Downtime

[Uncle Jesse]

Ooops.

Folks,

1. We had a rogue IP hitting the site a few million times which slowed everything down. I have blocked that IP.

2. I updated FreeBSD and the packages and found out that mysql 5.7 is no longer available and FreeBSD insists I upgrade to 8.1. This is a major, major hassle which I can't undertake at the moment.

The solution - i rolled back HD to 1/10/24, which was yesterday. I'm sure we lost some posts! Sorry about that, it couldn't be helped.

[jonnys_spirit]

Thank you UJ! I was gonna take everything back that I said whilst deep in the cups last night anyway...

Cheers,
jonny

[Setsumi]

Strongs, I see we lost a day or some. No worries.

[Bushman]

Thank you didn’t really notice it. Must not of tried during that period but hard to believe as I am on the forum 3-4 times a day.

[Bradster68]

I figured I just had a buzz on.

[sadie33]

It was running a little slower, but no problems. I can't even imagine trying to keep up with all the updates and what nots! Thank you for all you do, Uncle Jesse!!

[Deplorable]

Well, that explains why I can't get to the thread about distilling animals.

[Yummyrum]

Thanks Uncle
Forum had been getting quite sluggish over the last week .
Sounded familiar to that issue we had last year .

[The Baker]

Thanks,
It was really slow for me and I was blaming Telstra (my provider).
I had been spending hours deleting old stuff from the phone I (literally) inherited from my wife.
So much that I thought they had put me on a go-slow.
Thanks, Uncle, for everything.

Geoff

[Salt Must Flow]

Who would go out of their way to attack this forum like that? It just seems like a stupid waste of time. I know websites get attacked all the time, but why? It makes me wonder if attacking sites is done to stimulate the demand for continually upgrading software and the like.

[samwell]

Who would go out of their way to attack this forum like that? It just seems like a stupid waste of time. I know websites get attacked all the time, but why? It makes me wonder if attacking sites is done to stimulate the demand for continually upgrading software and the like.

It is strange and interesting. I'm wondering the same thing.

[Haurly]

Yes, your continued vigilance is much appreciated, Uncle Jessie, thank you.
There's too much good information on here to lose!

[Darkside]

Little late to the post here but, Uncle Jessie as I sit her watching a certain corn/sugar wash was drip from the spout I figure you can do whatever you need to and we will still appreciate you.

[Bradster68]

I tried numerous times and couldn't log on. I had a stroke due to depression. Just kidding, but I feel a lot better now.

[Alchemist]

I've not been able to reach the forum in a few weeks. Looking around, mostly reddit, it seems many folks are saying the same. After such further searching I found a site tester that said it was up and the issue was me. I run a VPN. As soon as I turned it off I could reach the forum. Is this something internal that happened? Any clue?

[Yummyrum]

There have been a few members comment that using VPNs stops them getting access .

[howie]

my vpn stops me accessing the site as well.
i just put this site in the VPN bypasser included in the vpn software.

[Corn Cracker]

I had a real hard time for a while but the last couple of months have been fine, I didn't change any VPN, it just cleared up

[pipes+hose]

I use nord vpn and exit in a Canadian city (Montreal or Toronto, its somewhat random). I don't recall getting a hard block due to vpn but i have been experiencing the forum issues at the end of last year through to this year.

For me the forum issues are better at the moment.