What had happened to DP?

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  1. niceboy

    niceboy Well-Known Member

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    #21
    ya. i got db errors too while connecting.
     
    niceboy, Oct 15, 2006 IP
  2. ottodo

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    #22
    I am so happy now :D :D
    I felt like I lost something :(
    but now it's ok :)
    Welcome back
     
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  3. amitpatel_3001

    amitpatel_3001 Results Follow Patience

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    #23
    so i guess he is giving the explanation regarding the downtime :eek:
     
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  4. aditya_sfs

    aditya_sfs Peon

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    #24
    yes.... and i was online whole day pressing F5 every 5 mins
     
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  5. ottodo

    ottodo Guest

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    #25
    Welcome Back
    I feel now comfort and happy :D :D
     
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  6. saadahmed007

    saadahmed007 Admínistratör

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  7. Freewebspace

    Freewebspace Notable Member

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    #27
    yes what was the reason for DP forums to be down?

    but I was able to access digitalpoint.com but not

    forums.digitalpoint.com why?
     
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  8. digitalpoint

    digitalpoint Overlord of no one Staff

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    #28
    The short version is I think it was a denial of service attack on the DNS servers that ultimately caused a database issue. Won't know for sure until I get home (I just spent 8 hours working on it during the glorious hours of 11:00 pm and 7:00 am) while in Las Vegas.

    Thanks to everyone that called me... I have no idea how everyone seems to have my cell phone. Sorry to those that called in the last few hours and I pretended to not be Shawn (I was getting too many calls... hehe)
     
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  9. saadahmed007

    saadahmed007 Admínistratör

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  10. shenron

    shenron Notable Member

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    #30
    LOL. Thx for your great effort and maybe you should get another phone number. :p
     
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  11. aditya_sfs

    aditya_sfs Peon

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    #31
    Man.... means someone tried to hack the server
     
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  12. amitpatel_3001

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    #32
    mayyyyy ii getttt ur cell number plzz no probs even if you pretend that ur not shawn lol :eek: :eek: :eek:
     
    amitpatel_3001, Oct 15, 2006 IP
  13. seodelhi

    seodelhi Active Member

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    #33
    I was confused too. At fast I thought, its normal and it would open up in 1-2 minutes. But then it did not. Really it was a long time. I don't remember the last time when DP was shut for so much time.

    Anyway glad that things are back to normal :)
     
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  14. Coolalex

    Coolalex Banned

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    #34
    Im not sure but maybe whois?
     
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  15. MeetHere

    MeetHere Prominent Member

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    #35
    HHHHhhhh DP is back.
    I kept trying continuously since 5 hours.
    Back to life now :)
    Thanks Shawn and please never close DP.
     
    MeetHere, Oct 15, 2006 IP
  16. digitalpoint

    digitalpoint Overlord of no one Staff

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    #36
    Some changes were made so that DNS issues do not affect the core database server.
     
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    #37
    Happy to see DP up again. It was down for too long.
    There is no end of morons who just can sit quite.

    Thumbs for your hard work Shawn!
     
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    #38
    Nice to see DP back online :)
     
    Bender, Oct 15, 2006 IP
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    #39
    Ow that sucks, i was wondering what had happened to DP. glad its back up.

    @amit = hmm i know shoe gave up his number publicly, maybe if you look hard youll find shawn slipped it somewhere too! :p
     
    Seiya, Oct 15, 2006 IP
  20. Mong

    Mong ↓↘→ horsePower

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    #40
    in downtime dp members were wandering here and there and some in ims :p
     
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