Is the login server problem real?

[mulvak]

So the login server and the forums are on the same box. I am posting this when the login server is down. I read another post where someone was saying something about a DoS attack happening when the "invalid password" message came up. Yet here I can post.

Closed source on the login server, interesting.

The forum hardware is old and cannot handle the load. Ebay?http://cgi.ebay.com/Appro-Server-Dua...1|293:1|294:50

Need "donations" to keep it going. Many offers to host, hardware and run it for free....declined.

Something smells funny. No idea what the real angle is here. This is really a simple problem with simple solutions. Yet here we are. Too bad.