Spam bots and lost posts

[hfgreg]

Hey guys,

We have lost all posts since early this morning. I was trying to clean jsut the spam and somehow it selected every post not just the spam posts. Sorry for the inconvenience guys.

Greg

 

[hfgreg]

@10forty2 @Pdstallings12 @Myself @RTO @benjilafouine @hal5778 @Wheelssz @drjack @archaicguy @Seadoo Brian very sorry guys I deleted a post made by each of you by mistake. I can't get them back unfortunately.

heres a list of the deleted threads please feel free to start a new one.

 

[10forty2]

All good. Hate the spammers coming in to ruin the experience for everyone in a good forum.

 

[mikidymac]

They have been really bad the last few days.

 

[hfgreg]

They have been really bad the last few days.

Added a few new things to hopefully block this new wave of attacks!

 

[benjilafouine]

Don't forget the backup...

 

[hfgreg]

Don't forget the backup...

We do a backup every night. Problem is it takes an incredibly long time to reload that back up and we can't cherry pick 10 threads from it. We have to restore it all

 

[benjilafouine]

Yeah, this is why we usually have two kinds of backups: the system backup (the whole thing as a whole in case of a machine failure) and a file backup where you can pick and choose. However, since I never backed up a forum throughout my career, I don't know what's available to you. It depends how threads and posts are stored with your forum engine. Sometimes, that level of granularity is not possible or very very expensive (example: if it is stored in a single database, a database rollback can become tricky because you will lose something to restore something else).

The other method is a "snapshot" backup every 5-10 minutes. In the event that something happens, you can simply delete the last snapshot. This however can consume great deal of disk space.

 

[LikeabossTM]

Yeah, this is why we usually have two kinds of backups: the system backup (the whole thing as a whole in case of a machine failure) and a file backup where you can pick and choose. However, since I never backed up a forum throughout my career, I don't know what's available to you. It depends how threads and posts are stored with your forum engine. Sometimes, that level of granularity is not possible or very very expensive (example: if it is stored in a single database, a database rollback can become tricky because you will lose something to restore something else).

The other method is a "snapshot" backup every 5-10 minutes. In the event that something happens, you can simply delete the last snapshot. This however can consume great deal of disk space.

All great info, however there's also risk analysis, financial impact, and cost/benefit to consider. We're not saving lives here. [emoji2957]

 

[benjilafouine]

That's why I was pointing out the "very very expensive" part. Probably not worth it.

 

[mikidymac]

Does it date me that every time I read Spambots I hear Frau Farbissina yelling, “RELEASE THE SPAMBOTS!”?

 

[hfgreg]

The other method is a "snapshot" backup every 5-10 minutes. In the event that something happens, you can simply delete the last snapshot. This however can consume great deal of disk space.

Yep, gets expensive quick!