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For anyone planning on going to the chatroom tonight...

Discussion in 'Sorcerous Sundries' started by deBhaal, Feb 13, 2003.

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  1. deBhaal Gems: 11/31
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    [​IMG] ... Dont. There has been repeated DDoS(Distributed Denial of Service) attacks, and the server has been shutdown permanently for the night, it shut down at 19:39central time(GMT-7) and I was informed of a down time of roughly 12-15 hours, maybe less, maybe more.

    The above is a quote from on of the IRCops that is in charge fo the server.

    [ March 21, 2003, 21:18: Message edited by: Taluntain ]
     
    deBhaal, Feb 13, 2003
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    Ah, now I get it, thanks deBhaal, now I can stop wondering when it will let me in :)
     
    Aikanaro, Feb 13, 2003
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  3. Taluntain

    Taluntain Resident Alpha and Omega Staff Member ★ SPS Account Holder Resourceful Adored Veteran Pillars of Eternity SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) New Server Contributor [2012] (for helping Sorcerer's Place lease a new, more powerful server!) Torment: Tides of Numenera SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) BoM XenForo Migration Contributor [2015] (for helping support the migration to new forum software!)

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    Same here, thanks for the heads up. Hope it gets back up soon.
     
    Taluntain, Feb 13, 2003
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    Ragusa Eternal Halfling Paladin Veteran

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    [​IMG] Ah well ... I wonder what people find in DOSing chatservers, servers anyway. Sickos. Can't behave, probably got banned and are now taking revenge for beeing treated adequately for beeing a moron :shake:

    [ February 13, 2003, 17:12: Message edited by: Ragusa ]
     
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    Too bad. :(

    I'll watch Monthy Python and the holy grail instead. :square:
     
    Uytuun, Feb 13, 2003
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    Can I assume there'll be a post here telling us when the chatroom once more becomes accessable (sic)?
     
    LKD, Feb 13, 2003
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    [​IMG] You guys still hang out there... Cute :1eye:
     
    Nobleman, Feb 13, 2003
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  8. Taluntain

    Taluntain Resident Alpha and Omega Staff Member ★ SPS Account Holder Resourceful Adored Veteran Pillars of Eternity SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) New Server Contributor [2012] (for helping Sorcerer's Place lease a new, more powerful server!) Torment: Tides of Numenera SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) BoM XenForo Migration Contributor [2015] (for helping support the migration to new forum software!)

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    [​IMG] I put up a temp chatroom on Undernet, #sorcerers. It'll be up till the old servers come back. QuickChat will not function for that chatroom, only manual access is possible. I won't list any servers, you have dozens listed in mIRC already, just find one you can connect to.
     
    Taluntain, Feb 13, 2003
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  9. Sorvo

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    We are now over 17 hours down! What am I gonna do :wail: WOW, That was freaky! Thanks Tal :)

    [ February 13, 2003, 19:53: Message edited by: Sorvo ]
     
    Sorvo, Feb 13, 2003
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    I am on linkline and it appears to be up, took me awhile to connect and there is no one here.
     
    joacqin, Feb 13, 2003
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    [​IMG] Appears irc.linkline.net is back up, Tal you might want to look into having #sorcerers on chat.psionics.net also, so it wont be completely down if something happens to linkline.

    We are still without Mystra.

    [edit]
    info <- Check here for more information about the DDoS.

    Oh, and sorry about the topic being in the wrong forum, Im not used to more than Whatnots :o
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    Oh, forgot to say what the cause of the DDoS was .. It was caused by a user who went around to various chatrooms, and demanded ops, under the guise of being an IRCop. #sorcerers was one of the said chatrooms, and the person was placed under a serverwide ban. Using proxies he avoided the ban, and proceeded to DDoS the server for its 'acts of unfairness.'
    Just goes to show, Idiots, are, and always will be, idiots.
    [/edit2]

    [ February 14, 2003, 02:18: Message edited by: deBhaal ]
     
    deBhaal, Feb 14, 2003
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  12. Taluntain

    Taluntain Resident Alpha and Omega Staff Member ★ SPS Account Holder Resourceful Adored Veteran Pillars of Eternity SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) New Server Contributor [2012] (for helping Sorcerer's Place lease a new, more powerful server!) Torment: Tides of Numenera SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) BoM XenForo Migration Contributor [2015] (for helping support the migration to new forum software!)

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    Nah, the chatroom won't be on multiple servers at once, there's no point. If need be, it'd be created on another server permanently, but not otherwise.

    Anyway, it's all back to normal now.
     
    Taluntain, Feb 14, 2003
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    Taluntain, I guess the server's down now. Or at least, the Denial is cutting off ports.

    Anyways, I was wondering if you could make a note or anything on the "chatroom" page. Or even make a sticky in this forum.

    Listing where your alternates are. Dalnet has been flooded for months now, so if someones bent on linkline, it may take awhile. Even if it's not a permanent server on Undernet, you might just let everyone know where else to try so they don't have to look back in this thread. So that, if they don't know if it's their net connection or what, they can check to see if the 'alternate' is up and running. If it is, then they know it's the server that's the problem. And if it isn't, then they know it's their net connection.

    Just a nice thing to have for all the SP'ers to be able to track each other down.
     
    ejsmith, Feb 19, 2003
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    Veldrin We'll ride the spiral to the end Veteran

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    The server is down again, and Undernet is still the main backup location. Go there for chat, same room. Tal says that this will always be the main backup place to go when the other servers go down.
     
    Veldrin, Feb 19, 2003
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  15. Sorvo

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    Servers back up! Enter if you dare ;) Now it's back down :(

    [ February 19, 2003, 22:52: Message edited by: Sorvo ]
     
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    Linkline is down again, I'm afraid. Afraid? Pissed off! :toofar: :mad: :flaming:
    Anyway, choose from the bunch of Undernet ones and get in the chatroom before Sorvo and I start with the rampage! ;)

    [ February 19, 2003, 23:01: Message edited by: Extremist ]
     
    Extremist, Feb 19, 2003
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  17. Sorvo

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    /me rampages ;) Not a soul around :evil:
     
    Sorvo, Feb 20, 2003
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  18. deBhaal Gems: 11/31
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    Well, it appears it is safe to say goodbye to irc.linkline.net, it hasnt been shut down yet, but if the people who are DDoSing the server do not stop, there will be no other choice.

    Tal, check your PM.
     
    deBhaal, Feb 20, 2003
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  19. Sorvo

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    linkline appears to be working again :) but who knows for how long :(
     
    Sorvo, Feb 20, 2003
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    Linkline is NOT working for me.... nor is webmaster.
     
    Spellbound, Feb 21, 2003
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