[Leica] Why you can’t get into the gallery

[Lluis Ripoll]

My answer might sound a bit childish, but given that even Brian can't access it, I have to ask: Isn't it possible to shut down the server?
Lluis

> El 13 may 2026, a las 0:26, Brian Reid <reid at mejac.carlsbad.ca.us> escribió:
> 
> The LUG gallery server is under such heavy attack that I can't even get into it to try mitigating somehow.
> The "attacks" are AI robots extracting images to load into their software.
> 
> Here is a load listing of the servers in the data center rack holding the gallery server. The numbers are 1, 5, and 15-minute loads. Any number bigger than 2 will start to show slowness.
> 
> backup4    up  514+16:44,  0 users,  load  0.90,  0.55,  0.45
> gallery    up    1+17:21,  0 users,  load 67.30, 66.36, 68.02
> justus     up  224+23:00,  0 users,  load  0.12,  0.20,  0.21
> justus2    up   10+17:49,  0 users,  load  0.00,  0.00,  0.00
> justus3    up 2118+05:19,  0 users,  load  0.19,  0.20,  0.21
> lfinfo3    up       2:34,  2 users,  load  0.37,  0.25,  0.23
> mejac      up  514+16:57,  0 users,  load  0.15,  0.24,  0.24
> s21        up  280+09:21,  0 users,  load  1.80,  1.86,  1.69
> s22        up   24+13:18,  0 users,  load  0.87,  0.58,  0.46
> s24        up  514+16:27,  0 users,  load  0.33,  0.29,  0.25
> server1    up  755+00:37,  1 user,   load  0.29,  0.15,  0.09
> vrx        up  478+17:28,  0 users,  load  0.11,  0.15,  0.15
> www        up  223+22:46,  0 users,  load  0.27,  0.47,  0.49
> 
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