

[Janak Parekh]

IE6 does the shift thing. I give up.
It's not just IE. Mozilla renders it that way too. Go figure... :?

--janak

[The Big Jay]

If you're wondering why the site is so slow in the last hour, it's because our provider, Rackshack, is getting pummeled by a DOS attack.

Good grief. Don't hackers use modern day operating systems? I thought DOS was dead. http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/images/hansberry/subtle_lol.gif

No. Only script kiddies use windows! Hahahahahaha! :P :twisted: :twisted: