RSS feedIf you’re wondering what happened to Bonny & Clyde, our server got a kind of DOS (Denial Of Service attack) from TVTonic. Well, not really a DOS, but it had the same effect, hundreds of TVTonic clients trying to suck down Bonny & Clyde episodes, all at the same time, over and over again. Joy!
We thought we’d addressed the problem earlier in the week, by banning the buggy TVTonic clients, but it seems that even the newer versions have a problem in this area as well.
Meanwhile, yes the site is down temporarily. When will it be back up? I’m not too sure. The guys at Dreamhost need to make a few patches for me before I can get back in and try to fix it.
So for now, we wait patiently…
It’s an odd feeling sitting here amongst the ruins of a collapsed media project. There’s no way we’re going to pick up all the old traffic we had once we get up and running again, because people won’t bother. So it makes me wonder whether it’s worth even continuing. The annoying thing is that I’m sitting here with no way to fix the problem, watching it crumble around us, yet it wasn’t even my fault! Grrrr!
We’re also now looking for an alternate hosting provider for our free high volume sites. If you have any recommendations on someone cheap who can support high bandwidth for media file downloads and fast turn around on tech support, then please let us know.
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