Hey there.
My Apache server is getting for many days a massive amount of requests on a particular repository, which kills it (due to maximum workers limit passed). I've deactivated the repository and I'm banning IPs still trying to access it, and in less than an hour I have already ~17000 unique IPs banned.
That really looks like a DDoS even if I have no idea why somebody would attack my server.
How can I deal with that? Note that I don't want to use Cloudflare.
TIA
Given our small UK user base, lack of any target market, and absence of material harm, we believe Woof.group is not in scope of the #OnlineSafetyAct. We intend to continue service as normal for UK users until we hear otherwise. #admin
Note: we just did a #Fedibock of several instances:
➡️ mastodong[.]lol
➡️ activitypub-troll[.]cf
➡️ misskey-forkbomb[.]cf
➡️ repl[.]co
Several admins have seen these instances being involved in some nasty attacks: They use thousands of subdomains of activitypub-troll [.]cf to overwhelm instances with Mastodon server calls.
An odd Fediverse-specific type of denial of service attack.
All blocked. Will block more if they sprout up,
There might be a planned downtime tomorrow 14:00 CET. I am still figuring out if it is necessary to swap the NVME storage drive of the server and am in contact with the hosting company.
Please prepare for about 4-6 hours downtime to allow raid resync.
It might be much shorter, but I feel more comfortable with that prognosis.
Also if you know your way around NVME replacement and raid resync I am open for suggestions on how to do this, maybe it is possible to resync the system while it is running, last time I did not manage to do this and had to use a rescue live #Linux system to recover.
Details on the time scheduled in your timezone:
timeanddate.com/worldclock/fix…
#Announcement #Downtime #Friendica #Admin @Friendica Support
Event Time Announcer shows time for Downtime friendica.utzer.de / git.friendi.ca / wiki.friendi.ca / files.friendi.ca / drone.friendi.ca in locations all over the world. In Berlin it happens on neděle 7. listopad 2021, 14:00:00.www.timeanddate.com
