[SOLVED] Puppylinux main forum having issues

I wonder. Is it specifically the Puppy Linux forum that's been attacked.....or was the cloud host the "target"....and a whole slew of sites got caught in the crossfire?

*Sheesh*

Mike.

Bad news. Looks like the Puppy Forum in its present format is now history. It's been completely destroyed by DDOS, and the forum a/c has been kicked off iFastnet's main server.

https://weedoglinux.rockedge.org/viewtopic.php?t=61

It's not looking good. It may be months before the community's re-united again.


Mike.

Originally Posted by Mike_Walsh Bad news. Looks like the Puppy Forum in its present format is now history. It's been completely destroyed by DDOS, and the forum a/c has been kicked off iFastnet's main server. https://weedoglinux.rockedge.org/viewtopic.php?t=61 It's not looking good. It may be months before the community's re-united again. Mike.

That's terrible news. Thanks for the update.

https://www.reddit.com/r/linuxquesti...text=8&depth=9

You can't stop DDOS attacks from your server. You have direct your traffic to someone with a big enough pipe to eat the DDOS traffic, and forward legitimate traffic. Cloudflare is a common choice

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CloudFlare is free if all you want is DDoS protection

Unfamiliar with CloudFlare myself, but if their DDoS protection is indeed free !!!

https://www.cloudflare.com/ddos/

Cloudflare’s 121 Tbps network blocks an average of 86 billion threats per day, including some of the largest DDoS attacks in history.

I made an potential Emergency Forum on a free site. It is limited (only 200mb storage), so no attachments (urls ok) and no frequent or massive diatribes would be allowed. Meanwhile, the weedoglinux link in post #17 above is working.
EDIT: Main Forum restored and has good backup/restore system, so my making a forum was an interesting exercise for me but not needed now.

A Host change is underway & there is life at main Puppy site. Will be completed over next few days.