TalkImg.com - Image hosting for BitcoinTalk

[PX-Z]

I can confirm the site works for me too both using private dns and none-dns for desktop and mobile phones.

Maybe Theymos could dip into the now huge amounts of funds donated to this site.

You mean theymos should donate from forum funds to talkimg? I don't think he will do that, but it's doable, we only need to a little push to theymos to do it.

[bitmover]

Great! it is working here!

What did you change?

I found that in the WAF option it is possible to create exceptions for IP in "IP Access Rules". So I configured this:

Can you create the same rule for altcoinstalk.com?
People use your website there as well.

[joker_josue]

Can you create the same rule for altcoinstalk.com?
People use your website there as well.

It is worth remembering that TalkImg is intended for use on Bitcointalk. It may not work on other sites.
Either way, alert levels should soon drop and it will operate in a more normal way, as it did before.

[babo]

Can you create the same rule for altcoinstalk.com?
People use your website there as well.

yes
I join the bitmover request, we also use your fantastic service on altcoinstalks (you should open a thread there too)
in my opinion you can leave it for both and block the rest, so in the end we use it intelligently
if u can add the rule, we appreciate it so much

[joker_josue]

Can you create the same rule for altcoinstalk.com?
People use your website there as well.

yes
I join the bitmover request, we also use your fantastic service on altcoinstalks (you should open a thread there too)
in my opinion you can leave it for both and block the rest, so in the end we use it intelligently
if u can add the rule, we appreciate it so much

The point is that opening this possibility officially will bring more images that are not part of Bitcointalk, and we have members of this forum making backups of the images. This would force them to have to make backups of images that are used in other forums, increasing their backup resources.

Furthermore, it would also increase the resources needed for TalkImg. Would the community also support this?
I don't rule out the possibility of this happening, but I will have to evaluate the situation in more detail.

[babo]

The point is that opening this possibility officially will bring more images that are not part of Bitcointalk, and we have members of this forum making backups of the images. This would force them to have to make backups of images that are used in other forums, increasing their backup resources.

Furthermore, it would also increase the resources needed for TalkImg. Would the community also support this?
I don't rule out the possibility of this happening, but I will have to evaluate the situation in more detail.

Open the thread and discuss with community of altcoinstalks
in my opinion it is the best option to talk about it with everyone, let's say it is a twin of bitcointalk focused on altcoins clearly as the name suggests

I'm telling you because with one shot you would have two communities to support you and it's not a bad thing

[LoyceV]

When you confirm that everything is calmer, I will reduce the pressure made by Cloudlfare in access.
I hope you understand, especially who uses the Tor.

Bot protection is probably the reason why my backups failed after August 11. I now get this:

Code:

403 Forbidden

It's not a priority, but I'd appreciate if you can whitelist my server. I'll PM the IP-address.

[AB de Royse777]

Images are not loading and I am sure it's has nothing to do with talkimg. This time it seems something wrong with forum server. Can someone confirm that they are having the same issue? You need the force to clear cache (Crtl+Shift+R) to check the issue.

[examplens]

Images are not loading and I am sure it's has nothing to do with talkimg.

The service is working but limited.

joker_josue, I think you set too aggressive bot protection. For images to be displayed on the forum, the user must go to the talkimg site and pass the CF antibot captcha. Only after that, the images are loaded.

oops, it seems like it's just a try

[bitmover]

Can you create the same rule for altcoinstalk.com?
People use your website there as well.

yes
I join the bitmover request, we also use your fantastic service on altcoinstalks (you should open a thread there too)
in my opinion you can leave it for both and block the rest, so in the end we use it intelligently
if u can add the rule, we appreciate it so much

The point is that opening this possibility officially will bring more images that are not part of Bitcointalk, and we have members of this forum making backups of the images. This would force them to have to make backups of images that are used in other forums, increasing their backup resources.

Furthermore, it would also increase the resources needed for TalkImg. Would the community also support this?
I don't rule out the possibility of this happening, but I will have to evaluate the situation in more detail.

Joker_josue,  I think the decision to expand your service to another forum is up to you.

As it is now, you will lose a huge amount of users in altcoinstalks.com.  additionally,  some users from bitcointalk who also use the other forum might migrate to another tool that fit both forums.

I understand the costs, it is not a simple decision

[LoyceV]

Images are not loading and I am sure it's has nothing to do with talkimg. This time it seems something wrong with forum server. Can someone confirm that they are having the same issue?

If you can see this image, the forum's image proxy is working fine:

[Zwei]

Images are not loading and I am sure it's has nothing to do with talkimg. This time it seems something wrong with forum server. Can someone confirm that they are having the same issue?

