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Site slow, is this is DoS?
Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2025 10:04 am
by sounds
On and off for the past month -ish, I've noticed the forum doesn't load at first.
If it's hosted in the cloud, many things could be the cause. Is the site suffering from a DoS?
Re: Site slow, is this is DoS?
Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2025 10:33 am
by nullplan
Worse, it is suffering from AI crawlers. These things were written so badly, they cause way more traffic and CPU/database load than they should have to to do their job. But for now, all the site owner can do is twist the thumb screws for high-traffic users and hope that makes them go away.
Re: Site slow, is this is DoS?
Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2025 11:34 am
by ell1e
How about deploying Anubis?
https://github.com/TecharoHQ/anubis
I heard it helps a lot with this. I wouldn't know how that affects regular search engine indexing though.
Re: Site slow, is this is DoS?
Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2025 1:30 am
by araxestroy
The site owner only checks in once per 1d6+9 months, unfortunately. Anubis would help but based on the usual webmaster check-in schedule, we'd probably need to catch up on a decade worth of PHP updates first.