Outage

[PolarBear]

We get hacked?

[chrisfrom nj]

someone got jacked

[BonzoHansen]

firewall issue

[sweetbmxrider]

heard a clack

[PolarBear]

Firewall got hacked?

[BonzoHansen]

no. justin will explain later. it is fixed now.

[LTb1ow]

When is he back?

[deadtrend1]

Soon, cut him some slack

[fbirdfreak]

Is he bringing a snack?

[grazi]

Glad this site is back on track

[PolarBear]

I think he got the nack

[1320B4U]

He just pulled in, driving a mack

[PolarBear]

Does it have a rack?

[BonzoHansen]

he term is knack you dirty sack

[PolarBear]

Thanks, my head needs a good whack

[BonzoHansen]

thwack! :twak:

[WSex]

make your head go crack?:hammer:

[1320B4U]

Does it have a rack?

It does....and the chrome stacks.........

[Tru2Chevy]

No hacks!

The issue that started early this morning and kept us down for several hours had to do with a change I made to the server firewall yesterday afternoon. We are getting dozens of spam signups a day, and Bonzo, WBT, and I are going nuts trying to keep up (as we personally approve every account before they have the ability to post - keeping the incidences of spam VERY low here).

Turns out that the way I went about attempting to block all registrations coming from certain countries was far more server intensive than I thought, and the firewall software was struggling to keep up, so after talking to the support team at our webhost I backed out the changes I made yesterday and am coming up with a new plan to keep the crazy spammers out.

- Justin

[WildBillyT]

It is nuckin futs. 8-10 fake users each hour.

[V]

is there a captcha thing you can use?

[Jersey Mike]

It is nuckin futs. 8-10 fake users each hour.

FRIENDS!?
We are getting dozens of spam signups a day ... they have the ability to post - keeping the incidences of spam VERY low here).
... a new plan to keep the crazy spammers out.

- Justin
We're still allowed here though, right?

[LTb1ow]

Make more mods. Jerseymike seems legit.

[WildBillyT]

is there a captcha thing you can use?

We use a random question that you must answer correctly.

This AM I changed it to something more difficult for a non-US citizen to get as they would have to look it up.

[Tru2Chevy]

is there a captcha thing you can use?
The standard captcha images don't hold up well against bots anymore.

We're still allowed here though, right?
For now.....

Make more mods. Jerseymike seems legit.
Only admins can moderate new users. And do you really want more staff running around here with a ban stick watching you? :shock:

We use a random question that you must answer correctly.

This AM I changed it to something more difficult for a non-US citizen to get as they would have to look it up.

Yes, there is a random question that you must read and type the answer in for, and before that there are 4 pictures displayed and you have to select the photo that it asks for.

- Justin