Loading "Discoveries" pages lead to IP block
11 Dec 2024 0:13:10 UTC
Topic 231804
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It appears that trying to load the list of discoveries results in so many requests that the IP is blocked/banned for multiple days.
I was reading the forums, changed some settings in my account, all no problem. Then I wanted to look at the list of discoveries, navigated to Science --> Discoveries --> Arecibo Binary Pulsar Search. When trying to navigate somewhere else, the connection was refused (NS_ERROR_CONNECTION_REFUSED in FIrefox Developer Tools --> Network).
I think I confirmed it by trying to load the Arecibo Binary Pulsar Search discoveries page in Tor Browser, and again the IP appeared to be blocked.
So:
1. Can a project admin please unblock my IP? Otherwise my PCs will run out of work soon. It's the public IP of this PC here: https://einsteinathome.org/host/13069855/1
2. The rate limiting/IP blocking setting needs to be adapted for the discoveries pages, otherwise people will get their IPs banned without any malicious intent.
Thanks.
Hi Vorik, I don't know if
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Hi Vorik,
I don't know if you are aware, or not, but the Arecibo was destroyed several years ago.
That said, maybe they've taken the IP address offline and that's why you all of a sudden got the connection was refused (NS_ERROR_CONNECTION_REFUSED in FIrefox Developer Tools --> Network).
Just try exiting BOINC, wait a minute for the servers to see that you are 'offline' and then relaunch BOINC. It should come back. I might suggest not trying to access the Arecibo site again. Einstein does have 2 of the 3 Arecibo 'projects' available to crunch; BRP4 & BRP4A which are both CPU projects.
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Sorry George, Both
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Sorry George,
Both projects also use GPU.
So apparently Keith Myers
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So apparently Keith Myers also got bit by this bug. I'll forward this to the admins
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Yep, I'm blocked too now.
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Yep, I'm blocked too now. It was accessing the last link, the one for the Fermi database that killed my IP address.
I have not been successful in getting a new IP address from my ISP.
Using a cell phone now to get to project.
This is really messed up. Need admin help ASAP.
Thanks for the heads-up guys
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Thanks for the heads-up guys and sorry for the false positives.
First of all: all bans only last 24 hours, so the symptoms will cure themselves rather quickly. But yes, the cause needs fixing we'll have a look at our ruleset to avoid this issue.
Ideally we wouldn't need any such methods at all, but that's unfortunately not the world we live in.
Stay tuned...
Einstein@Home Project
We relaxed our ruleset and
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We relaxed our ruleset and this shouldn't happen anymore.
Vorik, Keith: your IPs are allowed again
Sorry for the inconvenience but we're forced to always walk a very fine line here: we have to block as many malicious requests as possible to maximize our site's stability, security and performance, while blocking only so many that legitimate requests aren't affected.
Best,
Oliver
Einstein@Home Project
Thanks for the assist in
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Thanks for the assist in unblocking me, Oliver. I can access the project again and report my work.