03-14-2016, 10:31 PM
I've had my vps now for 4 days, and I'm already sick of these probing attempts and cracking attempts.
Every day it seems like I get about 30 obvious probes. These probes consistently come from 2 distinct regions: Russia & China.
Before I go any further I want to apologize to any forum users from these areas. I am not blaming anyone for these wrongs. It's entirely possible that the machines querying me are infected and the owners aren't aware of what the operators are doing.
Also as an open source advocate the worst possible thing I can think of to do to someone is to deny them of information. By blocking China and Russia I'll be denying myself and a lot of other people a lot of potentially great interactions. The purpose of the internet is to bring people together not drive them apart.
However, the problem still exists. Furthermore, I haven't even begun to promote the site. It has 0 backlinks. No one should be able to find me. Whoever is doing this is systematically searching large blocks of ips for specific vulnerabilities. Thus far I appear to have warded off all attacks. What then is going to happen if I decide to do a lot of marketing and promoting? How many attacks a day can I expect then?
I'm wondering if anyone else has had these problems, or similar.
Also, if placed in this position what would you do?
I'm going to attempt to make a poll regarding this. Please feel free to state your reasons after voting. I am curious to know how other people deal with this or if they experience similar.
Every day it seems like I get about 30 obvious probes. These probes consistently come from 2 distinct regions: Russia & China.
Before I go any further I want to apologize to any forum users from these areas. I am not blaming anyone for these wrongs. It's entirely possible that the machines querying me are infected and the owners aren't aware of what the operators are doing.
Also as an open source advocate the worst possible thing I can think of to do to someone is to deny them of information. By blocking China and Russia I'll be denying myself and a lot of other people a lot of potentially great interactions. The purpose of the internet is to bring people together not drive them apart.
However, the problem still exists. Furthermore, I haven't even begun to promote the site. It has 0 backlinks. No one should be able to find me. Whoever is doing this is systematically searching large blocks of ips for specific vulnerabilities. Thus far I appear to have warded off all attacks. What then is going to happen if I decide to do a lot of marketing and promoting? How many attacks a day can I expect then?
I'm wondering if anyone else has had these problems, or similar.
Also, if placed in this position what would you do?
I'm going to attempt to make a poll regarding this. Please feel free to state your reasons after voting. I am curious to know how other people deal with this or if they experience similar.