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Title: Were you getting a message that you were banned?
Post by: NT2C on June 03, 2022, 11:59:37 AM
Sorry about that.  Lemme 'splain...

The past few days we've been getting hit pretty hard by hack attempts from China.  Last night, about 3AM, I put in place a ban on the entire network that the attempts were coming from because the attempts were coming from so many IP addresses in that network.  To do this I had to put one "trigger" for the network name, and because that isn't always reliable, a second trigger for the range of IP addresses that network uses.

Folks, never try to enter IP addresses at 3AM, in the dark (my good LED keyboard stopped working), before coffee (weird meds reactions screwed up my sleep times - I got up at midnight), while on new medications, and while nodding off.

I fat-fingered entering the IP range and banned a wide swath of the USA too.  :-[  :headdesk:

This has now been fixed and I apologize for the whole screwup.  My bad.
Title: Re: Were you getting a message that you were banned?
Post by: Crosscut on June 03, 2022, 01:27:00 PM
Quote from: NT2C on June 03, 2022, 11:59:37 AMSorry about that.  Lemme 'splain...

The past few days we've been getting hit pretty hard by hack attempts from China.  Last night, about 3AM, I put in place a ban on the entire network that the attempts were coming from because the attempts were coming from so many IP addresses in that network.  To do this I had to put one "trigger" for the network name, and because that isn't always reliable, a second trigger for the range of IP addresses that network uses.

Folks, never try to enter IP addresses at 3AM, in the dark (my good LED keyboard stopped working), before coffee (weird meds reactions screwed up my sleep times - I got up at midnight), while on new medications, and while nodding off.

I fat-fingered entering the IP range and banned a wide swath of the USA too.  :-[  :headdesk:

This has now been fixed and I apologize for the whole screwup.  My bad.
I thought you just didn't like people using Torguard with an IP from the Dallas area :) 
Title: Re: Were you getting a message that you were banned?
Post by: NapalmMan67 on June 03, 2022, 03:58:45 PM
I wouldn't have known if it happened at 3:00am, I'm guessing that would have been 4:00am in my AO.  I was sawing logs Chief.
Title: Re: Were you getting a message that you were banned?
Post by: Ever (Zombiepreparation) on June 14, 2023, 01:37:49 AM
Quote from: NT2C on June 03, 2022, 11:59:37 AMSorry about that.  Lemme 'splain...

The past few days we've been getting hit pretty hard by hack attempts from China.  Last night, about 3AM, I put in place a ban on the entire network that the attempts were coming from because the attempts were coming from so many IP addresses in that network.  To do this I had to put one "trigger" for the network name, and because that isn't always reliable, a second trigger for the range of IP addresses that network uses.

Folks, never try to enter IP addresses at 3AM, in the dark (my good LED keyboard stopped working), before coffee (weird meds reactions screwed up my sleep times - I got up at midnight), while on new medications, and while nodding off.

I fat-fingered entering the IP range and banned a wide swath of the USA too.  :-[  :headdesk:

This has now been fixed and I apologize for the whole screwup.  My bad.
I did get a kick-off with "this post must be verified" somethingoranother around that time and wondered 'what the heck?' I just relogged in w no additional probs. So that was you and china playing around, huh. You won I guess? Good job you evil genius you. 👍
Title: Re: Were you getting a message that you were banned?
Post by: Ever (Zombiepreparation) on June 14, 2023, 01:44:09 AM
Hold on... I just now got another one posting the above post:
QuoteThis message is awaiting approval by a moderator.

So is that what you're talking about or is this sompin else?

Heyyyy, this post is getting the same alert
Title: Re: Were you getting a message that you were banned?
Post by: NT2C on June 14, 2023, 05:06:39 AM
Some areas of the site now require admin or global moderator approval for new posts. Still getting it sorted though
Title: Re: Were you getting a message that you were banned?
Post by: Ever (Zombiepreparation) on June 14, 2023, 07:08:57 AM
Understood 👍 😊
Title: Re: Were you getting a message that you were banned?
Post by: majorhavoc on June 14, 2023, 07:34:52 AM
I wad blissfully unaware in lala land. No harm no foul.  :smiley_knipoog:
Title: Re: Were you getting a message that you were banned?
Post by: NT2C on June 14, 2023, 08:49:38 AM
You w
Quote from: majorhavoc on June 14, 2023, 07:34:52 AMI wad blissfully unaware in lala land. No harm no foul.  :smiley_knipoog:
You wad?
Title: Re: Were you getting a message that you were banned?
Post by: Ever (Zombiepreparation) on June 21, 2023, 08:17:54 PM
LOL