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Re: Forum very slow pages all of a sudden

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We spoke about this issue at the FPA general meeting this weekend -- @kkremitzki is going to investigate options for improved server resources, now that the FPA has a stable income we can rely on to cover the expense.
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I also experienced a few 502 gateway errors today besides severe slowness, is this a hardware or software problem? Should we reconsider moving away from phpbb? (hopefully to something with proper search)
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To the best of my knowledge phpbb is the only real open source solution: if we wanted to switch software providers (to one that supports things like ElasticSearch) I think we'd be looking at XenForo or Invision Community Suite. I don't know how much interest there will be in that sort of migration.
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It appears we are getting DDoSed. Working on it now.
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It appears we are getting DDoSed. Working on it now.
Can a DDoS on your server affect (infect with malware or virus) my computer if I'm online on the forum?
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jfc4120 wrote: Mon Mar 20, 2023 9:23 pm

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It appears we are getting DDoSed. Working on it now.
Can a DDoS on your server affect (infect with malware or virus) my computer if I'm online on the forum?
No, what they're doing is the equivalent of refreshing a page over and over to cause server load.
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chennes wrote: Mon Mar 20, 2023 4:51 pm To the best of my knowledge phpbb is the only real open source solution: if we wanted to switch software providers (to one that supports things like ElasticSearch) I think we'd be looking at XenForo or Invision Community Suite. I don't know how much interest there will be in that sort of migration.
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Re: Forum very slow pages all of a sudden

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kkremitzki wrote: Mon Mar 20, 2023 8:38 pm It appears we are getting DDoSed. Working on it now.
Why would anyone DDoS FreeCAD Forum? Angry kids fiercely advocating Fusion 360 and trying to suppress competition? Scammers trying to blackmail the incredibly wealthy FreeCAD community? Does this mean we're finally famous? :D
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