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    I'm sure a some of you may have a few questions about the site, what happened and why it took so long to get it back up. I'll try to explain a few things here.

    What happened?
    DDoS attack as usual.

    Aren't u protected against that already?
    Yes, but that protection needs securing your web in certain way so the protection is effective. I did a lot of changes in the server and the forum a LONG time ago to make sure we were safe, but I left something and someone figure it out and was able to DDoS us again.

    Why did it take so long?
    Because I had to first figure out what I fucked up and fix it. Then get a new host. That takes a lot of time that I didn't have in the first place because of real life responsibilities.

    Couldn't someone else do this?
    Name 1 person with good Linux skills who has experience with this kind of things (linux security, ddos, php, vbulletin, etc) and who is trustworthy. Is not just about knowing your way around the forum admin panel. It's far more than that. DDoSing and attacking is something any kid can do. Protecting yourself against them without spending a TON of money, that's a whole different story and takes time and knowledge.

    Who did this?
    Take your pick. DDoS are distributed and very hard to track. Can't really tell who is behind this. I may have some ideas, but no hard evidence. Do I need evidence to ban ppl I think were behind this? Not really

    Are we gonna go offline again?
    No idea. I really hope not. I spent a lot of time I didn't have, trying to secure the site. I'm sure the guy behind the DDoS won't stop, but lets cross our fingers and hope I found all the ways he had to screw the site.

    You promised X and we still got nothing
    I apologize for that. Is not a matter of not caring about the site. If I didn't care, this site would have disappeared years ago. Is a matter of time vs real life responsibilities. Things keep changing and whenever I think I got the time to fully dedicate to this site, I get dragged to a ton of things and I can't prioritize this. Sure, sounds like a bunch of excuses, but that's how things are. No excuses, just the truth. I've even paid for several things to setup long time ago but never had the time to set them up.

    A new admin will fix this?
    If he is skilled and has knowledge of the stuff I mentioned in the 4th question, sure, but most ppl just know how to use the forum tool and not much more. Not to mention I've been backstabbed and betrayed quite a few times, enough to have a lot of trust issues. Doesn't mean I'm not open to suggestions, but if he is not skilled, I'll end up doing most of the work, so whats the point then?

    Any plans on leaving?
    Not for the moment. I log on a daily basis, tho I don't post.

    Search is broken?
    Yes. I'm working on it. Should be fixed later today.

    If u guys have any questions, shoot.

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    Devile what u think about ko4life.net

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    What do u want me to say? Same logo, "similar" domain name? I think u know what I think or anyone else for that matter. Not gonna say more than that about it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Devile View Post
    What do u want me to say? Same logo, "similar" domain name? I think u know what I think or anyone else for that matter. Not gonna say more than that about it.
    https://scontent-waw1-1.xx.fbcdn.net...56&oe=55FB6459

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    Quote Originally Posted by UltimatePvP View Post
    Devile what u think about ko4life.net

    Changing the domain name won't make a f. Difference lol


    I have experience with linux/freebsd/ubuntu/windows servers and I'm a programmer (php,jQuery, javascript, html, css) btw.

    But I don't know if I have that much more 'free time' to do stuff, we all have our real life responsibilities

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    Too late I already killed myself about 38 times according to some people.

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    Devile, I just wanted to say thank you for bringing us back the forums.

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    Quote Originally Posted by razor View Post
    Too late I already killed myself about 38 times according to some people.
    You're already dead inside anyway.

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    Yay it's back online! When you have time, may you add a Midgard section to the Market Place? I don't know if mods are capable of doing that, but new server, so would be appreciated.

    On topic; it's amazing that you still care for this forum to be honest. You get nothing back out of it, yet people expect you to do so much and keep it online as if it is your livelihood (lol!). I am glad you found the time to put this forum back up and mitigate the DDoS.
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    Quote Originally Posted by nub View Post
    Devile, I just wanted to say thank you for bringing us back the forums.
    You are welcome

    Quote Originally Posted by SkyHunter View Post
    Yay it's back online! When you have time, may you add a Midgard section to the Market Place? I don't know if mods are capable of doing that, but new server, so would be appreciated.

    On topic; it's amazing that you still care for this forum to be honest. You get nothing back out of it, yet people expect you to do so much and keep it online as if it is your livelihood (lol!). I am glad you found the time to put this forum back up and mitigate the DDoS.
    Thanks for that.

    About Midgard, is it a complete new server or did it merge with another server?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Devile View Post
    You are welcome



    Thanks for that.

    About Midgard, is it a complete new server or did it merge with another server?
    it's a completly new server

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    Quote Originally Posted by Devile View Post
    You are welcome



    Thanks for that.

    About Midgard, is it a complete new server or did it merge with another server?
    It's a new server Devile

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    Theres been some merges aswell

    Athena & Attila : Ares

    Resurrection & Ephesus : Diez

    Asgard & Gaia : Gaia

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    I dont care about anything except 1 thing...
    I love this forum, even when I retire, I keep comming and having fun from posts and stuff.

    So thank you very much Dev, for giving us all home to come back everytime we want.
    also thank you for taking care about those stupid attacks :-)
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    Okay i find who make ko4life.net = Flash

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