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Answered New Host > Major problems on Tor

I have used Tor throughout my time on poal - now it's almost impossible to even visit the site.

I asked you earlier ( @AOU) about some issues on previous host with regards to login problems, which were seldom and could be fixed by connecting to a new node.

-Not anymore.

It took me 23 days to figure out poal.co was already online all this time...

And after my first login today, posting once, then browsing and realizing problems were about (site "unavailable" > only on Tor: works fine on other IPs), it took me 30 re-connects through other nodes to even write this post.

So @AOU: this post may be my last: I can't even get into the site anymore, and if that means me choosing not to use Tor, that means goodbye poal. (Not that I've contributed anything that carry that much weight, but still, I won't relieve myself of the yardsticks at my disposal just yet.)

Edit:

After walkthrough by @AOU:

There's an algorithm in place that blocks IPs that fuck up poal. Most IPs are Tor nodes these days, which makes poal near inaccessible through Tor for regular users.

Problem ["solved"]:

-Problems will linger for Tor users for the duration of the attacks.

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I have used Tor throughout my time on poal - now it's almost impossible to even visit the site. I asked you earlier (@AOU) about some issues on previous host with regards to login problems, which were seldom and could be fixed by connecting to a new node. -Not anymore. It took me 23 days to figure out poal.co was already online all this time... And after my first login today, posting once, then browsing and realizing problems were about (site "unavailable" > only on Tor: works fine on other IPs), it took me 30 re-connects through other nodes to even write this post. So @AOU: this post may be my last: I can't even get into the site anymore, and if that means me choosing not to use Tor, that means goodbye poal. (Not that I've contributed anything that carry that much weight, but still, I won't relieve myself of the yardsticks at my disposal just yet.) *** Edit: After walkthrough by @AOU: There's an algorithm in place that blocks IPs that fuck up poal. Most IPs are Tor nodes these days, which makes poal near inaccessible through Tor for regular users. * https://poal.co/s/Announcements/501763 Problem ["solved"]: -Problems will linger for Tor users for the duration of the attacks.

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[–] • 0 pt 3y

But fuck me: it really took me 23 days from the site coming back online to I realized it was actually back online.

Only today, I bothered to log in.

I checked the site almost every day, but never came through, thus thinking poal was still down due to transition.

Fuckin' Tor, eh?

The protection existed before I migrated from the previous host and installed it back on the new host only a few days later. So it probably was related to the DNS taking longer to propagate over specific networks/nodes.

[–] • 0 pt 3y

I remember. But, it's never been this bad before. Because now it's really not good.

Don't quite know when the site went back up, but we're probably into a month straight of fuckery.

Which means your filters for one: works great.

Surprised at the number of affected nodes though. It's either relentless ("A.I.") or long time-outs on your end.

Don't "quote" me on that - I get where you're at: do what it takes.

Maybe put up a bulletin/sticky? (Perhaps you've done so already: I've been living under a rock lately)

[–] • 0 pt 3y

I already posted about it 10 days ago. It’s the current right sidebar sticky

https://poal.co/s/Announcements/501763

[–] • 1 pt 3y

Wunderbar - I'm up to speed.

Thank you for your taking the time on this.

Secondly: Sorry for the hassle. Both mine and the fuckery from the "others". I can see your POV - and it's not pretty.

Kudos for holding through these times btw.

I mean it.

I might even doxx myself with a donation before you know it.