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Smugmug down???

caseservecaseserve Registered Users Posts: 269 Major grins
edited April 5, 2006 in SmugMug Support
In the middle of editing www.caseserve.com (caseserve.smugmug.com) it went away. I tried to load Andy's site www.moonriverphotography.com and it is also bye bye???

:dunno:huh:dunno:huh:dunno:huh:dunno:huh:dunno
John
Case Photography
http://caseserve.smugmug.com
www.CasePhotographyOnline.com
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    AndyAndy Registered Users Posts: 50,016 Major grins
    edited February 22, 2006
    caseserve wrote:
    In the middle of editing www.caseserve.com (caseserve.smugmug.com) it went away. I tried to load Andy's site www.moonriverphotography.com and it is also bye bye???

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    Standby please, John.
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    boyersmileboyersmile Registered Users Posts: 41 Big grins
    edited February 22, 2006
    I noticed the same thing. I questioned whether it had something to do with the comment spam problems. Onethumb is fighting back by sending out huge amounts of garbage to the spammer. I'm guessing that this could cause some problems for smugmug's server??? Just my speculation though. It is fine by me if it means we are winning the war against the evil spammer.

    Miles
    www.milesboyer.com
    www.boyersmile.smugmug.com
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    ZanottiZanotti Registered Users Posts: 1,411 Major grins
    edited February 22, 2006
    Smugmug Down
    Temporary Service Interruption</STRONG> We're having some temporary technical difficulties. We're working on them at the moment, and expect service to return shortly. We apologize for the inconvenience. We're not happy about it, of course, but we are prepared for it and expect there to be no data loss or any long-term reduction in service. Thanks for your patience and understanding!


    © 2005 smugmug, inc.</SPAN></STRONG>
    It is the purpose of life that each of us strives to become actually what he is potentially. We should be obsessed with stretching towards that goal through the world we inhabit.
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    caseservecaseserve Registered Users Posts: 269 Major grins
    edited February 22, 2006
    Onethumb -vs- the spammer
    Round 1 went to the spammer for actually spamming all of us FLIPA.gif
    Round 2 went to Onethumb for dumping on him :fish


    Round 3 TBD
    John
    Case Photography
    http://caseserve.smugmug.com
    www.CasePhotographyOnline.com
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    caseservecaseserve Registered Users Posts: 269 Major grins
    edited February 23, 2006
    02/23/2006-11:10am EST site down
    caseserve.smugmug.com is down as well as moonriverphotography.com


    WTF?
    John
    Case Photography
    http://caseserve.smugmug.com
    www.CasePhotographyOnline.com
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    jamescalderjamescalder Registered Users Posts: 61 Big grins
    edited February 23, 2006
    caseserve wrote:
    caseserve.smugmug.com is down as well as moonriverphotography.com


    WTF?

    can't get to my site either - jamescalder.smugmug.com

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    james calder photography
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    Mike LaneMike Lane Registered Users Posts: 7,106 Major grins
    edited February 23, 2006
    My site works as of 0814 pacific time.
    Y'all don't want to hear me, you just want to dance.

    http://photos.mikelanestudios.com/
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    jamescalderjamescalder Registered Users Posts: 61 Big grins
    edited February 23, 2006
    Mike Lane wrote:
    My site works as of 0814 pacific time.

    fine here now too, also, as well...

    :D
    james calder photography
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    Techman1Techman1 Registered Users Posts: 155 Major grins
    edited February 23, 2006
    More Problems?
    I'm not able to get to my site:

    Events.FredDickinson.com

    or by going directly through my Smugmug.com link.

    Is this a regional thing as I'm not able to link to MikeLane's site above either currently.

    Anybody else?

    Fred
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    jamescalderjamescalder Registered Users Posts: 61 Big grins
    edited February 23, 2006
    Techman1 wrote:
    I'm not able to get to my site:

    Events.FredDickinson.com

    or by going directly through my Smugmug.com link.

    Is this a regional thing as I'm not able to link to MikeLane's site above either currently.

    Anybody else?

    Fred
    amd of course, now i refreshed, it's down again, but at least it's official now!
    Temporary Service Interruption</STRONG> We're having some temporary technical difficulties. We're working on them at the moment, and expect service to return shortly. We apologize for the inconvenience. We're not happy about it, of course, but we are prepared for it and expect there to be no data loss or any long-term reduction in service. Thanks for your patience and understanding!
    james calder photography
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    BridgeCityBridgeCity Registered Users Posts: 338 Major grins
    edited February 23, 2006
    I'm down as well

    bridgecitystudios.smugmug.com
    :dunno www.BridgeCityStudios.com:dunno
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    tmanchestertmanchester Registered Users Posts: 95 Big grins
    edited February 23, 2006
    Same here--right when I am trying to work with a customer via phone to view photos to identify individuals.

    Just lucky, I guess.
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    tmanchestertmanchester Registered Users Posts: 95 Big grins
    edited February 23, 2006
    pbase to the rescue! Glad I still have that account.
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    ShimaShima Registered Users Posts: 2,547 Major grins
    edited February 23, 2006
    Need.... pictures...

    ...going....through....withdrawal...
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    Art ScottArt Scott Registered Users Posts: 8,959 Major grins
    edited February 23, 2006
    This is what I get when I try to go to my site:
    www.CONTEMPORARY-VISIONS.com


    smugmug_black.gif

    Temporary Service Interruption We're having some temporary technical difficulties. We're working on them at the moment, and expect service to return shortly. We apologize for the inconvenience. We're not happy about it, of course, but we are prepared for it and expect there to be no data loss or any long-term reduction in service. Thanks for your patience and understanding!


