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Posted: **Fri Jun 09, 06 10:14 pm**

Nanyo
a. Could you please fix encoding for our MySQL databases. Currently it's latin1_swedish_ci (Swedish? wth!), while we need UTF-8. Wrong encoding f*cks up RSS on PlanetDeusEx'ru.
b. The server have been lagging today from time to time.

Posted: **Fri Jun 09, 06 10:15 pm**

Yeah lagged for me too... this evening and just again before I wrote this post.

Posted: **Fri Jun 09, 06 10:27 pm**

To be honest dude, it's lagging like a bitch. I thought it was just me so I wasn't going to say anything, but turns out other people have the same problem...

Posted: **Sat Jun 10, 06 1:27 am**

~[A]Daedalus~ wrote:Nanyo
a. Could you please fix encoding for our MySQL databases. Currently it's latin1_swedish_ci (Swedish? wth!), while we need UTF-8. Wrong encoding f*cks up RSS on PlanetDeusEx'ru.
b. The server have been lagging today from time to time.

Yes, I'm aware of the lag today. The datacenter where our server is located in had a problem with their upstream bandwidth provider(currently an exchange point -- mutiple provider problem), I've been in CONSTANT communication with them. The exchange problem got fixed (it was a Level(3) fibercut) and just as of 8PM EST it seems the OTHER problem lied with a server on their networking making jitter, they have pulled this server and all should be good now, I apologize. I am looking into the MySQL as we speak.

Thanks.

Posted: **Sat Jun 10, 06 9:25 am**

Well, it still lags badly today

And yeah, all the databases should be converted. However, if it is a hard process you may do only planetdx, pdxru, pdx, rpgdb.

Edit: lag is gone now.

Posted: **Mon Jun 12, 06 4:03 pm**

I'll convert them today. I'm quite busy right now.

Posted: **Sat Jun 17, 06 9:12 am**

Nanyo, the forum lags badly atm =/

Posted: **Sat Jun 17, 06 1:17 pm**

It lags from time to time but ever since you mentioned you have a new server its been running better then ever for me.

Posted: **Sat Jun 17, 06 3:39 pm**

The server is used to lag at (European) mornings.

Posted: **Sat Jun 17, 06 5:35 pm**

Sorry for the downtime this afternoon. Smookie has been trying his new programme, and overloaded the server of this forum.

Posted: **Sat Jun 17, 06 7:10 pm**

What??!?!?! Are you telling me you authorized someone to FLOOD this server? Because...I've been having BAD problems with Apache, it is constantly just stopping and becoming inaccessable, I am working on getting this resolved ASAP. Stand by for updates.

Posted: **Sat Jun 17, 06 7:11 pm**

No. It was being sarcasm. We didn't allow him.

Posted: **Sat Jun 17, 06 7:12 pm**

Lol..you scared me there for a moment. Anyway, there is an issue with Apache and I'm working torward a fix ASAP.

Posted: **Sat Jun 17, 06 7:13 pm**

So Smookie has acted? How about a ban.

Posted: **Sat Jun 17, 06 7:13 pm**

Nanyo wrote:Lol..you scared me there for a moment. Anyway, there is an issue with Apache and I'm working torward a fix ASAP.

He is busy with his programme though. We just didn't allow it.
Daedalus. I did ban him this time. Now do not unban him.

Posted: **Sat Jun 17, 06 7:13 pm**

Damn your fast with replies.
Okay. However it will not stop him from attacking the server.

Posted: **Sat Jun 17, 06 7:14 pm**

Even though he has a proxy. I will ban those aswell.

Posted: **Sat Jun 17, 06 7:15 pm**

Chap = Smookie, as I suspected.

Posted: **Sat Jun 17, 06 7:16 pm**

If he does any kind of DDoS attack he will be blocked at the router level (The network the server is on has Netscreen DoS Protection, will probably soon upgrade to Netscreen Deep Packet Inspection also, when I feel we need it.

Posted: **Sat Jun 17, 06 8:00 pm**

DoS is what he is doing now (I must admit quite succesfully).

Posted: **Sat Jun 17, 06 8:22 pm**

Why DoS when you can cripple a forum so many different ways...

Posted: **Sat Jun 17, 06 8:56 pm**

DarkKnight wrote:Why DoS when you can cripple a forum so many different ways...

Not really. Yea, there are some vulnerabilities in our current version of phpBB, but they aren't that serious. And i think he knows we have automated scheduled backup and it would take 10 mins to restore it if something nasty happened. On the next week I'll improve forum security to max again.

Posted: **Sat Jun 17, 06 9:34 pm**

If he is doing a Dos I really wish he would stop. I have found out what is causing it to be down, sluggish, etc. The apache maxclients was set to 150, I've increased this and all seems to be good now. Please if you guys encounter any sluggish loading, php errors, anything that you think should be fixed drop an email to support@collateralfx.net So I can look into this ASAP.

Thanks.

Posted: **Sat Jun 17, 06 11:33 pm**

Wtf does he think hes doing! Fucking cock. Alex, please give me his msn

Posted: **Sun Jun 18, 06 12:15 am**

Ok guys, he has just added me on MSN and spoke to me. He's unbanned. This should be the end of all the arguments. Alex, treat him like any other forum member. He will treat you the same. Do not ban without talking to me.

Posted: **Sun Jun 18, 06 5:51 am**

~[A]Daedalus~ wrote:
DarkKnight wrote:Why DoS when you can cripple a forum so many different ways...

Not really. Yea, there are some vulnerabilities in our current version of phpBB, but they aren't that serious. And i think he knows we have automated scheduled backup and it would take 10 mins to restore it if something nasty happened. On the next week I'll improve forum security to max again.

I was refering to overloading it. :wink:

Posted: **Sun Jun 18, 06 6:48 am**

If your IP is 84.25.76.219 let me know, cause I banned this IP at the firewall level and I have unbanned it but I need to know if that was you or not. So I don't ban you again

Posted: **Sun Jun 18, 06 2:05 pm**

not my ip sry

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