Is the server down or is it just me?

[JAMEZZZ]

Im usin da freakin acer tablet

This shit:
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 And also yo goddamn imagination ヽ(≧Д≦)ノ

                   <(ï½€^´)>
Post Merge: January 11, 2013, 10:04:05 pmwell? ＼(・o・)/!

[SugarD]

Please get back on topic.

[Bundy]

He was saying "fight, fight, fight!". Please get back on topic.

Everybody can see he ment that as a joke..
Stay decent man..

[SugarD]

Please get back on topic.

[Klaus]

Anyway vcmp gets way more attacked then samp.

Quite true, though there isn't any proof, it sure does look that way.

[Kessu]

Quite true, though there isn't any proof, it sure does look that way.

As Stormeus pointed out, the server restarts automatically if scripts fail. If it gets attacked, it will not. 90% of the time it does not restart itself, so either the auto-restart is bugged or server is attacked.

[JAMEZZZ]

i dont understand the meaning of "attacks" i mean why would a person just "attacks" a server. What i mean is "its just a game!!!" \(≧Д≦)/

     probably the "attacker" is just a loner who doesn't have a life... (´-_ゝ-`)
                                                                           
                  Why is the "attacker" ruining our entertainment!!?? \(  T0T)/

                    You "attacker" must be such a F***ed up guy...

                                     yeah i mean it!  <( '^´)>

[Klaus]

lol maybe one of your posts that make more sense, but less weird smileys and spaces please :rules:

[Gandalf]

The problem is that the VC:MP server seems to 'hang' once it is attacked, where as the SA:MP server goes 'down'. The difference is that a server that 'hangs' is regarded as running, while one that is 'down' is restarted.

Another problem seems to be that the attack is using sending of invalid packets, something SA:MP has tackled a long time ago.

[brian1996]

The problem is that the VC:MP server seems to 'hang' once it is attacked, where as the SA:MP server goes 'down'. The difference is that a server that 'hangs' is regarded as running, while one that is 'down' is restarted.

Another problem seems to be that the attack is using sending of invalid packets, something SA:MP has tackled a long time ago.

Heard a long time ago (might be from aXXo, can't remember it correctly) that the scripts would change to squirell inplace of pawn scripting in a "sooner" update though it never happend same goes for v2.0. If the scripts would change to squirell then all these attacks would never be happening again on vcmp.

[Klaus]

Another problem seems to be that the attack is using sending of invalid packets, something SA:MP has tackled a long time ago.

Ye this is a problem, though some have said that a new script in Squirrell instead of the outdated PAWN could improve things for us.

[Bundy]

Sucks to hear that..
And I suppose there also can't be made a temporary server, like they did in SA:MP?

[SugarD]

Ye this is a problem, though some have said that a new script in Squirrell instead of the outdated PAWN could improve things for us.

I'm not sure if it's the language, or just the newer-coded server, or both...but from rumors I've heard, it's also a bit more efficient than the old PAWN server was too.

Either way, when 0.4 is released, things should be a bit better, as well. A brand new codebase tends to be tougher to find exploits in, and it's a nice change to render the old ones useless. With VC:MP RS2 also on the horizon for the Squirrel-based 0.3zr2 server, it will be a good test to see the resilience.

Sucks to hear that..
And I suppose there also can't be made a temporary server, like they did in SA:MP?

That would be up to the Server Owners, however it may not always help. Since SA:MP is always so commonly attacked, my suggestion is to get it on a different IP than the other servers like before, but that costs money and requires another computer altogether to also avoid the DDoS crashes.

[brian1996]

I'm not sure if it's the language, or just the newer-coded server, or both...but from rumors I've heard, it's also a bit more efficient than the old PAWN server was too.

Either way, when 0.4 is released, things should be a bit better, as well.

0.4 won't be coming anytime soon i doubt if it will be done this year.
About the scripts a fact is if it is a squirell based script DDoS attacks would be useless against it.

[SugarD]

0.4 won't be coming anytime soon i doubt if it will be done this year.
About the scripts if it is a squirell based script DDoS attacks would be useless against it.

I agree that VC:MP 0.4 is taking a long time given that Maxorator is doing it on his own, but we can't judge a release date because we don't know how far he is, and the year just started.

As for Squirrel, that doesn't make DDoS'es useless against it. The server itself is the one that lags until the crash. What we meant is that using the newer-version server with a more efficient language for said purposes would help keep it from hanging like it does when SA:MP is directly attacked, and the entire computer system lags. If someone attacks the server directly, it's going to go down no matter what version, language, or security software it's running.