Forum down issue

[richb]

The forum has been under a DDoS attack the past two nights. Our host recommended Cloudflare, we have added that to the forum, it was already on the mxlinux.org website. The verification you will see when logging in from now on is to prevent further attacks. It will also appear if you are logged in and inactive for a period of time.

[richb]

For those having issues with the new verification check, the following are suggestions from a Cloudflare community team member. I have not verified their efficacy as I have not had any difficulties. However they are worth trying.

Some ideas to try

Clear your browser cookies and cache.
Ensure cookies are enabled in your browser settings.
Disable Ad-blocker or any privacy-related extensions temporarily. I am not familiar with all of your extensions, a good approach is to disable all of them, try to access the site, if successful, enable 1 by 1 to isolate the one causing the conflict.
Check if JavaScript is enabled.
Try accessing the website in an incognito window.
Try to use a different browser or device to see if the problem persists.

[Eadwine Rose]

I can confirm the clearing of the cookies for the forum at least fixes the eternal loop and never getting the box to tick issue.