kazaddress Posted March 14, 2006 Share Posted March 14, 2006 could not access the site for a few hours (said it could not access the database) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Frugal Posted March 14, 2006 Share Posted March 14, 2006 Don't know Kaz but the forum's been really slow for days. I had the same problem this morning with it. Perhaps they're working on it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted March 14, 2006 Share Posted March 14, 2006 I hope so - I thought it was just me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cate in NZ Posted March 14, 2006 Share Posted March 14, 2006 I got it too, and the sites so slow this morning that it's just impossible- might have to give up and do something useful instead Actually it's a bit of a reflief- I thought it was my computer having all the problems.... we know it's old and falling apart, can't afford to upgrade just yet and I was getting mildly panic stricken. I do hope that they manage to fix the forum again soon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
furball Posted March 14, 2006 Share Posted March 14, 2006 Phew Glad it wasn't just me that panicked. Thought i couldn't access it because free week trial had run out even though i registered and its over a week since Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted March 14, 2006 Share Posted March 14, 2006 It seems to be ok now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clare* Posted March 14, 2006 Share Posted March 14, 2006 I sent poor Lesley 3 messages the other night, each one I typed came up no connection so retyped each one again:evil: But they all got to her Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 14, 2006 Share Posted March 14, 2006 Hi guys, Sorry for the inconvience. I don't know what exactly has been going wrong with the server. We haven't been changing anything but it has been running slow lately. I am keeping a close eye on things and it the computer continues to slow down then we might "move" the Club to another host but this is a drastic measure that I would rather not do. Cheerio, James Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted March 14, 2006 Share Posted March 14, 2006 Thanks for letting us know James Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popcorn Posted March 14, 2006 Share Posted March 14, 2006 Who are you going to club James? that is rather drastic I must say... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamsin Posted March 14, 2006 Share Posted March 14, 2006 I kept having the same problem this mornig it kept saying critical error,anyway glad to see its working again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ali-s Posted March 14, 2006 Share Posted March 14, 2006 I got critical error message this morning as well. Thought it was my fault after posting a message last night about the word game. I even went over to the US site to see if anyone was there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kazaddress Posted March 14, 2006 Author Share Posted March 14, 2006 *puts on computer consultant hat on* it might be someone doing a DoS attack. maybe there are some jealous people out there trying to bring down the website. its very easy to do.. but it can be prevented with the correct firewall. however, if this is the attack taking place (which is very common at the moment) then changing web-host would not make any difference, as they would still attack the same URL. Kaz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamsin Posted March 14, 2006 Share Posted March 14, 2006 Kaz, What does DoS stand for/mean. sorry i dont do computer language Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 14, 2006 Share Posted March 14, 2006 it's a "denial of service" attack - someone floods the network with so much junk traffic that it collapses under the weight and goes on strike! It's a bit like the postman delivering 8 tons of junk mail through your letterbox - eventually there'll be so much junk that you could never find a legitimate letter even if you tried - and you'd just bin the lot and sit down to have a fag instead. (actually it's not exactly like that - but no analogy is perfect!) If you want to blag your way through it with someone who seems in the know - just mutter the phrase "Ping of Death" (a famous DoS attack from the past) - and then wander off claiming that you need to find the peanuts... phil ps - having said that - it was probably just the boys doing some work on the system while it was quiet... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 14, 2006 Share Posted March 14, 2006 Could be, but I doubt it. The speed of the website fluctuates - most of the time it's fine, but then sometimes for the odd hour or two it will go slow. The main Omlet site is still responsive when the forum is on a go-slow (seperate server). If someone was going to orchestrate a denial of service, they would most likely go for the main www site, not the forum. Also, why a attack the forum of a small English company when there are much bigger fish out there? I understand that it's operated from supanames on a shared host. I think there is some job that is running and sapping CPU, but unfortunately we don't have command line access to find out what it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 14, 2006 Share Posted March 14, 2006 My advice? Attach the inner flange to the bluetooth dongle coil defibrillator, then rewire the reverse flux ionized batch processor and feed it through the warp switch random pci bus firewire hub with a double twisted scsi half pitch DB68M cable, being careful to ensure that the tfs server has no problems with the integrated sql trace listener, and checking that the TTY layer adds some overhead - it doesn't always understand the IrDA protocol, which make it unsuitable in some cases and less performant in others (small packets). That is why there is a second driver, irport, which allow the IrDA stack direct access to the serial port. that should fix it... Phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicola H Posted March 14, 2006 Share Posted March 14, 2006 That is just what i was thinking Phil i might give it a go tomorrow.........................Then again better not, i will leave it to Graham.................. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cate in NZ Posted March 14, 2006 Share Posted March 14, 2006 Graham's post left me completely baffled ..... yours, Phil, induced hysteria . Scarily it almost seemed to make sense I'd just say, go for it boys But please don't break the forum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 14, 2006 Share Posted March 14, 2006 I'm on it now where's my reverse-toothed-spangle-spanner? Phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mel (& Paul) Posted March 15, 2006 Share Posted March 15, 2006 My advice? Attach the inner flange to the bluetooth dongle coil defibrillator, then rewire the reverse flux ionized batch processor and feed it through the warp switch random pci bus firewire hub with a double twisted scsi half pitch DB68M cable, being careful to ensure that the tfs server has no problems with the integrated sql trace listener, and checking that the TTY layer adds some overhead - it doesn't always understand the IrDA protocol, which make it unsuitable in some cases and less performant in others (small packets). That is why there is a second driver, irport, which allow the IrDA stack direct access to the serial port. that should fix it... Phil Aha!! Brilliant idea. Or you could just re-boot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buffie Posted March 15, 2006 Share Posted March 15, 2006 A woman steps in and the problem is easily solved! BBx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mel (& Paul) Posted March 15, 2006 Share Posted March 15, 2006 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted March 15, 2006 Share Posted March 15, 2006 I shall hear enough of this sort of language at work today - I'm off Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mel (& Paul) Posted March 15, 2006 Share Posted March 15, 2006 Have a good day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
