no access to this vbulletin servers

[Razgo]

i read in the announcements about the current ddos attacks and the banning of IP's. i don't see a specific thread about so i am posting here.

currently the only way i can access is by using/finding public proxies to get here. my ISP optusnet cable provider uses transparent proxy which is : 211.29.136.13 (webcache03.mas.optusnet.com.au) and my direct IP : 210.49.65.244 also has been blocked from the vbulletin servers.

will these IP's be unblocked soon?

[Brian Briscoe]

Yes, at the moment the vBulletin Team and Ventures Online are working to try and restore service to all vBulletin Customers.

Hopefully if they find the Attacker they can un-block your Internet Service Provider's Proxy and your Direct IP.

[Steve Machol]

If you are still blocked, please send an email to support@vbulletin.com.

[Razgo]

i have access again now. thanks :)

[Kurgan]

I haven't been able to access vbulletin.com for at least the past week, and my VBB license expired today. I was still unable to access the web site to renew. I just got in and renewed it after having to hook in a dial-up modem and dialing in. I still cannot access the site from my work's T1 or my home's DSL connection. Kinda sucks.

I'll send an e-mail to support@vbulletin.com as well.

[Tungsten]

If you are still blocked, please send an email to support@vbulletin.com.
I'm still blocked. Just sent an email to support.

[Tungsten]

I'm still blocked. Just sent an email to support.
Fixed now. Thanks!

[Razgo]

i got blocked again too, but today i have access again :)

[Brian Briscoe]

i got blocked again too, but today i have access again :)
You got blocked again after you were unblocked?

[Steve Machol]

FWIW it reinstitute the blocks whenever we come under attack again.

[Brian Briscoe]

FWIW it reinstitute the blocks whenever we come under attack again.
So, I am assuming the attacker has still not been caught yet?

[Steve Machol]

Sorry, are you serious? :confused:

Edit: That sounded more rude than I intended. There are no easy ways to 'catch' someone behind a DDoS attack. Here's an interesting article to read:

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=3805777

[Razgo]

it may not have been my specific IP , it might have been an IP my ISP goes through to get to vblulletin.com just before vbulletin.com

[Brian Briscoe]

Sorry, are you serious? :confused:

Edit: That sounded more rude than I intended. There are no easy ways to 'catch' someone behind a DDoS attack. Here's an interesting article to read:

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=3805777
Its ok, Im sorry, I havent really read up on DDoS attacks before, thanks for the link though. :)

[Scott MacVicar]

We had to implement some emergency class A IP bans that were left in until we had identified each individual IP address and banned them.

Any more problems just email support@vbulletin.com with your current IP within it.

[Wayne Luke]

Its ok, Im sorry, I havent really read up on DDoS attacks before, thanks for the link though. :)
Here is a really good primer on what happens on a DDOS attack and why they cripple servers.

http://www.grc.com/dos/grcdos.htm

[Brian Briscoe]

Here is a really good primer on what happens on a DDOS attack and why they cripple servers.

http://www.grc.com/dos/grcdos.htm
Thanks Wayne. :)

[Sephiroth189]

I wonder what happens to the attacker if he/she is caught. Do they get the death penalty or something?

[cirisme]

Hrm, no....:confused:

Prison sentences and/or fines most probably if in a country that has decent laws.