Site Seems Excessively Slow - 5/6/20

[Gman]

Wow. Something changed in the last 5 minutes. Much quicker.

[Gman]

Wow. Something changed in the last 5 minutes. Much quicker.

The glitch is gone. Slow again.

[CS1983]

[Gman]

Oh yeah? My phone sucks!

[buffalobo]

Admins working on it. Be off n on til they get done.

[theGinsue]

You may have noticed the latency has disappeared.

The latency was caused by a serious bot attack on our site. While there are mediations that can be made on a case-by-case basis at the server level, I don't have access to that capability.

To resolve the issue, for the time being, I have turned off Guest access to the site. This means that the only way to view the site is as a registered user who is logged onto the site. If you ever look at the site while not logged in, you won't be able to so that for the time being.

I plan to turn Guest access back on, but I want to give it a little time for the bots to think they can't get in any more.

[SideShow Bob]

You may have noticed the latency has disappeared.

The latency was caused by a serious bot attack on our site. While there are mediations that can be made on a case-by-case basis at the server level, I don't have access to that capability.

To resolve the issue, for the time being, I have turned off Guest access to the site. This means that the only way to view the site is as a registered user who is logged onto the site. If you ever look at the site while not logged in, you won't be able to so that for the time being.

I plan to turn Guest access back on, but I want to give it a little time for the bots to think they can't get in any more.

What ?
First COVID-19, now this ! Will it never end ?...........

Now iwill have to sign in just to look at this ??€[^< site........


























Just kidding, Great work, and a pat on the back to all you interwebz wizards.

[theGinsue]

Apparently it's under Settings > Human Verification Manager

https://vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=315960

...and maybe this is an option?: Admin CP -> Usergroups -> Usergroup Manager -> Edit Usergroup (Unregistered) -> Require Human Verification on Configured Actions -> Yes

We use the Human Verification System (HVS), just not the CAPTCHA at this time. I just looked at it again and we do have HVS configured for that usergroup. There is no option to activate it for accessing/browsing the site.

[Gman]

Thank you!

[StagLefty]

Thanks !!!