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HN hug of death?

• deleted 7y ago
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• anderspitman 7y ago
  Not quite sure. The server load is surprisingly low, but it's gotten locked up a couple different ways.
  • shark0der 7y ago
    Check the amount of traffic you've got: number of packets, number of connections. If it's under attack you might have LOTS of packets (for example SYN) coming your way which explains the slow performance.
    • anderspitman 7y ago
      Only a few hundred connections, and iftop is showing very low traffic (does that capture SYN floods?). I get the feeling people might be DOSing as a proof-of-concept then backing off, which I appreciate.