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Post by Goonfella on Jan 2, 2015 21:46:29 GMT
I can`t get onto the forum either using Firefox and just get a time out. I don`t think anyone can access the forum at the moment no matter what browser you are using. The only thing we can do is wait until it is back up again. Just do what I do and keep popping over now and then to see. It`s at times like these that I am thankful we still have Fans.
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Post by Pixey on Jan 2, 2015 21:51:59 GMT
Hi Sasha & Night Nurse - they know on the main forum that a lot of us cannot log into the main forum, as 'blocks' of IP addresses are being targeted. Scott (EER) has asked that those of us affected by this be patient. I am curious, and hopefully @blackpenney will log in soon and see this thread, why @barbieq cannot login here? She said she deleted her account way back when @wb was admin and she can't get back in for some reason? ??
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Post by Leif on Jan 3, 2015 12:20:00 GMT
I have just had an E-Mail from Leanne (nitenurse79) She is getting a 404 Error, no time out message. I know it is not web browser specific but she mentions that she uses Opera and asked if anyone can get on the forum (safely) to mention that she can't log in either. DONE The number of users on the main forum is down to 150 at the moment. I think that is more like "normal"
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Post by Goonfella on Jan 3, 2015 13:01:39 GMT
Still can't get on though.
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Post by Pixey on Jan 3, 2015 13:32:07 GMT
Still can't get on though. - ditto - Also have heard that Oxfam have been hit with the same problem. So, I assume a lot of us in Europe will still have our IP addresses blocked! Leif, you are lucky to get on
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Post by barbieq25 on Jan 3, 2015 13:41:01 GMT
Well, one good thing has come out of this. I got back on here. Much mucking around. Thanks Pixey for your hard work & dedication & everyone who is being so helpful. I cannot get in at all. I am using Google Chrome & I get a 403 Forbidden message. I might have been naughty Over the next few days I will check out the forum & see who is new. Anyone up for a fun challenge?
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Post by Pixey on Jan 3, 2015 15:36:48 GMT
@redochre has just told me that the main forum is close to back to normal, but says 'view new content' requires logging in. However, I still can't get on - it just times-out and nothing comes up. Hopefully by Monday everything will be back to normal What's the fun challenge I wonder? Tracking down the spammers and doing terrible things to them, I hope!
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Post by Leif on Jan 3, 2015 18:57:30 GMT
@ nitenurse79 (Or who can get in toutch with her.)
Ego Eram Reputo on the main forum reply's:
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Post by barbieq25 on Jan 3, 2015 21:34:21 GMT
Still getting forbidden & I have cleared everything & got a new bookmark.
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Post by Goonfella on Jan 3, 2015 23:10:04 GMT
I still can`t access the site either. This is getting very frustrating. It`s about time this was sorted.
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Post by blackpenny on Jan 3, 2015 23:57:42 GMT
I woke up from a nap, checked my email, and got a heads-up from Pixey about what's going on here. Yikes! I saw all the spam on the main forum. Then when you had to log in to see anything, I didn't. Now I can view the forum without logging in, but at the right it just says how many topics and how many replies. When I log in it looks like normal, but there is no option to be anonymous. Nice start to the new year. (note sarcasm) Barbieq, Pixey also mentioned you'd been having trouble getting on this board. Looks like you've got it sorted out now? I usually look at this board every day, but I don't always log in, unless I have something intelligent to say. The last couple of days I've had Real Life stuff to do. It's good to see more activity here. I'll have to think about the new fun challenge.
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Post by barbieq25 on Jan 4, 2015 1:31:57 GMT
Yep, all sorted here BP. Still cannot access the main forum
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Post by Goonfella on Jan 4, 2015 6:51:11 GMT
Just as well we have this forum to fall back on. Trouble is all the updates to anything (like plugins for example) are only on the main forum. Hope something can be done about all this.
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Post by Pixey on Jan 4, 2015 8:58:27 GMT
I received this message from @redochre during the night: "I've let Scott know that Drew is also having problems and mentioned that proxy servers are'nt a great idea. He and the others seem to be getting the forum back to normal but are aware that many users can't get back on yet. Please pass on to Drew, Sasha and the others that they are not forgotten! Nitenurses 404 error seems different, Scott said this on the forum: "404 is a non existent web page. That doesn't sound like what others have been experiencing. Get nitenurse to check the URL she's using. It may be one she has bookmarked or otherwise needs to be refreshed. " BUT - I too am now getting this message when I try to get onto paint.net via new links and not using cached ones: Forbidden You don't have permission to access / on this server. Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request. So I've reported back to Red. Obviously there are still some hiccups to rectify. Thank goodness for this board. Thanks Blackpenny for keeping it going
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Post by drewdale on Jan 4, 2015 10:18:45 GMT
Same here, still getting a timeout message only.
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Post by sasha on Jan 4, 2015 12:37:51 GMT
Still can't get on though. The same for me too. Nitenurse79 has also e-mailed me to say she is still getting no joy either.
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Post by barbieq25 on Jan 4, 2015 13:33:51 GMT
Hi DrewDale & Sasha. Still no joy for me either. Last time I got on was Wednesday
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Post by drewdale on Jan 4, 2015 13:39:37 GMT
Hi Barbieq, I can't even log on using a phone with wifi, even in various locations, still no luck.
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Post by blackpenny on Jan 4, 2015 17:07:25 GMT
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Post by Leif on Jan 4, 2015 17:09:05 GMT
Well. The Paint.NET program itself holds some shortcuts in its help menu. It would be bad if some people just starting out on PDN can't use those shortcuts. But at the moment i see no news on the situation.
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Post by Pixey on Jan 4, 2015 18:00:42 GMT
On the first link I'm still 'Verboten' but the 2nd link works fine for the download of the Plugin
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Post by mottoman on Jan 4, 2015 20:58:34 GMT
Hello everyone Here is an E-mail that I have had from EER: _____________________________________________ Hi Patrick, Sorry to hear you're still unable to got on to the forum. Here's the situation as I understand it.... Spammers used bots or IP spoofing tools to generate a DOS (denial of service) attack which flooded the forum with bogus requests. Apparently one of the actions these spammers took was to broadcast their attack so others could join in. Rick mentioned they used Google to do this. This meant that ripping down the bogus forum posts did not stop the attack. It just kept coming in waves. To combat these waves, Rick enabled mandatory logging on, even just to view the forum. Problem was this kept the bots interest enough to keep trying & the attack didn't die off as expected. Drastic action was taken. Bulk IP addresses were blocked & the forum was taken down for almost 2 days. No one could log on at all. This has fixed the problem for now. Unfortunately the IP blocks remain temporarily in place and this has caught out many of our friends. Consider your status part of this collateral damage As the bots lose interest in us the blocks will be able to be rescinded. Unfortunately this may take time. I have no timeframe for their removal. Sorry. The IP block is why the 404/timeout errors are being seen. Forum software spots a blocked IP address requesting a web page and denies the request. As you can tell, this was a huge attack. It's going to take time to recover. You're not the only one who is unable to log on.
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