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Posted: Sat May 30, 2009 11:36 am Post subject:

84... but we are still being attacked. I have massively increased the ban time again, to about 4 days. There seems little point in the ban time not being roughly in line with the duration of the attack. _________________ Family Friendly Shareware \| \| Web Design/Services \| Free Forums

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Posted: Sat May 30, 2009 12:45 pm Post subject:

72 ... 4 new bans, 2 Ukraine, 2 Germany. _________________ Family Friendly Shareware \| \| Web Design/Services \| Free Forums

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Posted: Sat May 30, 2009 2:24 pm Post subject:

70... and a ban from the USA, San Jose California. Could that be a mistake I wonder? However only 1 more ban in that time is a good sign. _________________ Family Friendly Shareware \| \| Web Design/Services \| Free Forums

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Posted: Sat May 30, 2009 4:14 pm Post subject:

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Posted: Sat May 30, 2009 5:59 pm Post subject:

and now back up to 73. Two other forums on the Ford server have triggered a flood reaction as well. Again on iffy ip locations, the Ukraine and the Philippines. _________________ Family Friendly Shareware \| \| Web Design/Services \| Free Forums

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Posted: Sat May 30, 2009 7:25 pm Post subject:

I have removed the flood system that was tweaking the board settings, I didn't like that happening, and now I believe that the attack is not aimed at CAPTCHA I think it is over kill. The flood system now concentrates on registration. _________________ Family Friendly Shareware \| \| Web Design/Services \| Free Forums

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Posted: Sat May 30, 2009 7:57 pm Post subject:

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Posted: Sat May 30, 2009 9:03 pm Post subject:

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Posted: Sat May 30, 2009 9:23 pm Post subject:

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Posted: Sat May 30, 2009 9:48 pm Post subject:

Admin thought you might like to know that MSliveFormNew is a spammer. I`ve seen posts under that name to do with credit cards on other forums. _________________ http://letstalk.myfastforum.org

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Posted: Sat May 30, 2009 10:07 pm Post subject:

thanks but no need for such reports. now up to 126... _________________ Family Friendly Shareware \| \| Web Design/Services \| Free Forums

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Posted: Sun May 31, 2009 12:23 am Post subject:

155.... It is quite telling that the emails generated keep piling in, two at a time! One goes to the forum admin, the other to me I have had buckets of emails about this forum and three emails about other forums. Plainly it is this forum that is the target and the flood system is if anything lax. _________________ Family Friendly Shareware \| \| Web Design/Services \| Free Forums

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Posted: Sun May 31, 2009 2:22 am Post subject:

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Posted: Sun May 31, 2009 6:56 am Post subject:

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Posted: Sun May 31, 2009 9:05 am Post subject:

228... ban time increased again, as I say no point in banning for less than the potential attack duration. _________________ Family Friendly Shareware \| \| Web Design/Services \| Free Forums