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Paul

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  • Location: Aviemore
  • Location: Aviemore

Morning, some of you have noticed that a message about 'checking your browser' appears before you visit the forums currently. This is due to a ddos attack which occurred last night causing a little bit of downtime, so we're running mitigation against it. The browser check is just to ensure that only legitimate visitors are making it onto the servers, and any dodgy 'ddos bots' don't. 

 

We'll most likely come off of this highest level of protection at some point today, so you'll stop seeing the messages, but obviously in the future you may see the same browser check message from time to time should an attack happen again - which unfortunately is an increasingly common event across the net these days.

 

Thanks

 

Paul

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  • Location: Evesham/ Tewkesbury
  • Weather Preferences: Enjoy the weather, you can't take it with you 😎
  • Location: Evesham/ Tewkesbury

Yes ,noticed this morning the message, many thanks for letting us know :)

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  • Location: Catchgate, Durham,705ft asl
  • Location: Catchgate, Durham,705ft asl

Noticed this last night.

 

It all seemed to go pear shaped when i was trying to comment on someones status update. :unsure2:

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  • Location: Darlington
  • Weather Preferences: Warm dry summers
  • Location: Darlington

Thanks for that info Paul noticed last night the site wasn't working such a shame some feel the need to ddos forums I was a forum mod on another forum which uses exactly the same software as NW and they got ddos quite frequently its  frustrating for everyone

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