Cyprus44 Downtime

Cyprus44


Joined: 01/01/2006
Posts: 3

Message Posted:
26/11/2009 04:33

Dear All,



Cyprus44.com has been down since the early hours of Monday, November 23th. The whole website including our forums was down.



There has been a DDoS attack aimed directly at Cyprus44.

You can learn more DoS attacks here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denial-of-service_attack



We've now moved the website to a much more powerful server to minimise the risk of DoS attacks in the future.



We'd like to note that Cyprus44 was not hacked and no personal information was disclosed.



Cyprus44 Team



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Update 26/11/09 1PM:

The IP address (location on the web) of the server changed.

It will take some ISPs upto 48 hours to update their DNS.

So, it is normal that some people still cannot access the website.

No need to panic - those people should wait a little.

Earlybird


Joined: 28/04/2009
Posts: 816

Message Posted:
26/11/2009 06:37

Well done 'Cyprus 44 Team"!!

nurseawful



Joined: 06/02/2009
Posts: 5934

Message Posted:
26/11/2009 06:38

Great to be back missed you all.

Chris

deecyprus4


Joined: 27/07/2008
Posts: 3452

Message Posted:
26/11/2009 06:43

Yes great to be back up and running.

malsancak


Joined: 23/08/2009
Posts: 2874

Message Posted:
26/11/2009 06:47

Excellent work, as DDosS attacks are illegal, and are likely to reoccur, I believe that we should make some effort to find out who is doing this.

smithy


Joined: 17/07/2008
Posts: 5301

Message Posted:
26/11/2009 07:44

Just found out we are back on great work Izzet

Sheila

cooper


Joined: 23/10/2007
Posts: 3386

Message Posted:
26/11/2009 07:55

Welcome Home Cyprus44 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnjEPMYr6Pw



http://tachyontv.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/02/03/tommy_cooper.jpg

loulou



Joined: 14/05/2008
Posts: 785

Message Posted:
26/11/2009 09:11

yes great to have u back

StGeorgeI


Joined: 27/08/2009
Posts: 973

Message Posted:
26/11/2009 09:24

Welcome back everyone!

StGeorgeI


Joined: 27/08/2009
Posts: 973

Message Posted:
26/11/2009 09:50

Just spoken to a friend in Lapta and they are still having the same problem with C44 this morning. When trying to log on they get that silly log-in box that wont let you acces the site? Does anyone know of anyone else having the same problem still? Any ideas how to solve it Izzet?



Cheers. G

No1Doyen


Joined: 04/07/2008
Posts: 16617

Message Posted:
26/11/2009 09:51

Are you able to source the 'instigator' of the attack?

laptagal


Joined: 28/05/2008
Posts: 549

Message Posted:
26/11/2009 10:26

Good to know that it was not just me then. Welcome back.

flightholiday


Joined: 19/07/2007
Posts: 3217

Message Posted:
26/11/2009 10:35

Welcome back - lets hope that this is the last outage for a long time.



Mind you it was nice going onto TRNC Villa Owners for a change (it used to be a habit).



Tom

dozza67


Joined: 11/07/2008
Posts: 607

Message Posted:
26/11/2009 10:49

I wonder if it was our nice neighbours over the south that caused the problem?

petez


Joined: 04/12/2008
Posts: 560

Message Posted:
26/11/2009 11:45

RE message 5

Trying to find the person who started a DD0S attack should be easy....



Just look in the phone book under 'hackers'.



But seriously,

It is a common problem with sites on shared servers and it is unlikely to be directed at Cyprus44 personally.

Glad you got it sorted, it must be a big site to re-load...

Whistler


Joined: 28/07/2008
Posts: 1332

Message Posted:
26/11/2009 12:00

I could not get onto Villa Owners either.

nurseawful



Joined: 06/02/2009
Posts: 5934

Message Posted:
26/11/2009 12:33

Just had a look on the other forums seems like quite a few people having problems getting on here.

Harold2555



Joined: 19/04/2008
Posts: 1139

Message Posted:
26/11/2009 14:17

Well done Izzet and those nameless few who worked so hard!



Harold

TRNCVaughan


Joined: 27/04/2008
Posts: 4578

Message Posted:
26/11/2009 14:23

I can still only get on via defilter and not direct.

Ossie


Joined: 19/01/2008
Posts: 311

Message Posted:
26/11/2009 15:30

Well done the team,its good to have you back.Its like losing a good friend!

Snaefell



Joined: 07/06/2009
Posts: 266

Message Posted:
26/11/2009 15:36

Glad you managed to get it sorted, I have really missed reading all the posts on here. Well done.

britvic



Joined: 05/09/2008
Posts: 3039

Message Posted:
26/11/2009 15:59

Back on track but, for some daft reason its taking me straight to page 155! What's that all about?

hattikins


Joined: 17/02/2008
Posts: 2793

Message Posted:
26/11/2009 16:14

Good to have 44 back, well done guys and thanks for all your hard work.

keithcaley



Joined: 13/06/2008
Posts: 2521

Message Posted:
26/11/2009 17:43

Anybody still having problems: -



If using Internet Explorer 8, Click on 'Tools', then 'Delete Browsing history' - this should remove any saved (cached) pages containing error messages. Can't remember what it was on earlier versions of 'IE' - but someone on here will!



