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Lemmy.world update: Downtime today / Cloudflare (self.lemmyworld)

submitted 1 year ago by ruud to c/lemmyworld

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Today, like the past few days, we have had some downtime. Apparently some script kids are enjoying themselves by targeting our server (and others). Sorry for the inconvenience.

Most of these 'attacks' are targeted at the database, but some are more ddos-like and can be mitigated by using a CDN. Some other Lemmy servers are using Cloudflare, so we know that works. Therefore we have chosen Cloudflare as CDN / DDOS protection platform for now. We will look into other options, but we needed something to be implemented asap.

For the other attacks, we are using them to investigate and implement measures like rate limiting etc.

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[–] zikk_transport2 176 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (14 children)

Imagine hosting a service for anyone else to use it, free of charge, no ads, free & open API, yet some idiots think it's fair to (D)DOS it.

There are more "interesting" targets, worst case - Reddit, who thinks everyone is just a number/noise.

Just leave Lemmy alone. :(

[–] leapingleopard 44 points 1 year ago (1 children)

we will all still be here when their hyperactivity wears off.

with the old Reddit simulator, personally I'm not going anywhere anytime soon. This place has a great user base and it feels so old-school.

[–] SupraMario 2 points 1 year ago

The new layout with old.lemmy I came back, and new apps coming out for it. It's been a good replacement. Was on tildes, but got banned for just discussing difficult topics....the admin there is just ban happy and yea he owns the site but will just ban people for no reason. Not to mention that the users over there, assuming new people are using the malicious tag as a down vote button which probably goes right to the admin. So you step out of line and you get banned. I really liked the place too, but it's not wanting to be a serious place to discuss topics with an admin like that.

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