[ic] DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) attack causing interchange to fail

Thu Aug 7 01:54:36 UTC 2025

If anyone has a better idea of how to get this working, any help is 
appreciated.

This html page works and is partially cleaned up. Placed in the 
special_pages subdir with proper settings,ownership, etc.

However, at this point interchange displays it but is not waiting on a 
response.

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[tmp page_title]
Verify Captcha
[/tmp]

<BODY>
<CENTER>
<FONT COLOR="BLUE" SIZE="+5"><B><I>ParaZapper</I></B></FONT><BR><BR>
please ignore this part of the page, we are doing some testing.
<H1>Verify that you are a real human</H1>
<form action="[process secure=1]" method=POST name="verify" 
class="form-horizontal">
[form-session-id]
<input type="hidden" name="mv_doit"      value="refresh">
<P>

Verify <input type=checkbox name="[mv_verified]" 
onclick="this.form.action='[process]', this.form.submit()" value=1>
</FORM>
<BR><BR><BR>

         <FORM METHOD="POST" ACTION="[process]">
         <INPUT TYPE=hidden NAME=mv_todo VALUE=return>
#        <INPUT TYPE=hidden NAME=mv_nextpage VALUE="">
         <INPUT TYPE=submit NAME=mv_click VALUE="verify">
         </FORM>

</P>
</CENTER>
<BR><BR><BR>
<!-- #__NOLEFT_BOTTOM__ -->
<!-- current page: @@MV_PAGE@@ -->
</BODY>
</HTML>

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#From session.pm: (truncated )

sub new_session {
     my($seed) = @_;
     my($name);

::logError("getting valid verification page");    # 5 Aug 2025 DLE

         ::display_special_page('valid');   # 5 Aug 2025 DLE

open_session();

::logError("session name now $Vend::SessionName");    # 5 Aug 2025 DLE