Malf on 22/12/2022 at 10:41
Is it just me, or has the forum been incredibly slow to load recently?
For me, it's noticeably slower than other forums I frequent at the moment.
bassoferrol on 22/12/2022 at 10:49
You´re right.
It´s very low for me too.
Hit Deity on 22/12/2022 at 11:23
Seems ok to me, but I'm on satellite access, so it's always "slow" for me to some degree. Maybe it's the over 4000 users online today.. seems like a lot.
WingedKagouti on 22/12/2022 at 11:46
And the vast majority are Guests, which likely means at least 3500 bots trying to look for security holes, create spam accounts etc.
Al_B on 22/12/2022 at 19:52
Yes, majority are bots that look like they're coming from Microsoft Azure services. I've banned a number of IP addresses in an attempt to lessen the overall load somewhat and will continue to monitor.
Malf on 23/12/2022 at 05:28
That definitely seems to have sped things back up. Good work Al!