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Forum being load-spammed - INPROGRESS - SERVER DOWNTIME can be in next days

Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2020 7:30 am
by Stratego (dev)
There server runs in 100% because some bots are making very many requests to the forum from various sources.
bad news is it slowens the in-game requests too so you might experience slower game listings and such.

I have contacted the server provider to suggest solution, but until that i might move the forum to a different link, here:
http://www.androidutils.com/forumx/

so on previous URL-s it will not accessible sometimes, please copy and save this link for you so you can log in and post when i have moved the forum teporarily to this URL. (this will only happen until we find a solution to restrict these spammer-sources)

sorry 4 inconvenience.

Re: Forum being load-spammed - SOLVED

Posted: Wed Mar 25, 2020 7:18 am
by Stratego (dev)
ok, it seems solved i have banned a few IP-s from sinagpore that seemed too frequent, and load went down.

Re: Forum being load-spammed - SOLVED

Posted: Sun Aug 23, 2020 12:03 pm
by Stratego (dev)
ok, the load is always coming back - that is why sometime u saw the forum move to "forum1" url instead of "forum"

so now i have ordered a new server space so i will move all forum traffic there and forum spammers will not make server load pressing down the most important game backend.

Re: Forum being load-spammed - SOLVED

Posted: Sun Aug 23, 2020 6:03 pm
by Shark guy 35
Ok.

Re: Forum being load-spammed - INPROGRESS - SERVER DOWNTIME can be in next days

Posted: Mon Aug 24, 2020 8:36 am
by Stratego (dev)
in upcoming days you can experience full serverdowns (i mean the forum).

Re: Forum being load-spammed - INPROGRESS - SERVER DOWNTIME can be in next days

Posted: Mon Aug 24, 2020 8:50 am
by Badnorth
Does this mean my chat doesn't bug itself ever again?
E.g ChatChatChatchat something like this when typing.

Re: Forum being load-spammed - INPROGRESS - SERVER DOWNTIME can be in next days

Posted: Mon Aug 24, 2020 9:22 am
by Stratego (dev)
idk that problem. actually where is a chat in phpBB ? lol :)

Re: Forum being load-spammed - INPROGRESS - SERVER DOWNTIME can be in next days

Posted: Mon Aug 24, 2020 9:31 am
by Badnorth
No in forum

Re: Forum being load-spammed - INPROGRESS - SERVER DOWNTIME can be in next days

Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2020 9:15 pm
by Stratego (dev)
ok it is the new server - pelase tell me if everything goes all right.

Re: Forum being load-spammed - INPROGRESS - SERVER DOWNTIME can be in next days

Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2020 9:17 pm
by Stratego (dev)
testing 2

Re: Forum being load-spammed - INPROGRESS - SERVER DOWNTIME can be in next days

Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2020 9:20 pm
by Stratego (dev)
test 3

Re: Forum being load-spammed - INPROGRESS - SERVER DOWNTIME can be in next days

Posted: Thu Aug 27, 2020 2:38 am
by L4cus
i was afraid about the forum since i could not open it from the usual links
i had to try with playstore link to get here again!

Re: Forum being load-spammed - INPROGRESS - SERVER DOWNTIME can be in next days

Posted: Thu Aug 27, 2020 3:42 am
by SirPat
Visit the main androidutils website there's a forum hyperlink thete that always changes I believe so I could access this quickly

Re: Forum being load-spammed - INPROGRESS - SERVER DOWNTIME can be in next days

Posted: Thu Aug 27, 2020 4:00 am
by Badnorth
SirPat wrote: Thu Aug 27, 2020 3:42 am Visit the main androidutils website there's a forum hyperlink thete that always changes I believe so I could access this quickly
Active topics and androidutils website from mine aint working.
Right now I am using the link stratego gave from gmail.
L4cus wrote: Thu Aug 27, 2020 2:38 am i was afraid about the forum since i could not open it from the usual links
i had to try with playstore link to get here again!
Lol same.