If you can see this image, the forum's image proxy is working fine:

the forum's image proxy is not fine, someone needs to check on him

[joker_josue]

I am facing another attack, which is being contained by Cloudflare.  

So the response time may be longer than normal.


EDIT:
These guys don't give up. What's the goal?
Last 30min.:

130.41.66.128
491.64k
136.226.194.151
438.39k
130.41.10.135
425.27k

Joker_josue,  I think the decision to expand your service to another forum is up to you.

As it is now, you will lose a huge amount of users in altcoinstalks.com.  additionally,  some users from bitcointalk who also use the other forum might migrate to another tool that fit both forums.

I understand the costs, it is not a simple decision

Now let this phase calm down, so you can think about it calmly.  

[AB de Royse777]

Images are not loading and I am sure it's has nothing to do with talkimg. This time it seems something wrong with forum server. Can someone confirm that they are having the same issue?

If you can see this image, the forum's image proxy is working fine:

Not fine. I have images on my own server and they are not loading too. Like I said now it's not something from talkimg but something related to forum server.

[joker_josue]

Not fine. I have images on my own server and they are not loading too. Like I said now it's not something from talkimg but something related to forum server.

From the latest information I received from my host, this wave of attacks may be affecting more servers around the world.

[LoyceV]

the forum's image proxy is not fine, someone needs to check on him

It worked when I posted the image, but now I see "loading". So indeed, the forum's image proxy is affected.

These guys don't give up. What's the goal?
Last 30min.:

130.41.66.128
491.64k
136.226.194.151
438.39k
130.41.10.135
425.27k

According to iplocation.net: the first and last IP are from an ISP in Canada, the other in Switzerland. Looks like a regular botnet.

[AB de Royse777]

Not fine. I have images on my own server and they are not loading too. Like I said now it's not something from talkimg but something related to forum server.

From the latest information I received from my host, this wave of attacks may be affecting more servers around the world.

With BTC the bad guys are pumping too :-D

[theymos]

So indeed, the forum's image proxy is affected.

Yeah, now the imageproxy is under a DDoS. (You may still see some images due to caching in your browser.)

I'm not going to try to fix this. It's really difficult to put a proxy behind DDoS protection, because the attacker can always find and take down the outbound IP. Even if the outbound IP is different from the inbound IP, and even if the outbound IP drops all incoming connections from the general Internet, the outbound IP's networking can be entirely taken down through a sufficiently-large IP flood, which makes the proxy stop working. Maybe it could theoretically be fixed by having dozens of outbound IPs, or downloading images via Tor, but the former would be difficult to set up and maintain, and the latter would degrade performance. So my intention has always been that the imageproxy would just be expendable in the event of a DDoS. My plan is as follows:

First, I'm just going to wait a few days. Often DDoS attacks are temporary. I'm not really sure what motivates them, but it costs money to keep them up, so they rarely last all that long. (I have a bit of a conspiracy theory that these random DDoS attacks are done by DDoS protection companies to make the Internet impossible to use without being behind DDoS protection...)

If the attack is still going on in a few days, I'll consider measures like these:
 - If there are any image hosts run by trustworthy companies where the privacy policy says that they don't keep logs, these could be exempted from the proxy. If you know of any, let me know.
 - Maybe bitcointalk.org could pay TalkImg a monthly fee for a contractual guarantee that they won't keep logs. TalkImg could then be exempted from the proxy, and furthermore they would have more resources to function well.
 - Bitcointalk.org could add support for uploading images directly.

[un_rank]

- Bitcointalk.org could add support for uploading images directly.

I had always wondered why this was not available, especially after some of the issues we have run into with image hosting websites in the past. Is there any reason why it is the last option on the list (chronogically)? I assumed it was a difficult feature to implement and an expensive one too, but I do not have enough technical skills to confirm that.

Talkimg is a service that has become a big part of the forum. If the above cannot be readily done and a quicker fix is needed, I am all for exempting it from th proxy and making it an (official) unofficial hosting website for the forum.

- Jay -

[theymos]

I had always wondered why this was not available, especially after some of the issues we have run into with image hosting websites in the past. Is there any reason why it is the last option on the list (chronogically)? I assumed it was a difficult feature to implement and an expensive one too, but I do not have enough technical skills to confirm that.

The storage/data-transfer wouldn't be especially expensive, but it's a large feature to add, and then it's a whole new thing that has to be moderated. I wouldn't make something as open as TalkImg, since otherwise after a few years I'd be getting like 10 DMCA takedowns per day which I'd have to figure out some way of processing. It'd have to be somehow a lot more restricted so that the long-term moderation burden wouldn't be too high. I'd rather avoid having to do it at all.