Most users ever

foxy · Post by **foxy** » 24 Jan 2005, 18:37

The most ever was 32 at 5.22pm tonight...was anybody there??

At the moment there's only me and 29 guests...how weird is that

Systems fault or most depressing day

mr magnolia · Post by **mr magnolia** » 24 Jan 2005, 18:53

You must just be one popular gal!

Porty · Post by **Porty** » 24 Jan 2005, 18:56

No way there was 32.

MrSpoon · Post by **MrSpoon** » 24 Jan 2005, 18:58

Sometimes 'bots' that trawl the internet for links get confused and turn up loads of hits - but it could be genuine!

Only Bob can tell us (if the IP's are logged)..

foxy · Post by **foxy** » 24 Jan 2005, 18:59

It's just gone up to 34

Maria · Post by **Maria** » 24 Jan 2005, 19:12

IP addresses are all different but don't know if that really means much

Bob Jefferson · Post by **Bob Jefferson** » 24 Jan 2005, 19:21

I find it very difficult to believe, but I don't have an alternative explanation.

Porty · Post by **Porty** » 24 Jan 2005, 19:33

Maybe its a rival community website having a dekko.

Whatever it is, it has the POL orange brigade out in force.

Maria · Post by **Maria** » 24 Jan 2005, 19:34

Maria · Post by **Maria** » 24 Jan 2005, 19:44

Maybe they're dieters who've heard about our Haribo porn pics...

foxy · Post by **foxy** » 24 Jan 2005, 20:23

Maria · Post by **Maria** » 24 Jan 2005, 20:23

38 now

foxy · Post by **foxy** » 24 Jan 2005, 20:32

DG · Post by DG » 24 Jan 2005, 20:39

There were 30 guests a moment ago and now 20 - who are you all?

DG

Porty · Post by **Porty** » 24 Jan 2005, 22:22

Another little POL blip that I am experiencing at the mo is "Topic Watching". As far as I am aware I have never requested to watch any topic for whenever someone replies. In the last two weeks I have recieved loads of emails informing me. Its annoying as i have to keep "de-registering" from watching for each individual topic.

Also, when I logged in tonight I was "hidden". I looked in Profile and "hidden" was selected. I wonder if I was "Hiding" at 3am on Sinday morning? I certainly thought I was invisible.

Bob Jefferson · Post by **Bob Jefferson** » 24 Jan 2005, 23:13

I'd noticed that you were hiding earlier but thought you were just being coy. Checked your profile and you have 'Always notify me of replies' deselected so you shouldn't be getting notifications unless you specifically request them.

Monitor it for a while and let me know if you get any more problems.

Bob Jefferson · Post by **Bob Jefferson** » 24 Jan 2005, 23:25

22:22 - there's me and 25 guests. Wangi, what's going on?

foxy · Post by **foxy** » 24 Jan 2005, 23:36

Porty wrote:I wonder if I was "Hiding" at 3am on Sinday morning? I certainly thought I was invisible.

Sinday?

Typo or something you would like to share with the rest of us

Post by **wangi** » 24 Jan 2005, 23:40

I've done a look up on all the IPs - one thing is for sure they're not bots from the search engines. Most are random US dialup/broadband home users, with a few worldwide ones for good measure too. Looks like an amry of infected PCs!

If it continues tomorrow I guess we can think about setting the forum so only registered users can read - just for a few days.

mr magnolia · Post by **mr magnolia** » 25 Jan 2005, 01:18

maybe set it so only registered users can see the members list?

I've taken my email address off my profile as it has obviously been taken from there before and used to give me junk mail.

MrSpoon · Post by **MrSpoon** » 25 Jan 2005, 09:41

wangi wrote:I've done a look up on all the IPs - one thing is for sure they're not bots from the search engines. Most are random US dialup/broadband home users, with a few worldwide ones for good measure too. Looks like a DDOS attack of sorts.

If it continues tomorrow I guess we can think about setting the forum so only registered users can read - just for a few days.

If it's DDOS then that won't help - you'll need to block the ip's at the root level.

Maria · Post by **Maria** » 25 Jan 2005, 10:07

For the uninitiated what is a DDOS Wangi/MrSpoon? Something Denial of service??

Porty · Post by **Porty** » 25 Jan 2005, 10:21

foxy wrote: Sinday....

Typo or something you would like to share with the rest of us

I guess Sinday works.

Post by **wangi** » 25 Jan 2005, 11:13

Distributed DOS... Anyway, I'm not giving it anymore thought just now - only two guests...

MrM - I'll have a hunt round for a mod/hack to prevent unregistered folk seeing the memberlist - however i'm loath to install more of these as they make upgrades a real PITA, we'll see!

Epykat · Post by **Epykat** » 25 Jan 2005, 22:40

wangi wrote:one thing is for sure they're not bots from the search engines. Most are random US dialup/broadband home users, with a few worldwide ones for good measure too. Looks like a DDOS attack of sorts

Klingons on the Starboard Bow Cap'n??

Warp speed!!!

foxy · Post by **foxy** » 26 Jan 2005, 18:22

Could it simply have been something to do with the fact that it was Burns Night

Presumably if you googled BurnsSupper, the POL site would show up eventually because of the PCATS thread

Maria · Post by **Maria** » 26 Jan 2005, 18:33

Or maybe all those Americans had just heard about Joe Findlay and his famous haggis recipe?
It would be nice to think that they were all genuine visitors wouldn't it?

Porty · Post by **Porty** » 27 Jan 2005, 00:48

Marya wrote:Or maybe all those Americans had just heard about Joe Findlay and his famous haggis recipe?
It would be nice to think that they were all genuine visitors wouldn't it?

Not if they were from Texas.

CatzVP · Post by **CatzVP** » 27 Jan 2005, 09:09

Porty wrote:
Marya wrote:Or maybe all those Americans had just heard about Joe Findlay and his famous haggis recipe?
It would be nice to think that they were all genuine visitors wouldn't it?
Not if they were from Texas.

or the other 48..... yes I know there is 50 states.... but I do like Hawaii

ecm · Post by **ecm** » 07 Feb 2005, 13:27

We seem to be having another of those strange, busy days again.

Currently me, Pop and 25 guests! We might beat our record if it continues.

Maria · Post by **Maria** » 07 Feb 2005, 14:27

Up to 30 now ecm with 4 of us members. The IPs are again all different with some seeming local to me. Maybe it's Tana's link!