CIT Project offline, why??

[tkillaaahh]

hello, i just noticed that CIT project isn't in the serverlist of mta anymore, can anybody help me with this? why is it offline, and when will it come back online?

thanks

[Castillo]

I think you should go to their website/forum instead, this forum isn't for this.

[tkillaaahh]

I think you should go to their website/forum instead, this forum isn't for this.

that website to is offline, cant find anything

[Zango]

Their server is undergoing botnet attacks. You have to wait until they're solved out. Their website, IRC and server are all down.

[tkillaaahh]

Their server is undergoing botnet attacks. You have to wait until they're solved out. Their website, IRC and server are all down.

so eventually they will come back online?

what are botnets?

thanks for telling this

[Zango]

They most likely will come back online sometime within the next week.

We had similar back in 2009, when we were reaching tops everyday, a person known as 'Street' did the same to our server. Including my home connection.

Also if one makes enough calls within some time frame to something as basic as /flip in freeroam it will go insane. (/register from admin is nasty too)

Implement antispam before it's too late. Seriously. Call a handler resource on each command, and it will kick the player if its all within a certain time threshold.

There are various methods to avoid or counter attacks like the ones CIT are experiencing currently (Distributed DoS I reckon).

If your server is having an increase in counts it's a good idea to invest some time into these sorts of stuff. It pays in the long run if it should happen, or if it has happened like for us.

[Arran]

Yes its a DDOS I saw it in wireshark it seemed to be using QUAKE3 protocol. Once earlier in the day just for 5 minutes then ongoing for some hours now.