Bug Report 2024

[Harry]

Server relatively slow here today.

Yes, its Ups and Downs.

[Atriod]

Notifications are working for me now.

[George]

Slooooow when posting, but for browsing it's mostly fast (under .5 seconds to load.)

[Dungeon Master]

OK I have done some investigating. The site is under attack from bots, one of them from China requesting hundreds of pages every minute. These bots are automated web trawlers, not necessarily malicious, they are often just scanning pages for content for search indexes, or other reasons. But they slow the legitimate access to the forum considerably.

I am going to learn how to block them at a server level. First bit of code initiated, please let me know if you notice any difference.

cheers
Rob

[JBS]

OK I have done some investigating. The site is under attack from bots, one of them from China requesting hundreds of pages every minute. These bots are automated web trawlers, not necessarily malicious, they are often just scanning pages for content for search indexes, or other reasons. But they slow the legitimate access to the forum considerably.

I am going to learn how to block them at a server level. First bit of code initiated, please let me know if you notice any difference.

cheers
Rob

Thanks for everything you're doing.

[George]

OK I have done some investigating. The site is under attack from bots, one of them from China requesting hundreds of pages every minute. These bots are automated web trawlers, not necessarily malicious, they are often just scanning pages for content for search indexes, or other reasons. But they slow the legitimate access to the forum considerably.

I am going to learn how to block them at a server level. First bit of code initiated, please let me know if you notice any difference.

cheers
Rob

Seems better now. Faster to post (1.4 seconds) and faster to browse (.9 seconds.)

[Spotted Horses]

OK I have done some investigating. The site is under attack from bots, one of them from China requesting hundreds of pages every minute. These bots are automated web trawlers, not necessarily malicious, they are often just scanning pages for content for search indexes, or other reasons. But they slow the legitimate access to the forum considerably.

I am going to learn how to block them at a server level. First bit of code initiated, please let me know if you notice any difference.

cheers
Rob

Maybe they are collecting a training set for an AI chatbot. If so if anyone asks it to name the best composer ever it will confidently reply Havergal Brian.

[Harry]

Page created in 3.735 seconds with 36 queries.

One could say that it is slow, very much so. Those Bots are quite aggressive.

[Madiel]

I was having a slow time of it around the same time as Harry. Though several hours later it seems to be back to normal speed.

[Harry]

Wow, its lagging now big time. When I click on an email link, I get a black screen first, and 4 or 5 seconds later the page appears. Posting takes even longer.....

[George]

Page created in 3.529 seconds with 32 queries.

[Harry]

It takes ages before the Likes appear. This morning I tried to find those that were liked, but non of them showed it. I takes about 20-40 seconds to load a page, and had cases that it took a full minute or more. Those Bots are a aggressive bunch of Toadheads. I had a similar attack of my system 6 months ago, so I know what havoc it creates.

[Florestan]

Page created in 1.341 seconds with 20 queries.

This is incorrect. I used my own chronometer and it showed 5.06 seconds.

[George]

Page created in 1.341 seconds with 20 queries.

This is incorrect. I used my own chronometer and it showed 5.06 seconds.

I am getting similar discrepancies.

[Pohjolas Daughter]

@Dungeon Master   What about installing one of those "Prove that you are not a bot" guards that one has to do before they can access the website?  Too expensive or complicated to set up?  And how effective are they?

Just a thought. 

PD