We were the target of yet another DDoS attack over the past few days.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denial-of-service_attack

The attacker(s) managed to bring the server down by draining it of all resources. I've been working with our hosting company on a more permanent solution since this has become a somewhat frequent occurrence.



Please let me know if there are any problems with the site, errors or other things not working properly.

Apparenty the russians are interested in whether a 205 tire will fit.

Thanks for protecting us, Andy! Really appreciate everything you do.

You are the best Andy. Thanks for all you do.

Wondered why it wouldn't load for a day or so... was having withdrawal symptoms!

Thank you, Andy.

Life is less enjoyable when 914World is down - a positive testament (or indication of addiction/obsession ).

May the perpetrators feel the wrath of the evils they sow.

But let’s appease them this once: yes, 205’s always fit-especially if you buy them by the shipload. Get a couple tankers full and we’ll buy some if you give us a good deal. . .remember, this is 914World, not BugattiWorld.

I just want to know when I'm getting my 1,000,0000,000 dollars when I answered the email. Anybody?

If they don’t have your bank account for direct deposit, you’ll have to wait for the check to arrive in the mail (USPS is a bit slow now, see other posts).

Thanks to SirAndy for getting site back up & running!

Thank you so much Andy! Have a blessed 2021!

Thanks Andy! When I couldn't access the site yesterday I just kept think how shitty it was that you had to deal with this on New Year's Day. I've managed servers in past jobs and know how frustrating this kind of crap is.

In fact, you may get a kick out of this. My first week as the new information manager for the ecology department at a major University, somebody hacked our mail server and started distributing porn with our email domain! That was fun

Thank you Andy.

I run the Amphicar forums and have had to set up multiple layers of defense. It is amazing the number of spammers and other a-holes who try to wreak havoc on a daily basis. It is one reason why there are fewer and fewer forums. Keeping up is costly and time consuming.

Thank you Andy

We appreciate EVERYTHING you do to keep us up.

My wife was starting to wonder why I was talkative.

Oscar

Phew! That is bad sign, Oscar - at least for me it is

Andy, Thank you for your effort and hard work to keep us going.
Andys

You are appreciated for all you do for us afflicted with the sickness Andy!

Great job @SirAndy

However, I think they are really after @IanKarr 's Bumblebee restoration Videos

Yes, thank you for everything you do @SirAndy

Thank you Andy for for all you do and have to do in this case.

Had no idea how addicted I was to the site till I couldn't get in!
I was starting to go into with drawl I think

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Thanks a bunch Andy. I knew you would be all over it. I wish we could zap these asshats.

Those Fucher's changed your avatar Andy.

It was a rough couple of days without my usual fix...I hope they didn't get anything sensitive in the process. Thanks for getting us up and running in short order!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denial-of-service_attack

Nobody "hacked" the server, that's not what they were after ...

Thank you! @SirAndy

Great to know you're helping us maintain our virginity! Thank you Sir!

I'm just glad I was not the only one seeing that.

Just because I am paranoid doesn't mean someone isn't following me....

All the more reason we should be supporting the site and help @SirAndy out with keeping the front door open.
914World.com Forum Supprt
If you can and haven't yet, please do.

Thanks for saving us, again, Sir Andy.

chinese?

training their youth for cyber war on the west?

we are feeling their hate down here.
banned our wine.
banned our coal.
banned our barley.
etc.
all since christmas.


because we backed WHO looking into the origins of CoVid?

With all the hacker issues 914world has had over the years, I've often wondered why it's still "not secure" like it won't load as https:, and says not secure in my browser. -no ssl certificate.

I'm not sure if that would help this specific kind of attack.

One thing it does cause that seems odd is when Chrome browser puts it up on the homepage of frequently viewed sites, it won't click through because it defaults to https and https://www.914world.com oddly doesn't go to the site - it doesn't even redirect.

HTTPS does not make the site any more "secure", all it means is that the data is encrypted on the way from the site to your computer.

And since we're not dealing with sensitive information, unlike your bank for example, i don't see any reason to pay for a SSL certificate.

It literally does *nothing* to make the site less vulnerable to any of these attacks.

Andy you are an essential worker.
For all of us.
Thank you.