    © 2005 smugmug, inc.</SPAN></STRONG></STRONG>
    "Genuine Fractals was, is and will always be the best solution for enlarging digital photos." ....Vincent Versace ... ... COPYRIGHT YOUR WORK ONLINE ... ... My Website

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    Techman1Techman1 Registered Users Posts: 155 Major grins
    edited February 23, 2006
    I'm glad the note is coming up now. That way if clients visit at least they know it is a problem with the site.

    Hopefully it will be back up soon. mwink.gif

    Take care all!

    Fred
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    mbradymbrady Registered Users Posts: 321 Major grins
    edited February 23, 2006
    I wonder if this has anything to do with the recent battles with the comment spammers?
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    DanielBDanielB Registered Users Posts: 2,362 Major grins
    edited February 23, 2006
    nod.gif my websites down as well as www.moonriverphotography.com

    whats the dealione_nau.gif
    Daniel Bauer
    smugmug: www.StandOutphoto.smugmug.com

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    jamescalderjamescalder Registered Users Posts: 61 Big grins
    edited February 23, 2006
    mbrady wrote:
    I wonder if this has anything to do with the recent battles with the comment spammers?
    hope the spammer doesn't have a big brother who came and knocked on Don's door...

    :rambo
    james calder photography
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    ShimaShima Registered Users Posts: 2,547 Major grins
    edited February 23, 2006
    jamescalder wrote:
    hope the spammer doesn't have a big brother who came and knocked on Don's door...

    :rambo

    Could it be from a spam overload? Maybe there was too much stress on the servers because of our recent spammer...
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    kygardenkygarden Registered Users Posts: 1,060 Major grins
    edited February 23, 2006
    11 minutes to go on my ebay auctions and no photos rolleyes1.gif. Hope the glitches get worked out soon. This is why I left Pbase :(
    https://www.thephotographyhobbyist.com/
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    bhambham Registered Users Posts: 1,303 Major grins
    edited February 23, 2006
    One of my smugmug sites is running while the other is down. Guess it isn't system wide.
    "A photo is like a hamburger. You can get one from McDonalds for $1, one from Chili's for $5, or one from Ruth's Chris for $15. You usually get what you pay for, but don't expect a Ruth's Chris burger at a McDonalds price, if you want that, go cook it yourself." - me
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    onethumbonethumb Administrators Posts: 1,269 Major grins
    edited February 23, 2006
    kygarden wrote:
    11 minutes to go on my ebay auctions and no photos rolleyes1.gif. Hope the glitches get worked out soon. This is why I left Pbase :(

    Wish these were glitches - but they're not.

    smugmug was/is the target of a large-scale Denial-of-Service attack.

    I currently have it under control, but I have my doubts as to whether that will last too long.

    Andrew and I are going to make some emergency network upgrades during the day today which should help. Unfortunately, these sorts of things are nearly impossible to combat - our upgrades will only help us get a little more insight into what's going on, but won't significantly help our ability to stop them.

    The reason stopping them is so difficult, by the way, is the way DoS attacks occur these days. Rather than a single machine attacking us, it's usually thousands and thousands of them spread across the globe. Who has thousands of machine, you may ask? It turns out that people have made a game and a business out of taking over Windows boxes with security holes and then utilizing them to take out websites like ours.

    We'll do our best, and we appreciate your patience.

    Don
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    ziggy53ziggy53 Super Moderators Posts: 23,860 moderator
    edited February 23, 2006
    WooHoo!

    They're back online in Illinois!

    Thanks Don!

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    DanielBDanielB Registered Users Posts: 2,362 Major grins
    edited February 23, 2006
    back up in Kansas,

    thanks Donthumb.gif
    Daniel Bauer
    smugmug: www.StandOutphoto.smugmug.com

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    caseservecaseserve Registered Users Posts: 269 Major grins
    edited February 23, 2006
    caseserve wrote:
    Round 1 went to the spammer for actually spamming all of us FLIPA.gif
    Round 2 went to Onethumb for dumping on him :fish


    Round 3 TBD

    Round 3 goes to the pissed off spammer!
    John
    Case Photography
    http://caseserve.smugmug.com
    www.CasePhotographyOnline.com
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    onethumbonethumb Administrators Posts: 1,269 Major grins
    edited February 23, 2006
    caseserve wrote:
    Round 3 goes to the pissed off spammer!

    I don't *think* so, but it's impossible to be sure.

    The spammer is still trying to spam right this second (and not succeeding), so I don't think he even knows that he's not able to post. Likely he just hit "GO" on his script and walked away.

    I think this is something else entirely. It's possible we're the topic of discussion on some hax0r message forum which is where both spammers got us from as well as the DoS guy.

    We'll see, though.

    Don
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    jamescalderjamescalder Registered Users Posts: 61 Big grins
    edited February 23, 2006
    onethumb wrote:
    I don't *think* so, but it's impossible to be sure.

    The spammer is still trying to spam right this second (and not succeeding), so I don't think he even knows that he's not able to post. Likely he just hit "GO" on his script and walked away.

    I think this is something else entirely. It's possible we're the topic of discussion on some hax0r message forum which is where both spammers got us from as well as the DoS guy.

    We'll see, though.

    Don
    my local newspaper had a fascinating article about one such hacker in their sunday magazine this past weekend - he's one of the folks who makes his living off creating and using the "botnets" responsible for such Denial of Service attacks: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/14/AR2006021401342.html

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    james calder photography
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    vebbertsvebberts Registered Users Posts: 7 Beginner grinner
    edited February 23, 2006
    Most everything on my site is up, except there's a bevy of smugmug green text.
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    Art ScottArt Scott Registered Users Posts: 8,959 Major grins
    edited February 23, 2006
    Seems To Be Back Up
    12:05 PM CST and I can get back into my site...yeaaaaa!!!!clap.gifclap.gif

    hope it isn't just temporary.
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