Admin Notice: Server hosting and denial of service attack

[Kaze Dagon]

Well, the USA server has been off grid for much of the day.. And now even the UK went down.. Whoever it is, is targetting all of the Discovery servers.. DAMN! I WANT TO PLAY!

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[Hawk]

everyplayer should be reiquired to sumit thier ip before loging into the server after the ip should be checked to ensure its not a proxy and then the accounts binded to that ip and banned if the account changes the ip so we don't have to worry about this kinda stuff

This would be a real pain in the hind parts for people like me who rarely stay in one place for very long. I spend a lot of time on the road and as such I use many, many IP addresses.

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[Leo]

UK server was taken down because there was too much of a load on the server I think. That's what someone had mentioned before. USA server I have no idea.

~Leo

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You fear oblivion. Yet you forget. The universe remembers every atom of your being. Even dust hums your name in the dark.

[Balanar]

I know this might sound like a really retarded question, but that is a proxy?

I'll assume you meant "what is a proxy?".

In this case, we're referring to an Anonymizing Proxy, which is a computer through which one can send and receive data. The effect of this, generally speaking, is to mask the IP of the one actually sending the data, since well-made anonymizing proxies will not reveal the IP of those using them. When we run a traceroute call, then, we should get only the location and IP of the proxy, rather than the approximate location and IP of the actual user.

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[shadowdragon66]

i cant even get on discovery of discovery anymore quite a few of the servers are going down we really should stop this guy

[pieguy259]

You know what we should do? We should hold hands, get in a circle and sing.

Then the hacker, who's watching, will be all "They sing without Eagles! They sing without Fleas! They sing without New Yorks or Omega-3s!" And then his small heart will grow three sizes, and he'll race down Mount Crumpet on his sleigh and return Christmas to Whoville.

...Hang on, got a bit sidetracked there.

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[Stefan]

Jealousy is a sad thing.

*Sigh*

[optimism]Well, at least now I have time and reason to study more and finish my tests, other than work on RP stories and play Freelancer. >_> [/optimism]

Seriously, though, although I'm new around, I'll be more than willing to donate if needed. Btw, thanks for the info guys.

[Moneybags]

I'll assume you meant "what is a proxy?".

In this case, we're referring to an Anonymizing Proxy, which is a computer through which one can send and receive data. The effect of this, generally speaking, is to mask the IP of the one actually sending the data, since well-made anonymizing proxies will not reveal the IP of those using them. When we run a traceroute call, then, we should get only the location and IP of the proxy, rather than the approximate location and IP of the actual user.

Ah, gotcha.

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So after taking a break for about a year I've decided to get back in to Disco. So yeah.

[shadowdragon66]

singing at a time like this?I'm not sure you know how much damage this could cause to everyone

[Leo]

You know what we should do? We should hold hands, get in a circle and sing.

Then the hacker, who's watching, will be all "They sing without Eagles! They sing without Fleas! They sing without New Yorks or Omega-3s!" And then his small heart will grow three sizes, and he'll race down Mount Crumpet on his sleigh and return Christmas to Whoville.

...Hang on, got a bit sidetracked there.

Sorry, I couldn't resist. *Walks away*

~Leo

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You fear oblivion. Yet you forget. The universe remembers every atom of your being. Even dust hums your name in the dark.