Reply to: Put another 10p in the CUK Meter please

[xoggoth]

Damn! I won't be able to post as I'm not human.

[NickFitz]

FYI: as you've probably seen, CloudFlare was a bit overenthusiastic, demanding that you prove your humanity every thirty minutes or so. This was dialled back this morning, so it should only ask every day or so. As it seems to be doing a good job of keeping the bots out, this may be dialled back even further to every seven days (or maybe it already has been, I don't know).

An attempt was also made earlier to reduce the security level so it would be unlikely to challenge real users at all. Unfortunately, this also let at least some of the bots come swarming back, and the forum started to grind to a halt again, so it's had to be bumped back up to eleven for now. The powers that be are monitoring the situation (as am I) and the hope is that the bot attack will eventually fade away and things can be relaxed again. Fingers crossed!

[WTFH]

Turns out some malicious bot was hammering the forum, coming from the AWS data centre in Virginia by the look of things. CloudFlare's anti-bot thing has been activated so you may be asked to prove you're human - difficult for some, I know! But with that on, things seem to be running OK again now

Just been reading about it on El Reg (not specifically us, but the problem with ChatGPT-USER )
https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/...lity/?td=rt-3a

[Uncle Albert]

Turns out some malicious bot was hammering the forum, coming from the AWS data centre in Virginia by the look of things. CloudFlare's anti-bot thing has been activated so you may be asked to prove you're human - difficult for some, I know! But with that on, things seem to be running OK again now

Has anyone seen atw recently? Didn't his SKA go around trawling through websites?

[sadkingbilly]

the human checker's borked then! - bunter's still 'ere

[vetran]

Turns out some malicious bot was hammering the forum, coming from the AWS data centre in Virginia by the look of things. CloudFlare's anti-bot thing has been activated so you may be asked to prove you're human - difficult for some, I know! But with that on, things seem to be running OK again now

cheers! its like a brand new Hamster!

[NickFitz]

Turns out some malicious bot was hammering the forum, coming from the AWS data centre in Virginia by the look of things. CloudFlare's anti-bot thing has been activated so you may be asked to prove you're human - difficult for some, I know! But with that on, things seem to be running OK again now

[vetran]

I'd ask for a Duct tape for the hamster if I were you

FTFY

[Snooky]

I'd ask for a refund if I were you

[sadkingbilly]

User error.
Replace User and press any key.

[Zigenare]

The hamster is dying.

Fire up the BBQ!

[DoctorStrangelove]

The hamster is dying.

[Paddy]

Every so often the forum grinds to an absolute halt for me. Takes ages for a page to load or anything to happen after clicking the button. Soon after it's back up to speed.

Anyone else finding the same?

Have you tried switching it off and back on again?

[vetran]

Every so often the forum grinds to an absolute halt for me. Takes ages for a page to load or anything to happen after clicking the button. Soon after it's back up to speed.

Anyone else finding the same?

£2 have you not heard of inflation?

[vetran]

Wait till they add AI.

What could they do with it?

Suggestions on a support ticket please.