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Oh, we started receiving some DDOS it seems...

by feal8720. October 2011 19:23

Hello everyone,

Today, if you noticed the 4 hours downtime, we received a DDOS attack from someone who looks like didn't like this blog or the wallpapers or both.

While the problem is resolved for now, it may happen again in the near future if this particular guy is willing and there is very little I can do against it.

Ddos protected hosting costs too much for a mere hobbyst. like me and I won't pay that much for an hobby.

There is the possibility to move to wordpress.com (the pay-to-use version), but that would mean losing most of the special features I developed and it would make disappear the very purpose of this website. (Having a easy-to-browse user-friendly wallpaper depot)

I'll just overlook the situation for now and decide as soon as the situation evolve. (as I have anyway paid this month of hosting...:P)

See you soon,

feal87

Category: General, Ramblings, Wallpapers
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10/20/2011 7:56:59 PM #

wordpress sucks

alex | 362 Comments - | Reply

10/20/2011 8:00:29 PM #

Agreed, that's why I host it myself...well let's see what happens...

feal87 | | Reply

10/20/2011 9:45:54 PM #

Wordpress.com in general is too expensive when you decide to upgrade in order to customize the blog's theme, get a domain name to make it look unique. This is a primarily reason why I pay for shared hosting for more freedom, but you still have to maintain the stuff yourself and install anti-spam, caching plugins. I only pay about $120 for two years worth of shared hosting ($60 for the first two years). Not to mention, Wordpress.com is not invulnerable to DDoS attacks either as they suffered some from Chinese hackers.

As for DDoS, it's very unfortunate... but you should definitely report this to law officials (IPs involved and server logs) considering that DDoS attacks are illegal.

chikorita157 | 31 Comments - | Reply

10/20/2011 9:49:28 PM #

Well, as long as I can null-route the involved ip and be back in a couple of hours no problem, but I don't want it to last too much.

Agreed that no-one is invulnerable to ddos, but I would like some level of security...

feal87 | | Reply

10/20/2011 9:00:08 PM #

I see that you have a NEET Tantei on your tail...

du5k | 45 Comments - | Reply

10/20/2011 9:05:47 PM #

Yep, that's definitely the reason I thought. I hope she's as cute, my assailant.

But I won't be turned off. Going to keep it up as long as my money allows it.

feal87 | | Reply

10/20/2011 9:30:59 PM #

I hope you can get this straightened out, someone must be really bored and generally mischievous to want to attack your site.

beldenotaku | 358 Comments - | Reply

10/20/2011 9:33:29 PM #

Agreed, I don't remember having posted anything controversial if we don't count plenty of cute girls...

feal87 | | Reply

10/20/2011 9:41:06 PM #

Unless this attacker has something against anime in general, and found your site both popular and easy to take a shot at.

beldenotaku | 358 Comments - | Reply

10/20/2011 9:46:13 PM #

Well, that's a possibility.

I'll try the best to make myself less attack-prone then....

feal87 | | Reply

10/20/2011 9:47:01 PM #

In the end, that's all you can really do...

beldenotaku | 358 Comments - | Reply

10/20/2011 11:11:01 PM #

Oh that's not very nice

I hope they don't do it again

InoriDoki | 23 Comments - | Reply

10/20/2011 11:13:22 PM #

If you see the website offline or unreachable, that's the reason. It will get up again in some time as soon as they get bored of it...

feal87 | | Reply

10/20/2011 11:31:55 PM #

I see that even after a bored troll attack, your lolicon power is as high as ever. Maybe the person was someone who hates pedophiles or somethin'.

Overlord-G | 211 Comments - | Reply

10/20/2011 11:38:06 PM #

But...but...but...Alice is so cute I can't resist.

Possibly, but I merely like 2D loli! Oh wait, maybe she's Agnes from Unicef Japan...

feal87 | | Reply

10/20/2011 11:39:07 PM #

Just don't expect me to defend you in court dood, even if you are my broski.

Overlord-G | 211 Comments - | Reply

10/20/2011 11:40:33 PM #

"I call as my lawyer OverlordG my lord!!!"

feal87 | | Reply

10/20/2011 11:44:35 PM #

Alice is cute but not worth going to jail for to be honest. I like my women over the age of 16 and at least 5'3.

Overlord-G | 211 Comments - | Reply

10/20/2011 11:44:59 PM #

ah, btw. Nice job on your new layout. Looks nice!!!

feal87 | | Reply

10/20/2011 11:50:09 PM #

Izumi Takanshi, now THAT is a woman I'd give my heart to. Such beauty, such a wonderful voice, such frailty, such style. Truly a woman I'd easily fall in love with.

Overlord-G | 211 Comments - | Reply

10/20/2011 11:50:35 PM #

She's a bit lazy though...

feal87 | | Reply

10/20/2011 11:57:46 PM #

Under my loving care, she'll blossom into a working woman like no other. I'll whip her cute derriere into tip top shape and together we'll make many children of the night...okay only 1.

