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. > > -- > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > MzK > > “Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, > Nothing is going to get better. It's not.” > -- Dr. Seuss, The Lorax >