Re: Forum being load-spammed - INPROGRESS - SERVER DOWNTIME can be in next days

Posted: Thu Aug 27, 2020 4:29 am
by Stratego (dev)
main androidutils website: i ahve fixed it thanks ! (however it not worked for years imho :))

active topics: what do u mean not working?

usual links: what usual links you mean? i will need to check all - thanks!

Re: Forum being load-spammed - INPROGRESS - SERVER DOWNTIME can be in next days

Posted: Thu Aug 27, 2020 5:01 am
by Badnorth
I have bookmarked active topics from the forum.
Those bookmarks now isn't working.

Re: Forum being load-spammed - INPROGRESS - SERVER DOWNTIME can be in next days

Posted: Thu Aug 27, 2020 5:26 am
by Stratego (dev)
sure.
please send me the link so i can put some page on them - thanks!

Re: Forum being load-spammed - INPROGRESS - SERVER DOWNTIME can be in next days

Posted: Thu Aug 27, 2020 5:45 am
by Badnorth

Re: Forum being load-spammed - INPROGRESS - SERVER DOWNTIME can be in next days

Posted: Thu Aug 27, 2020 5:46 am
by Stratego (dev)
i am working on the first (domain redirection)

the second will not work anymore.

Re: Forum being load-spammed - INPROGRESS - SERVER DOWNTIME can be in next days

Posted: Thu Aug 27, 2020 8:28 am
by Stratego (dev)
Ok. The first one is fixed . Please confirm

Re: Forum being load-spammed - INPROGRESS - SERVER DOWNTIME can be in next days

Posted: Thu Aug 27, 2020 8:40 am
by Badnorth
Works perfectly.

Re: Forum being load-spammed - INPROGRESS - SERVER DOWNTIME can be in next days

Posted: Thu Aug 27, 2020 8:56 am
by Stratego (dev)
i just see not perfectly - because the url no longer ageofstrategy.net when you load the page (as it is redirected).

so i will try polishing it more.

Re: Forum being load-spammed - INPROGRESS - SERVER DOWNTIME can be in next days

Posted: Thu Aug 27, 2020 10:07 am
by Stratego (dev)
ok it is working now please try ageofstrategy.net

Re: Forum being load-spammed - INPROGRESS - SERVER DOWNTIME can be in next days

Posted: Thu Aug 27, 2020 11:47 am
by L4cus
i click to forum bt this appear:
"Not Found

The requested URL was not found on this server.

Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request."

the link: https://www.androidutils.com/forum1/

Re: Forum being load-spammed - INPROGRESS - SERVER DOWNTIME can be in next days

Posted: Thu Aug 27, 2020 3:15 pm
by Stratego (dev)
that is a wrong link.

use the ageofstrategy.net link

Re: Forum being load-spammed - INPROGRESS - SERVER DOWNTIME can be in next days

Posted: Thu Aug 27, 2020 6:56 pm
by L4cus
i get to ZeroTouchSystems page where i can click the link i posted. it doesnt take me to forum
also, is it possible to modify "abilitypower" with techs or auras?

Re: Forum being load-spammed - INPROGRESS - SERVER DOWNTIME can be in next days

Posted: Thu Aug 27, 2020 8:12 pm
by Stratego (dev)
"i get to ZeroTouchSystems page where i can click the link i posted. it doesnt take me to forum"
- which is you mean "ZeroTouchSystems page" please send me URL.
- "https://www.androidutils.com/forum1/" should nowhere appear, please tell me where u found it.



(please dont mix the topic with offtopic things thanks!)

Re: Forum being load-spammed - INPROGRESS - SERVER DOWNTIME can be in next days

Posted: Thu Aug 27, 2020 8:15 pm
by L4cus
Image

Re: Forum being load-spammed - INPROGRESS - SERVER DOWNTIME can be in next days

Posted: Thu Aug 27, 2020 8:16 pm
by L4cus
and when i click forum it directs me to https://www.androidutils.com/forum1/

Re: Forum being load-spammed - INPROGRESS - SERVER DOWNTIME can be in next days

Posted: Thu Aug 27, 2020 8:28 pm
by Stratego (dev)
please press refresh on that page. (F5)
your browser must have cached the old one.