A call to (nerdy) arms

[MaximiusM]

Originally Posted by rickjames [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Now one potential theory I had (im a receptionist at an IT firm too) is that they may be abusing socket connections to the webserver (spam HTTP requests) as it seems the website goes down (colocated/same box/same VM) with the game server. If someone would be able to confirm or refute this, i would be willing to pony up a little cash to help get the website/forums hosted on a separate instance to mitigate that vulnerability.

you've essentially come to the same conclusion as me, fellow internet receptionist. PM'ing with details.

[Pringles]

Originally Posted by rickjames [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

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Now one potential theory I had (im a receptionist at an IT firm too) is that they may be abusing socket connections to the webserver (spam HTTP requests) as it seems the website goes down (colocated/same box/same VM) with the game server. If someone would be able to confirm or refute this, i would be willing to pony up a little cash to help get the website/forums hosted on a separate instance to mitigate that vulnerability.

Except that would stand out like a sore thumb as the cause and Rogean would have already resolved it.

[August]

If I can help in any way let me know. I have a background in cryptography and filter analysis and have been in software for 7 years.

More importantly, if you need to find out how to do something, I can find that out almost assuredly. I'm not an expert in cyber security, however.