Possible FTP issue?

[harrismail]

My website hosting company just sent me this e-mail in response to my website going "down" and inaccessible....

"What seems to be happening is a huge number of ftp connections into your site which is slowing down the server to such an extent that the website has problems"

The only program I've been accessing my site via FTP has been TC....although I always try to "disconnect" first with TC but if I just exit TC would that make a difference? Could this be the cause?

Steve

[Hacker]

Hi harrismail,

"What seems to be happening is a huge number of ftp connections into your site which is slowing down the server to such an extent that the website has problems"

Ask them for the source IP(s). Sounds more like a DoS attack than a TC problem.

Roman

[ghisler(Author)]

Indeed TC doesn't open multiple FTP connections itself when you only transfer files in the foreground. Each background transfer uses just one additional connection.