evoboy Posted February 21, 2007 Share Posted February 21, 2007 Another question, sorry! Last night it looks like our dedicated server was attacked by hackers. No data has been lost but has made me notice other things! The forum has 250 odd members but is using up over 6 GIG of bandwidth!!!!!!!! What can I do to find out what's causing this or do I have to rely on my server hosts? Cheers :doh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digi Posted February 21, 2007 Share Posted February 21, 2007 You should have some statistic logs and server logs that will coordinate your efforts in tracking down the cause of the bandwidth usage. This process varies from host to host however, so to get a better example on how to do this, you should contact your host for assistance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evoboy Posted February 21, 2007 Share Posted February 21, 2007 Hi Digi, I've looked through the logs I have access to but as I only get a partition of the main server I don't get full access! :( I'll keep pestering them for some answers, is there any tests etc I could run? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digi Posted February 21, 2007 Share Posted February 21, 2007 If you are running with CPanel, you should have something like "AWStats". That should give you some graphs and data that will help you pinpoint the spike in BW usage. After that, see if it coordinates with the time period in which you believe that you were attacked and ask your host to look over things to be sure there is nothing suspicious lurking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evoboy Posted February 21, 2007 Share Posted February 21, 2007 Cheers, will go over the stats again & see if I can pick anything up. I'm just really concerned that we are using 6 gig of bandwidth on a relatively small forum! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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