1 Topic by fdsa2

  • Registered: 2006-06-23
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Topic: Login script or login user may cause DDOS ..

i'm a  large users group punbb user.
when i disable the members to read the board,then the forum getting high speed,
but when i enable the members to read the board,on acp,then the forum getting so slow,,even can not open in browser,

i think may be the script have some bug then someone can using it to DDOS the server.

2 Reply by Smartys (edited by Smartys 2006-07-29 03:08)

  • Smartys
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Re: Login script or login user may cause DDOS ..

I'm confused, of course your forum is going to be slower when people are actively using it tongue
And as for a DDOS, I doubt it: try figuring out what scripts are slowing down your forum

3 Reply by fdsa2 (edited by fdsa2 2006-07-29 03:27)

  • Registered: 2006-06-23
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Re: Login script or login user may cause DDOS ..

and i'm not sure what script do that,

but i just do a test for the reality of my words


i'm changing the domain to a new server,
then there will be no normal DDOS ,
so i opened the member read forum and closed the member read,

then first it slows ,when i closed it ,it speed up.

why just a function of user activate login cause so big change??!

it's real a problem

  • Smartys
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Re: Login script or login user may cause DDOS ..

Why is it slower when PunBB has to load topics as opposed to just giving you a "You can't read this" error? Fewer queries perhaps
This isn't a bug, this is a problem with your setup. We can't identify the problem without more information (like, is MySQL causing the problem? If so, which query?)

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  • Registered: 2005-08-26
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Re: Login script or login user may cause DDOS ..

Smartys wrote:

This isn't a bug

I'll trust Smartys. Moved to troubleshooting.

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