Internal Server Error
Internal Server Error
I've seen some significant slowdown and internal server error pages this afternoon.
I also noticed around 500 guests for quite a few hours this afternoon.
It seems to have recovered now and the number of guests is dropping right down.
I also noticed around 500 guests for quite a few hours this afternoon.
It seems to have recovered now and the number of guests is dropping right down.
Re: Internal Server Error
Argh. The bots and spammers are crazy!!!
Thanks!
Thanks!
This is a game about killing things and taking their stuff so you can become more powerful in order to kill bigger things and take even better stuff.
Re: Internal Server Error
Same thing here. I wasn't sure if one of my posts went through but it appears it did. Seems good now.
Re: Internal Server Error
Sadly they seem to be back
Re: Internal Server Error
And this morning as well. Slowness posting, and the occasional 500 error.
Re: Internal Server Error
Oddly enough, after trying to post the above, I got a 500 error. Once I was able to get back in, the post was already there.
Hitting the "Reload" icon a few times will often, but not always, get the page.
Hitting the "Reload" icon a few times will often, but not always, get the page.
Re: Internal Server Error
An unsurprisingly a crapton of new spammers attempting to post. Ban hammer activated!
This is a game about killing things and taking their stuff so you can become more powerful in order to kill bigger things and take even better stuff.
Re: Internal Server Error
Can the pages that "Guests" can see be limited? It should drop the server load.
Re: Internal Server Error
I think we can limit the IP addresses. That helped over at DF.
I’m not gonna attempt that though. Maybe Dave or Greg will give it a whirl.
I’m not gonna attempt that though. Maybe Dave or Greg will give it a whirl.
This is a game about killing things and taking their stuff so you can become more powerful in order to kill bigger things and take even better stuff.
Re: Internal Server Error
Maybe block bots? Here's a snippet from the Registered users.
Bing [Bot], Huawei2 [bot], Huawei3 [bot], HuaweiCld [bot], MalX10 [bot], MalX3 [bot]
Bing [Bot], Huawei2 [bot], Huawei3 [bot], HuaweiCld [bot], MalX10 [bot], MalX3 [bot]
Re: Internal Server Error
Great minds think alike Leitz! ToniXX just blocked those effing Huawei bots as well as the MalX bots. As well as a couple others. Thank goodness.
Looks a little better already and my fingers (and toes) are crossed!
Looks a little better already and my fingers (and toes) are crossed!
This is a game about killing things and taking their stuff so you can become more powerful in order to kill bigger things and take even better stuff.
Re: Internal Server Error
Looking better at the moment, hopefully it holds.
Re: Internal Server Error
Do we need bots at all? This seems interesting, if ToniXX has access to the .htaccess file:
https://www.johnlarge.co.uk/blocking-ag ... ment-11823
https://www.johnlarge.co.uk/blocking-ag ... ment-11823
Re: Internal Server Error
So I'm not the computer guy (and Dave and Greg very much are) but don't the bots help with searches?
phpBB search isn't the greatest, but the bots help with Google searches of the forum. Since we are mainly PbP it might not be a bad idea to block all bots. But I don't know if it affects anything else negatively.
Good times!
phpBB search isn't the greatest, but the bots help with Google searches of the forum. Since we are mainly PbP it might not be a bad idea to block all bots. But I don't know if it affects anything else negatively.
Good times!
This is a game about killing things and taking their stuff so you can become more powerful in order to kill bigger things and take even better stuff.
Re: Internal Server Error
It's always a trade-off; more bots mean more exposure but a poorer member experience. So far our users seem happy to advertise for us, and word of keyboard is one of the more powerful marketing tools.
Re: Internal Server Error
Very true!
Might be better off being more hidden honestly... especially considering our name
This is a game about killing things and taking their stuff so you can become more powerful in order to kill bigger things and take even better stuff.
Re: Internal Server Error
This made me chuckle.
Re: Internal Server Error
Me, too!
I've been reading about the robots.txt file, and wondering if it would be of any use (or if it can even be used on a forum?). Same question about the .htaccess file.Leitz wrote: ↑Fri May 03, 2024 1:03 pm Do we need bots at all? This seems interesting, if ToniXX has access to the .htaccess file:
https://www.johnlarge.co.uk/blocking-ag ... ment-11823
It wouldn't take much to convince me that bots are more trouble than they're worth for this particular site.
Re: Internal Server Error
I did a Google search on 'How to block Huawei bots' and it came up with some useful info,
https://acquia.my.site.com/s/article/36 ... 20features.
If you can understand such techno-blurb.
To me, it is like 'speaking in tongues' for computer buffs, I am still on Windows 95 dinosaur tec.
But maybe it will help. I just wouldn't want malicious nerds to be able to corrupt games and hack into things just for the fun of chaos making.
https://acquia.my.site.com/s/article/36 ... 20features.
If you can understand such techno-blurb.
To me, it is like 'speaking in tongues' for computer buffs, I am still on Windows 95 dinosaur tec.
But maybe it will help. I just wouldn't want malicious nerds to be able to corrupt games and hack into things just for the fun of chaos making.