Popular Post sadface 5,486 Posted September 6, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted September 6, 2016 Hi, Many of you frequent users have noticed the occasional downtime in the last couple of weeks, and I know it has impacted your experience with OneHallyu negatively. I think an apology from me wouldn't do, so I decide to make this post to give you the explanation on why this happened. So what happened? Basically, our hosting provider detected that there are malicious traffic hitting on the IP address that's linked with onehallyu.com. These are not legitimate traffic, and those are supposed to overload the server behind with junk traffic, making it unavailable for any users to visit the site. The malicious traffic is often known as the Denial-of-Service attack, which you guys may have heard of the term DOS (or DDOS: Distributed DOS) As a preventive measure on the hosting provider side, they null-routed our IP address. For simple explanation, all requests that hit on the IP address shall be redirected to nothingness, and none of those requests would hit the underlying server behind. That's why during that time, you guys normally encountered the browser being stuck at Connecting.. This is due to the browser being unable to talk to underlying web-server. TL,DR: We were DOS-ed This wasn't the first time it happened. You guys may have noticed it happening a while ago, which takes 1-2 days for the site to get back up. You may have seen the turn around time being faster this time around. Why is it so? Null-routing is often turned on as a defensive measure, and it normally turns itself off like 1-2 days after the attack subsided. Which means for a couple of days since the attacks started, the IP address will be rendered useless. That's why it took so long for us the first few times we get attacked. Nowadays I found some workarounds to get it back quicker, however I would prefer not to disclose it. Impact: The only obvious impact is that no one can get on the site, apparently. All your posts, threads, PMs are safe, and I do regular backup to make sure nothing gets lost. Random thoughts: I have seen a sudden rise of our popularity in the Russian region, so my first train of thought would be someone rented a botnet in Russia to attack us. DDOS is almost impossible to prevent, and if you have enough money you can always rent a super huge botnet to bring down some big websites (well, not the super huge huge sites). Anyway, these malicious actions are definitely not ethical or legal by any means. I would try to investigate to see what I can dig out of it. Also interesting thought that the attackers would have to spend much more money to attack us than the tiny stipend of monetary loss we have to take... Anyway, that's all from me. If you see anything going wrong with the website, do reach out for us quickly, on Twitter, or through the email. We will try our best to keep the downtime as short as possible for all of you. -sad- P/S: Please support RV comeback I love you all. 125 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
semisomniac 3,852 Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 thanks for all you do 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
˹AS˼ 3,610 Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 Wow similar to that other forum........... 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sailor Mars 1,981 Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 damn we gonna catch these fuckers! Wow similar to that other forum........... coincidence? hmmmmmm 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noon 20,968 Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 first spill the deets now OH. guess johnny really is the vengeful type. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jjang~ 10,185 Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 Thanks, dear. For your hard work and also to all the mods out there, stay strong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
í™©ì œë‹˜ 팬 4,702 Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 #everybody_knows 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mes 3,910 Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 I know your true intentions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rohan Kishibe 13,712 Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 Johnny Is going after OH after I exposed him on my last a account... RIP 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panther 976 Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 Russian region ? Rv impact xD 5 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crescent 8,578 Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 I bet it was our so loved russian user, . 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VANTE 4,595 Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 how petty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dianun 2,094 Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 (edited) Thanks for all your hard work Edited September 6, 2016 by Heart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clay 11,273 Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 (edited) messsssssssssss be seeing you J N Edited September 6, 2016 by Hoessam 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GalaxunnieSuperOppa 5,997 Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 Ahhh okay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanzender Stern 1,460 Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 Also interesting thought that the attackers would have to spend much more money to attack us than the tiny stipend of monetary loss we have to take... That really is funny if you ignore all the stress it caused Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crescent 8,578 Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 how petty so you're confessing it was you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RYUZAKI 10,284 Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 (edited) Sadface, you should protect our home!!1!1!1 Edited September 6, 2016 by Ryuzaki08 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tteona Oneul Bame 61,621 Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 THEY'RE COMING FOR US ALL~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lunneva 3,164 Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 (edited) Mmmh... yesterday on "The Aksu Thread" (A thread in the random section where EXO-Ls talk about anything) they were like 43 guests and it was really weird because it's not the EXO main thread and it's not interesting for lurkers..., is it because of those "Russians" ? Thanks for your hard work ! Edited September 6, 2016 by Lunneva Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Lee's Wifeu 799 Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 I know your true intentions. What's this about? Also, hnnnnnnnnnn deja vu I'm shook Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taelent 9,485 Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 Hwaiting mod oppas! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HATEmeCUZyouAINTme 1,853 Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 Yess at you sliding RV that promo.. Support the queens tomorrow y'all 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Crown 529 Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 Is that why there's a lot more "guests" than usual lately? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VANTE 4,595 Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 so you're confessing it was you? mess Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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