MauriceMynah Posted September 21, 2013 Share Posted September 21, 2013 Rather as the title says really, Does anyone have any info? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
windmill Posted September 21, 2013 Share Posted September 21, 2013 I tried as well same thing.Getting to be getting to be quite regular! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MauriceMynah Posted September 21, 2013 Author Share Posted September 21, 2013 This is starting to look like a cyber attack as the .org seems to be down as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 21, 2013 Share Posted September 21, 2013 This is starting to look like a cyber attack as the .org seems to be down as well I doubt it. The error message from the NBF is a Jrun connector on the server, so it looks like maybe hardware related again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RayandCarole Posted September 21, 2013 Share Posted September 21, 2013 Its back up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MauriceMynah Posted September 21, 2013 Author Share Posted September 21, 2013 They're both back up. Thanks for that bit of info Strow, next time I panic I'll try to remember to include any error messages displayed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ranworthbreeze Posted September 21, 2013 Share Posted September 21, 2013 Thank you all for the information, please keep us posted so we can pass on any information to NBF members if there is any other problems. Regards Alan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 21, 2013 Share Posted September 21, 2013 Why would that imply a hardware fault? "Imply" being the significant word there. True, it could be software related instead, but usually Richard has reported the jrun errors back as hardware failures like disc drives etc. I would think that a cyber attack would result in graffiti or a complete server failure, rather than a code failure message. The URL was resolving ok to the address thoughout the downtime. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPEEDTRIPLE Posted September 21, 2013 Share Posted September 21, 2013 And in laymans terms?. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 21, 2013 Share Posted September 21, 2013 And in laymans terms?. A hacking attack would usually either blow the whole site away completely including the initial home page, resulting in a "site not found" message, or, more commonly, leave the site running, but full of rubbish messages, "graffiti". Whereas the "Jrun" error message shows that the website is able to respond to the web browser request, but the server can't process or get the data requested. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 22, 2013 Share Posted September 22, 2013 Down again, so the rapid intermittency pretty much rules out hacking. It seems to normally reboot several times a day anyway, so it may have frozen during one of those. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ranworthbreeze Posted September 22, 2013 Share Posted September 22, 2013 Hi Strowager,Yes same for me when trying to look at the site.RegardsAlan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oddfellow Posted September 22, 2013 Share Posted September 22, 2013 Ho hum. The problems with NBF will keep occuring whilst the existing and increasingly unsupported technology is retained. It should come as no surprise when it falls over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boaters Posted September 22, 2013 Share Posted September 22, 2013 Still down at 12.30 ,but Richard would be busy working today I would guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyg Posted September 22, 2013 Share Posted September 22, 2013 Oh dear it appears to be down again for some reason !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hylander Posted September 22, 2013 Share Posted September 22, 2013 Back again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reedham Posted September 23, 2013 Share Posted September 23, 2013 Well the site does run on a Windows 2000 server.......I'm not surprised it struggles a bit in 2013! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted September 23, 2013 Share Posted September 23, 2013 And gone again this morning. Bad times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 23, 2013 Share Posted September 23, 2013 Well the site does run on a Windows 2000 server.......I'm not surprised it struggles a bit in 2013! The root of the problem is unlikely to be the operating system of the webserver, or even the coldfusion language. It's much more likely to be the difficulty of maintaining the standalone locally based hardware. Almost all non-corporate websites are hosted commercially by large hosting companies with banks of servers running in air conditioned buildings. They also have much faster, more direct connection to the spine of the Internet, enabling a much higher bandwidth for concurrent connections than a single digital telephone line. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hylander Posted September 23, 2013 Share Posted September 23, 2013 Give it a few weeks and there will be no need for air conditioning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ranworthbreeze Posted September 23, 2013 Share Posted September 23, 2013 Sorry to report NBF is still down.Richard if you see this message and wish to give NBF members a message please feel free to do so.RegardsAlan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soundings Posted September 23, 2013 Share Posted September 23, 2013 Still down Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hylander Posted September 23, 2013 Share Posted September 23, 2013 Back up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mirage Posted September 23, 2013 Share Posted September 23, 2013 Down again now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oddfellow Posted September 23, 2013 Share Posted September 23, 2013 All this reporting on its status is a bit like the Okey Cokey. It seems truly remarkable that the most popular forum is the most flakey. I know it costs money to keep these things going and the more popular it is, the more it might cost, but surely it's time to revamp this old dog that is the NBF and drag it kicking and screaming into to the realms of technology that can be easily and inexpensively hosted in a server farm rather than screaming away in pain in a bedroom at the end of a ADSL line. The running costs will surely plumet which might mean that Richard's reported deficit would reduce.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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