Overlord-G | 211 Comments - | Reply

10/21/2011 12:00:45 AM #

Yeah, because childs cost a fuckton these days to maintain...lol

feal87 | | Reply

10/21/2011 12:04:00 AM #

Exactly. Also I don't think I could handle more than 2 imps.

Overlord-G | 211 Comments - | Reply

10/21/2011 12:09:21 AM #

you should feel honored, if you get ddos'ed it means your blog is popular

alex | 362 Comments - | Reply

10/21/2011 12:13:30 AM #

That's...another way to look at it and I like it!

It's thanks to all the readers and commenters that I'm still here writing today after all!

feal87 | | Reply

10/21/2011 12:54:02 AM #

Probably some bored troll with nothing to do. I wouldn't let it bother you too much. Plus, moving to wordpress wouldn't exactly fix the issue if it is a DDOS attack. Although, if it persist might be best to perma-block and report the issue. Just not right to have to deal with that.

tsurugiarashix | 326 Comments - | Reply

10/21/2011 8:39:30 AM #

We'll see how much bored they are. Till now we got 0 additional attack...

feal87 | | Reply

10/21/2011 7:33:29 AM #

No wonder I couldn't access your blog last night (my time). If you want to maintain all your features here, which are great by the way, then hosting your own blog is the only way. But if you're able to find any other way, do keep me informed =).

Anyway, good to see that this site is up and running again.

Hoshiko | 159 Comments - | Reply

10/21/2011 8:38:38 AM #

I'll try to keep it up here, I love this community and I want to continue as much as possible.

feal87 | | Reply

10/21/2011 7:42:34 AM #

What kind of blog cms are you using?
If you get ddos that means your blog is quite famous.
I have a solution to counter if without paying.
Email me if you are interest. It is free of course.

Rei | 508 Comments - | Reply

10/21/2011 8:37:50 AM #

BlogEngine.net, the attack was udp flood though.

That's the only saving point...

If the solution you're talking about is Cloudflare, yes I know about it as well and I'm almost ready to activate it...

feal87 | | Reply

10/21/2011 8:39:46 AM #

Yeah I was going to recommend that. Though you are right there is no point on paying for a higher security for a blog.

Rei | 508 Comments - | Reply

10/21/2011 8:48:17 AM #

Yep, they'll get bored sooner or later and its not like I lose money if its down for a day...

If it gets too intense I may think of just closing everything down though (weeks..

)

feal87 | | Reply

10/21/2011 11:16:30 AM #

Closing down is a bad idea.
You will be losing a lot of traffic and you might never get back to the amount of traffic you have been receiving for this site.

I'm really not sure why they wanted to ddos someones site. I think they failed in web development and they can't receive as much traffic as we do. They are just jealous of our achievements xD

Rei | 508 Comments - | Reply

10/21/2011 11:22:25 AM #

Well, till its only a day or two I doubt it will do any difference on the long term. (today I'm back to the normal 5000/6000 pageviews a day)

Same, why ddos me? I think I've been quite polite and there is no real controversial content on this little blog...

Well, who cares. Its an hobby, must remain as it is...

feal87 | | Reply

10/21/2011 11:27:15 AM #

That a lot. I wonder why there are too many lurkers. I wish they would start commenting to make it more enjoyable when going on someones blog.

Rei | 508 Comments - | Reply

10/21/2011 11:29:29 AM #

Lurkers is normal on most websites it seems. But yes, it would be nice to have a more lively community!

feal87 | | Reply

10/21/2011 11:44:51 AM #

Yup. Just to make it more livelier. I've had a higher traffic with my previous project and failed to have my own forum community. I wish there was a way.. It would be a dream come true to have my own community forum with active members.

Good luck btw.
Hopefully there will be no more ddosing.

Rei | 508 Comments - | Reply

10/21/2011 12:02:02 PM #

I'll try my best to keep this blog alive.

feal87 | | Reply

10/21/2011 3:43:15 PM #

is that the thing why i/we can't access your site that time... I'm wishing for just the good things for your hard worked site... since i really enjoyed visiting here to see your post and new Wallpapers of my favorite animes...

...will just remain your follower...

Anon... | 201 Comments - | Reply

10/21/2011 3:49:26 PM #

Well, if you want to contact me in the meantime or get the latest update if the site ever go down just add me on twitter and send me a message.

I'll try my best!

feal87 | | Reply

10/21/2011 3:54:19 PM #

well I haven't tried that Twitter : > not that techi for me but i somehow get what happened after reading this post... (if possible your or not your personal E mail address do for E mail in case i suddenly got off the bad news) which i don't want to...

... I think your quite Popular with that really "Wanted" Picture you're using : >... watching my doze of Himari and Ringo Tonight...

Anon... | 201 Comments - | Reply

10/21/2011 4:02:05 PM #

Sent you my email at the email you're using here so that you know how to contact me in any case. ;)

Let us know what you think over these episodes you'll watch then!

feal87 | | Reply

10/22/2011 7:08:44 AM #

Ahaha, look on the bright side, it just means that you're getting more famous! Do keep up your great work on your blog!

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