“ No attack. FR always falters and sputters when there’s a huge live event like the SOTU address. Always has.”
Jim says differently:
“ Yes, they hit us hard just as the speech started. Looks like they’ve adapted to our defenses and have adjusted their attack strategies. John will post on it later tonight. Looks like we’re getting better response now.”
My guess is FR is susceptible to simple DDOS attacks that it shouldn’t be susceptible to. Why this would be I don’t know. I’m not enough of an IT techie.
Also, I don’t get why a website with a known member list can’t mitigate these attacks by simply prioritizing data requests from member IPs above unknown IPs. In that case, non-member lurkers might experience a slowdown but logged-in members wouldn’t. And if you really wanted to get serious about it, prioritize dues paying member IPs.
The whole thing just does not add up to me.