Cc Server Sometimes Slow - Update 20th March

Dear Crushers,

Many of you have noticed that in the past few days that for several hours each day CC has been unavailable.

We seem to be under attack by someone wanting to cause us harm and take our websites down.

From time to time you will may find that you're unable to access parts of the forum whilst I try and resolve this issue. This will of course be kept to a minimum and only if and when absolutely necessary.

I've had to add a bunch of restrictions but as this is a distributed swarm attack from so many different IP addresses it is very difficult for me to sort this out quickly.

This means that for the moment some of you will receive a FORBIDDEN error when trying to post or reply here. If you are logged in and are still unable to post a reply to a topic please send me a Private Message and I will do my best to quickly resolve that.

I really appreciate your patience and of course if anyone knows who may be responsible then please let me know.

I will try to keep you updated on our Facebook page here :-

https://www.facebook.com/casinocrushforums

Thank you all for your patience.

Happy Gaming Always

Geno/CC

OK GENO THANK YOU FOR THE HEADS UP.

I noticed that! Thank you for the heads up Geno!

Dear Crushers,

Here is an update to a few things I've managed to get done to slightly contain the issue (the attacks are still ongoing but we're still fighting lol).

I've now been able remove the Extra security precautions for those registered members that have logged in within the last 6 months or so (HOWEVER - this is by IP address which can sometimes change for some people)... so please read on ....

IF YOU ARE LOGGED IN BUT STILL GET A "FORBIDDEN" ERROR:-
You should still be able to send me a PRIVATE MESSAGE. Just send me ONE PRIVATE MESSAGE ONLY with the subject "FORBIDDEN PROBLEM" and what you were trying to do when you got the Forbidden error (just one example will do) -- I will then be able to make the necessary changes to allow you to continue as normal.

PLEASE DO NOT SEND MORE THAN ONE PRIVATE MESSAGE -- I will reply as soon as I see it to acknowledge and/or a reply saying that I have made the changes.

Thank you very much everyone for your kind patience

Geno/CC

Thank you Geno for the heads up!

Dear Crushers,

Another quick update. I've now put a few other extra measures in place to (hopefully) keep CC going even when it's getting hammered by lots of random bots posing as guests.

This seems to be working and so I have been able to remote the temporary restrictions for posting for all registered members.

If this get tricky again then I may need to re-impose them but of course will only do if absolutely necessary.

So, fingers crossed -- we're back

Thanks again all for your patience

Geno/CC