Funny (or maybe not funny) you should mention that. My VPS got shut-down last-night by my hosting provider because there was "Traffic size:[627 Mbit/sec]". I am not certain if it was an "actual" DDoS attack, or just the fact that there was so much demand for FoF servers. I had 8 FoF servers running, and all were PACKED (0 slots available) most of the time they were on-line. Since there are way more servers for FoF available now, I backed my hosting down to just 3 FoF game-server instances. So far the traffic has not been a problem.
I think most hosting providers see a large amount of traffic using UDP and ports they do not recognize, and assume it is a DDoS. We shall see if my problem recurs. On Sun, May 11, 2014 at 6:11 PM, Kevin <s...@serveredirect.com> wrote: > On 5/10/2014 2:51 PM, Weasels Lair wrote: > > Any server-operators out there looking for another Source-based game to > play (and more importantly HOST)? > > "Fistful of Frags" could use your help. FoF launched (for FREE) on > Steam yesterday, and the response has been overwhelming. > > The down-side to that, is frankly there just are not enough dedicated > servers to keep-up with the demand. There are over 200 player-slots of > dedicated servers - but that apparently just is not enough! > > FoF is basically a "reboot" of the older FoF "sourcemod" - moved over to > Steam. The Steam version of FoF is kind-of stripped-down right now to just > death-match and team-based death-match. > > Even so, it is very fun to play (especially four-team DM). > > However, being a free game (put-together by unpaid volunteers), the FoF > dev team simply can not afford to bring-up enough servers to keep up with > demand. I have personally helped-out by hosting 8 servers instances myself > (up from my planned 3). > > Obviously, it runs on SRCDS and uses SteamCMD/SteamPipe for > installation/content delivery. So, it essentially installs just like any > SRCDS game, and is compatible with SourceMod, etc. > > Steam store page (where to get client to install): > http://store.steampowered.com/app/265630 > > Steam community "hub" for FoF (discussion groups, etc.): > http://steamcommunity.com/app/265630 > > Steam "official" group page (update history, etc.): > http://steamcommunity.com/games/fof > > Any help appreciated! > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please > visit:https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds > > Anyone else getting (D)DoS attacked hosting this game? I just got an > email, and my US servers were just hit with an attack. My EU servers were > attacked the same day I put them up. Luckily my US server has mitigation, > but I had to leave my EU servers down for now. How can someone try to > attack servers on a free mod, it isn't like we have pay to win, ads, or > even reserved slots on our servers. > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds > > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
