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Ron Sardo

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Past week or so
Jun 12^th, 2013 at 12:05pm

This past week or so has been pretty bad, we've been getting slammed by spammers and other malicious entities. At times they crashed the forum and other times there were so many simultaneous connections (like 1000s at a time) the site just crawled and took minutes to load.

I've been patching and upgrading sections all week long to stop their attack. There was another attack this morning and I think I finally got all angles covered.

Thanks for hanging in there

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Walt Nollan WR Addict Offline WR Rocks! Posts: 2,002 Hanford California USA Gender: PM 3520A	Re: Past week or so Reply #1 - Jun 13^th, 2013 at 8:23am Thanks for your efforts Ron, I didn't notice a thing!
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Glenn Jacobs WR Addict Offline JC L&S Posts: 2,077 North DFW, Texas Texas USA Gender: Powermatic 3520C	Re: Past week or so Reply #2 - Jun 14^th, 2013 at 1:12pm Really glad to have someone that konws how to keep us going. Thank you. Glenn J.
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Don Stephan WR Addict Offline WR Rocks! Posts: 2,659 Cincinnati, Ohio Ohio USA Gender:	Re: Past week or so Reply #3 - Jun 16^th, 2013 at 3:27pm Like I'm sure everyone else, greatly appreciate your time and patience for our mutual benefit. There's no way to quantify how much benefit I have gained from this forum.
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Kevin Stanbary WR Addict Offline WR Rocks! Posts: 599 McHenry, IL Illinois USA Gender:	Re: Past week or so Reply #4 - Jun 17^th, 2013 at 10:07am Thanks for all you do
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Ron Sardo WR Administrator WR Patron Offline Chief cook and bottle washer Posts: 9,674 Drums Pennsylvania USA PM 3520	Re: Past week or so Reply #5 - Jun 17^th, 2013 at 10:23am Thanks Guys The forum hasn't crashed since Thursday, I think I got it licked.
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Glenn Jacobs WR Addict Offline JC L&S Posts: 2,077 North DFW, Texas Texas USA Gender: Powermatic 3520C	Re: Past week or so Reply #6 - Jun 17^th, 2013 at 11:15am smilies=bowdown smilies=bowdown smilies=bowdown smilies=bowdown smilies=bowdown smilies=bowdown smilies=bowdown smiley=doh.gif smiley=doh.gif THanks, again. GHJ
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Len Layman WR Addict Offline What have I got into?? Posts: 3,118 Grand Cayman Cayman Islands Gender: PM 3520b Jet 1220	Re: Past week or so Reply #7 - Jun 17^th, 2013 at 12:05pm Good work Ron. Seems better down here in the tropics. Thanks.
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Re: Past week or so
Reply #8 - Jun 18^th, 2013 at 8:01am

I am always dismayed by how destructive some people can be... and I am always greatly cheered and impressed by those hardy individuals who strive to contain/repair the damage. I wanted to add my 2 cents worth, Ron... but I think Don Stephan said it best!

Don Stephan wrote on Jun 16^th, 2013 at 3:27pm:

Like I'm sure everyone else, greatly appreciate your time and patience for our mutual benefit. There's no way to quantify how much benefit I have gained from this forum.

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Ron Sardo WR Administrator WR Patron Offline Chief cook and bottle washer Posts: 9,674 Drums Pennsylvania USA PM 3520	Re: Past week or so Reply #9 - Jun 19^th, 2013 at 8:03am Looks like they got us again
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Dave Buckwalter Senior Member Offline WR Rocks and rolls! Posts: 379 Lititz Pennsylvania USA Gender:	Re: Past week or so Reply #10 - Jun 19^th, 2013 at 8:38am I did have some issues this morning, but it is working now. Thanks Ron!!
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Len Layman WR Addict Offline What have I got into?? Posts: 3,118 Grand Cayman Cayman Islands Gender: PM 3520b Jet 1220	Re: Past week or so Reply #11 - Jun 19^th, 2013 at 10:30am Yup. I noticed it earlier this morning.
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Ian Robertson Active Member Offline WR Rocks! Posts: 119 Gender:	Re: Past week or so Reply #12 - Jun 21^st, 2013 at 7:40am Ron, you are not alone. Another Forum I am on has been under spam attack as well. We had to do massive and aggressive Ip bannings to stem it.
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Ron Sardo WR Administrator WR Patron Offline Chief cook and bottle washer Posts: 9,674 Drums Pennsylvania USA PM 3520	Re: Past week or so Reply #13 - Jun 21^st, 2013 at 8:16am Thanks Ian I found out the hard way banning the bad guys IP is only a temporary fix. Its really easy for them to change their IPs
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