(top posting) The problem was indeed the maximum number of connections allowed from the same ip: it was setted well bellow the usual number of users on EN forums. It's working now. let's see what happens on the next hours.
2013/11/4 Rory O'Farrell <ofarr...@iol.ie> > On Mon, 4 Nov 2013 03:49:43 +0000 > Rory O'Farrell <ofarr...@iol.ie> wrote: > > > On Mon, 4 Nov 2013 00:42:26 +0100 > > Ricardo Berlasso <rgb.m...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > 2013/11/4 Kay Schenk <kay.sch...@gmail.com> > > > > > > > On Sun, Nov 3, 2013 at 11:01 AM, Ricardo Berlasso < > rgb.m...@gmail.com > > > > >wrote: > > > > > > > > > 2013/11/3 F C. Costero <fjcc.apa...@gmail.com> > > > > > > > > > > > I and another moderator have both gotten a message claiming > "maximum > > > > > number > > > > > > of log in attempts exceeded" when we tried to log into the en > forum. I > > > > > did > > > > > > not get that message when logging into the es forum. We could > log in > > > > > > successfully after properly entering a Captcha. Perhaps this a a > result > > > > > of > > > > > > the recent software changes. > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > Francis > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > It happened to me too, but only on the EN forum. I think the > problem is > > > > not > > > > > related with the https change, at least not directly. In fact, I > remember > > > > > that something like this happened a couple or years ago, and the > > > > conclusion > > > > > at the time was that there was some kind of "brute force attack" > to gain > > > > > access to the forum looking for a weak password. If that's true, > then the > > > > > https came in right time :) > > > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > Ricardo > > > > > > > > > > > > > Well after 5 attempts, I finally got in. Not sure what the problem > was... > > > > > > > > > > It seems there is something wrong, after all. If I try to log-in I get > the > > > too many connections error. If I log-out and immediately log-in again, > I > > > get again the too many connections error too. Unless the "attack" is > really > > > massive and quick, there is another problem here. > > > > > > > > > > > On a phpBB bulletin board "noxwizard" says in > > https://www.phpbb.com/community/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=2176870 > > > > % Re: Maximum allowed number of login attempts > > > > % Post by Noxwizard ยป Mon Mar 25, 2013 9:10 am > > % If it's happening for all users, you should check to see if everyone > has the same IP (check Who Is Online). > > % If they do, then your host is most likely proxying the requests before > sending them to you > > % and not correctly restoring the IP. > > > > which may offer a solution to those who understand phpBB. > > This is linked from the Forum thread on this problem at > > https://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=50&t=65448 > > > > > > Also, since this login problem has stated, listed logged on users > (registered + unregistered) are at about 10% of normal levels - currently > 16 listed , whereas I would expect about 150. Typically we would have 1.5x > the old forum (currently 96) and 5x the LibO forum (currently 15), so the > logged on number is way down. > > > > > > -- > > Rory O'Farrell <ofarr...@iol.ie> > > > In elaboration of my previous point concerning the low numbers reported to > be logged in, the unregistered logins are low, the registered are about the > correct level. If one displays the unregistered logged in, this list is now > interspersed with the registered logged in, something I don't remember > happening before. > > -- > Rory O'Farrell <ofarr...@iol.ie> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org > >
