Why were the forums down?

[Atn]

Why were the forums down?

[Ad Bot]

[Badspot]

Server was hard rebooted due to maintenance at the data center, not all services restarted automatically.

[Atn]

How often do they do their maintenance at the data center that requires them to restart their services?

[Nal]

So uh, why can I load general discussion but not Off topic?

[AdinX]

So uh, why can I load general discussion but not Off topic?

because you aren't worthy

I had the same problem actually, I re-logged and that fixed it for me. It may just be timing?

[Caribou]

I know, I was wondering the same. I was getting a bunch of CloudFlare errors. I'm glad that we're back though.

[Naked Human]

Yah, had the same problem :L

[XR-7]

I know, I was wondering the same. I was getting a bunch of CloudFlare errors. I'm glad that we're back though.

CloudFlare didn't have any error for me. It just said it was a problem with the host and I just dismissed it as another attack.

[Pecon]

another attack.

Cloudflare handles all connections to the forums, so cloudflare would be the one hit by the attack. That's the whole point.

[Ipquarx]

Cloudflare handles all connections to the forums, so cloudflare would be the one hit by the attack. That's the whole point.

Unless the attacker has the un-masked IP, in which case cloudflare can by bypassed completely.

[Pecon]

Unless the attacker has the un-masked IP, in which case cloudflare can by bypassed completely.

True, but that can be solved pretty quickly.

[Lugnut]

Unless the attacker has the un-masked IP, in which case cloudflare can by bypassed completely.

drop all connections coming from anywhere but cloudflare
problem solved