What does this "Checking your browser" message mean?

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What does this "Checking your browser" message mean?

Postby AUbicycles » Fri Jun 05, 2015 9:13 am

Relax...

From time to time, the nasties in the internet ramp up their automated bots and target BNA overflooding the server. The effect is a DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) which makes the website hard or impossible to reach.

When this happens, I have to ramp up security measures and means that at these times you may get a warning message when you access this website that your browser is being checked. This is completely legitimate and makes sure that you are a real person... and not cyborg or non-human.

When the attacks clear, then we ramp it back down so the massage and check is not required.


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Re: What does this "Checking your browser" message mean?

Postby RonK » Fri Jun 05, 2015 11:24 am

It kills Tapatalk though.
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Re: What does this "Checking your browser" message mean?

Postby AUbicycles » Fri Jun 05, 2015 11:53 am

:) Tapatalk is half dead anyway.
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Re: What does this "Checking your browser" message mean?

Postby Boognoss » Fri Jun 05, 2015 11:55 am

RonK wrote:It kills Tapatalk though.
Better BNA in browser than no BNA at all ;). Just have to move your smart phone a lot closer to your eyes for the duration of DDoS issues.......
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Re: What does this "Checking your browser" message mean?

Postby AUbicycles » Fri Jun 05, 2015 1:30 pm

Should be generally accessible again now. Tapatalk access is the price we will have to pay.. if it not spam filling up the inbox, or viruses, then it is a cyberattack on access to information.
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Re: What does this "Checking your browser" message mean?

Postby BianchiCam » Sun Aug 16, 2015 10:21 pm

I'm up for a massage!

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Re: What does this "Checking your browser" message mean?

Postby AUbicycles » Mon Aug 17, 2015 2:43 pm

Have been thinking about restoring the massages because of some of the nasty bots
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