FiddyP » ukfast http://fiddyp.co.uk The personal blog of Andy Bailey Tue, 17 Jan 2012 09:02:09 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Ban the cloud! http://fiddyp.co.uk/ban-the-cloud/ http://fiddyp.co.uk/ban-the-cloud/#comments Sun, 20 Jun 2010 13:23:05 +0000 Andy http://fiddyp.co.uk/?p=1765

Take a look at this server load graph showing how much the server was working (on ComLuv.com) for 24 hours..

Seems normal right? that’s right! because my UKFast host detected a spike of 70,000 or so hits coming in to the comluv signup page from an Amazon cloud server and within 30 seconds added their IP to my firewall so it can appear normal again but, look at the next pic after the ad break to see what a difference the banning made..

server load graph

sever load graph

Can you frickin believe that difference? All because one IP from Amazon cloud was banned!

It seems that savvy hackers no longer need a bot network, they just get themselves some Amazon Web Services for pennies and use it to hack other peoples websites. Ridiculous!

Luckily, due to the sponsored post previous to this one about boobies and liposuction (thanks Dr. Alexander!), I was able to upgrade the server to use pro protection and fancy backups with lasers on it so this problem will hopefully never happen again.

]]> http://fiddyp.co.uk/ban-the-cloud/feed/ 7 My video interview at UKFast Offices http://fiddyp.co.uk/my-video-interview-at-ukfast-offices/ http://fiddyp.co.uk/my-video-interview-at-ukfast-offices/#comments Thu, 15 Oct 2009 21:06:02 +0000 Andy http://fiddyp.co.uk/?p=1518

I was invited down to Manchester by UKFast some weeks ago to talk about CommentLuv and answer a few questions about the site and why their server is so bloody awesome (it really is!).

Here’s the vid

Some of my soundbytes got included in another video too, must have said some good things :)

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kick the recession in the credit crutch! from Andy Bailey on Vimeo.


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