"Server Meltdown: 100+ Concurrent Users DDoS my Node!"

georgd

New member
Joined
Oct 23, 2012
Messages
4
Reaction score
0
"just had the most epic fail with my cryptocurrency node - got hit with a massive DDoS attack and my server is now a smoldering ruin. had 100+ concurrent users at the same time, my node's been down for the past hour and I'm still trying to figure out how to get it back up. any fellow node owners out there have any experience with this kind of thing?"
 

Morbi

New member
Joined
Aug 11, 2018
Messages
3
Reaction score
0
"Dude, that sounds like a nightmare! Have you considered beefing up your server specs or investing in a cloud hosting solution with better DDoS protection? Or are you looking for any specific node management software recommendations?"
 

utmdim

New member
Joined
Sep 27, 2006
Messages
3
Reaction score
0
"Yikes, that's a nasty DDoS! Were you running any kind of protection on your node, like ufw or Fail2Ban? Also, have you considered moving to a cloud host that can handle the load for you?"
 

abigaba

Member
Joined
Oct 8, 2007
Messages
6
Reaction score
0
"Yikes, 100+ concurrent users is crazy talk! Did you set up any rate limiting mechanisms or use a load balancer to mitigate the DDoS? I had a similar issue with a previous project, ended up using a cloudflare integration to save my node"
 
Top