dalbert Posted December 3, 2020 Report Share Posted December 3, 2020 I've had to turn off new member registrations temporarily because of Russian spammers attacking the site. Again, this is why I maintain a manual approval queue, and it sometimes takes a few days to get on the site as a new member. We have very good infrastructure backing us up, so the attack has not affected performance. in the past 72 hours, I've had thousands of Russian originated attempts to register, and they have either learned the answers to all 6 challenge questions, or found a way around the security feature. I currently have over 250 registrations in the queue to review, most of which are obviously spammers, but each one takes about 10 seconds to delete if they are obvious, and if they are not obvious, I have to Google the email address, and sometimes the IP address to determine if they are legitimate, so it can easily add up to hours to clear the queue. Anyway, it's been taking a lot of my time as of late to keep us going, and hopefully this will pass as has occurred in the past. David Albertdalbert@sturmgewehr.com 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2t2 Posted December 3, 2020 Report Share Posted December 3, 2020 This is such an amazing site, I have learned so much and met so many great people.Donation sent to help with the spammers and to maintain the site.Happy Holidays!Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalbert Posted December 5, 2020 Author Report Share Posted December 5, 2020 Tom, I truly appreciate your generous donation. Thanks a bunch! David Albertdalbert@sturmgewehr.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalbert Posted December 5, 2020 Author Report Share Posted December 5, 2020 I just reopened the registration portal, so we'll see how it goes. I'll be watching it closely this weekend. David Albertdalbert@sturmgewehr.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalbert Posted December 6, 2020 Author Report Share Posted December 6, 2020 I turned the registration portal back off for now. I only had 58 spam attempts, but they usually multiply quickly. David Albertdalbert@sturmgewehr.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Mills Posted December 6, 2020 Report Share Posted December 6, 2020 David,I add my thanks to you for standing guard here for the safety of the site and members. I'm sure you have other things to do and we appreciate all your efforts, as other good guys have been mentioned here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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