Site down - out of memory

[Jon]

Hi all.

Few issues with the site going down today. Out of memory issues as not enough server ram. This seems strange since it wasn't a busy time. Since my host seems to have been taken over by another company, the service and reliability has gone downhill.

Working on the issue.

 

[jdraw]

Thanks for the info, Jon.

 

[Minty]

Sites just come back up after about 3 hours down.
5:15pm UK time.

 

[Jon]

Host has said it was a bot attack. They are still looking into it.

 

[Gasman]

Not sure it is me or the site at the moment.
Chrome which I normally use has a strange display. Time shows GMT+1
Firefox which I tried with, has normal display, but shows GMT-8
Pale Moon shows normal display and GMT+1

 

[Insane_ai]

I'm finally able to get a DNS report on the site whereas yesterday I could not. The site still has some holes in the structure for DNS and more concerning, the nameservers are not resolving. You may want to look into this a bit deeper with your host and IT Team.


I use dnscolos for my reports but be careful to enter the address yourself, there are a lot of bad links that will come up in a Google search.

 

[Frothingslosh]

Host has said it was a bot attack. They are still looking into it.

And the first thing that popped to mind after reading that was 'Where did nfk run off to?'.

 

[isladogs]

And the first thing that popped to mind after reading that was 'Where did nfk run off to?'.

I seriously doubt he'd have the skill/knowledge to be responsible.
After all, he is a small member who seems to have No F...ing Knowledge

 

[Frothingslosh]

It doesn't take much knowhow to use the Low Orbit Ion Cannon.

Valid point, though, regardless.

 

[Gasman]

Strange behaviour?

Hi,
I received a notification email as below

This thread is located at:
https://www.access-programmers.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=301119&goto=newpost

Here is the message that has just been posted:
***************
Flawless! Thank you so much guys! much appreciated!
***************

but when I click the link I get thread https://www.access-programmers.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?p=1588885#post1588885

Furthermore, I cannot find that post in the correct thread, so perhaps it was deleted.?

 

[Minty]

I'm having difficulty uploading a picture file to the site only 68Kb so not a size issue, is anyone else ?

Error message:

This site can’t be reached
The webpage at https://www.access-programmers.co.uk/forums/newattachment.php?do=manageattach&p= might be temporarily down or it may have moved permanently to a new web address.
ERR_SPDY_PROTOCOL_ERROR

 

[Gasman]

Just tried a quick upload.
Seems to work as it should.?

 

[Minty]

@Gasman -Thanks

Hmm - I had a large windows updates yesterday... ok - I'll fiddle around and try again.

 

[Gasman]

That was from my works laptop with Version1803 on it.

@Gasman -Thanks

Hmm - I had a large windows updates yesterday... ok - I'll fiddle around and try again.

 

[newegyptian]

many thanks for this info

 

[Insane_ai]

Any word on the HTTP 500 errors lately?

 

[Jon]

Host claims lots of php disconnects, and lots of failed logins, as people try to hack the site. Says lots of IP addresses from China.

He is setting up a cron job to clear these php disconnects once a day, all automated. Lets hope that is the issue and this can go away.

 

[molikotigo]

Chrome which I normally use has a strange display. Time shows GMT+1
Firefox which I tried with, has normal display, but shows GMT-8
Pale Moon