Bugs and Suggestions

BrettH · 11-25-2006, 05:25 PM

Post removed as much as possible.

I do want it to be understood that there was no intent to make an accusation. I do not, and did not, believe there were any shenanigans going on. I can understand, however, how the post would be viewed so I have edited this statement in its place.

Apologies for the confusion.

---Brett

TMSOne · 11-25-2006, 09:18 PM

We were hit with a DDOS attack several weeks ago which corrupted the review database. Due to the server changover etc backups were not taken correctly (cron job backing up wrong directory). They were restored to the most recent available backup and creation of new reviews disabled to prevent similar attacks until the review system can be reworked. A post indicating this was made at the time and anyone who tried to connect to TMS during that several hour period would have noticed it unresponsive.

That is all there is to it, end of story.

BrettH · 11-25-2006, 10:15 PM

Post removed; a detailed explanation was really unnecessary since the best thing to do was to simply remove the post.

Kylotan · 11-26-2006, 08:44 AM

What, and then have anybody who saw your original post think that it got censored by the new management? That wouldn't have been a great move.

Fern · 11-26-2006, 12:16 PM

Perhaps it could reduce confusion by temporarily commenting out that section of the web pages?

BrettH · 11-26-2006, 03:05 PM

I think I'm just going to let people believe what they want to believe and not get involved at this stage.

---Brett

TMSOne · 11-26-2006, 04:04 PM

We could, but there's years of reviews there still worth a read imho, with most muds not missing reviews at all.

Any muds adversely affected by this (negative reviews remain while positive reviews were lost) are welcome to drop me a note at webmaster-at-topmudsites.com to have reviews for their specific mud temporarily disabled until this is resolved.

Fern · 11-26-2006, 04:06 PM

Oh, I was just suggesting that the section be commented out from the top left of the main vote results pages, not that reviews be removed entirely. Those can still be accessed from the indivdual game listings, as I recall.

Fizban · 11-28-2006, 10:32 AM

Was the review database on the same server as something else that was the actual target for the attack? Because if not all I can say is that someone has some serious issues when they DDOS a website that is populated by many and harms none (except for Dragon Ball Z MUD "Owners" who get ****ed because of because of a review that puts their MUD in a poor light. Normally I'd expect this would be the reason except that 13 year olds can't usually pull off Denial of Service Attacks.) Then again I've seen people DOS MUDs as well when they were ousted as the leader of an in-game clan so I suppose people do stupid things like this quite often actually for what others would consider petty insignificate reasons.

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11-25-2006, 05:25 PM	#1
BrettH Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 52	Post removed as much as possible. I do want it to be understood that there was no intent to make an accusation. I do not, and did not, believe there were any shenanigans going on. I can understand, however, how the post would be viewed so I have edited this statement in its place. Apologies for the confusion. ---Brett

11-25-2006, 09:18 PM	#2
TMSOne New Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 23	We were hit with a DDOS attack several weeks ago which corrupted the review database. Due to the server changover etc backups were not taken correctly (cron job backing up wrong directory). They were restored to the most recent available backup and creation of new reviews disabled to prevent similar attacks until the review system can be reworked. A post indicating this was made at the time and anyone who tried to connect to TMS during that several hour period would have noticed it unresponsive. That is all there is to it, end of story.

11-25-2006, 10:15 PM	#3
BrettH Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 52	Post removed; a detailed explanation was really unnecessary since the best thing to do was to simply remove the post.

11-26-2006, 08:44 AM	#4
Kylotan Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Nottingham, UK Home MUD: Abattoir (Smaug) Home MUD: ex-Jellybean (Smaug) Home MUD: ex-Dark Chambers (Merc) Posts: 174	What, and then have anybody who saw your original post think that it got censored by the new management? That wouldn't have been a great move.

11-26-2006, 12:16 PM	#5
Fern Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 156	Perhaps it could reduce confusion by temporarily commenting out that section of the web pages?

11-26-2006, 03:05 PM	#6
BrettH Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 52	I think I'm just going to let people believe what they want to believe and not get involved at this stage. ---Brett

11-26-2006, 04:04 PM	#7
TMSOne New Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 23	We could, but there's years of reviews there still worth a read imho, with most muds not missing reviews at all. Any muds adversely affected by this (negative reviews remain while positive reviews were lost) are welcome to drop me a note at webmaster-at-topmudsites.com to have reviews for their specific mud temporarily disabled until this is resolved.

11-26-2006, 04:06 PM	#8
Fern Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 156	Oh, I was just suggesting that the section be commented out from the top left of the main vote results pages, not that reviews be removed entirely. Those can still be accessed from the indivdual game listings, as I recall.

11-28-2006, 10:32 AM	#9
Fizban Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Name: Brandon Location: Shelby Township, Michigan Home MUD: The Builder Academy Home MUD: 4 Dimensions Posts: 144	Was the review database on the same server as something else that was the actual target for the attack? Because if not all I can say is that someone has some serious issues when they DDOS a website that is populated by many and harms none (except for Dragon Ball Z MUD "Owners" who get ****ed because of because of a review that puts their MUD in a poor light. Normally I'd expect this would be the reason except that 13 year olds can't usually pull off Denial of Service Attacks.) Then again I've seen people DOS MUDs as well when they were ousted as the leader of an in-game clan so I suppose people do stupid things like this quite often actually for what others would consider petty insignificate reasons.

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