If using 'Firefox' it's 'Tools', & then 'Clear Recent History'



Beyond that, you'll have to ask 'samlemine'

Carndi


Joined: 12/06/2009
Posts: 613

Message Posted:
26/11/2009 18:06

Good to be back. When it would not accept my pass word I thought it was an age thing and told my wife I was losing it.

CarrieRBag



Joined: 23/12/2008
Posts: 1374

Message Posted:
26/11/2009 21:26

Never thought I would miss you lot but I did!

Lilli



Joined: 21/07/2008
Posts: 13081

Message Posted:
27/11/2009 00:33

thank you God, I thought my right arm had been cut off. Well done . I have become more computor literare this week trying all roads to get proxy etc . Izzett you have scored again xxxxxxx

phylray



Joined: 21/09/2007
Posts: 1727

Message Posted:
27/11/2009 02:30

Glad am not the only one who thought they'd done something wrong! Most annoying and

though C.44 came back yesterday, I was unable to get on this p.m - got that awful sign-in

thing which doesn't work. Tonight, however, I see it is up and running again. Hope the problem

can be solved, and does not occur again.

pjnxi



Joined: 12/02/2009
Posts: 167

Message Posted:
27/11/2009 13:05

Well done Cyprus 44 pjnxi.

clarets



Joined: 08/01/2009
Posts: 752

Message Posted:
27/11/2009 13:36

Good to hear that everything is working well again.......I thought I'd been banished!

AlsancakJack



Joined: 14/08/2008
Posts: 5762

Message Posted:
27/11/2009 14:24

Iain

' I thought I'd been banished!'



We did try.

Aysesdaddy



Joined: 21/03/2009
Posts: 392

Message Posted:
27/11/2009 14:30

Agree with everyone here, its great to be back

decanddyl


Joined: 17/01/2009
Posts: 792

Message Posted:
27/11/2009 16:05

Great to be back, had no luck this morning, but was just about to email Izzet and hey presto back in the fold!

swannee7


Joined: 21/08/2009
Posts: 394

Message Posted:
27/11/2009 19:27

Brilliant work from all the backroom boffins on C44! Thought I'd been deemed persona non grata for something or other (but couldn't think what!) and it never occurred that your website had been targeted in this way. I even contacted by email another member who uses another site and asked if he could help me get back but, sadly, didn't hear back. Have only been able to re-connect since 5 pm UK time and was delighted to see things back to normal. Rather like the buzz or hit you get from that first strong cup of coffee in the morning - if you don't get that 'fix' you miss it like crazy! Again, bravo all of you for re-connecting the world to C44 !

kenny b


Joined: 12/09/2008
Posts: 211

Message Posted:
28/11/2009 01:09

Hi Pee

I thought it was me

Welcome back Izzett and the team.

Keep posting

Keep smiling

Kenny

everon


Joined: 18/04/2009
Posts: 956

Message Posted:
28/11/2009 09:07

every morning 2 cups of tea in bed, then facebook then cyprus 44!! It's just not the same without you!! I am naturally nosy, so not knowing what all you peeps were doing had driven me mad!! welcome back and well done team xx

Tiggy


Joined: 25/07/2007
Posts: 1994

Message Posted:
28/11/2009 21:41

Nice to be able to enjoy the 44 again.



Sad person/s who try to supress the truth.

Oleander


Joined: 03/05/2009
Posts: 302

Message Posted:
29/11/2009 10:02

The last message posted here shows as being posted on the 1st December 2009? Have I lost a couple of days?

AlsancakJack



Joined: 14/08/2008
Posts: 5762

Message Posted:
29/11/2009 13:27

Oleander

Assigning a future date to a thread is how a thread is made a 'sticky' and a 'sticky' will remain at the top of the page until the date assigned has arrived and then the thread will take its place date wise with the rest of the threads.

AJ

Oleander


Joined: 03/05/2009
Posts: 302

Message Posted:
29/11/2009 20:36

I see. Other websites I've worked with - you just select 'sticky' when as an admin or a mod you post it.

britvic



Joined: 05/09/2008
Posts: 3039

Message Posted:
30/11/2009 21:16

AAAAAAAAAArrrrrrrrrrrrrrrgggggggggggg! It's still taking me to page 155 when I log in!



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IZZET'S REPLY:

Very interesting! There is nothing wrong here. Try cleaning your temporary internet files. If that doesn't work, please try on another computer. You can also try it on a different browser. I can recommend you try the new Google browser called, Chrome.

britvic



Joined: 05/09/2008
Posts: 3039

Message Posted:
01/12/2009 13:46

Thank you Izzet, I am actually already on chrome, I will try your other recommendation. I wonder why its only page 155?



Vicki