Fox Collectors website

[William Machauer]

I spend time over at leverguns forum, we have been experiencing tons of issues with login, slow , not remembering login.
Anyhow I was told about this,
isitdownrightnow.com, this site allows you to check any website to see if it's working or not.
It seems that firearm sites have been being hacked

[Dean Romig]

Originally Posted by William Machauer

I spend time over at leverguns forum, we have been experiencing tons of issues with login, slow , not remembering login.
Anyhow I was told about this,
isitdownrightnow.com, this site allows you to check any website to see if it's working or not.
It seems that firearm sites have been being hacked

Thanks William. That’s very useful information.





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[John D.]

Originally Posted by William Machauer

I spend time over……
It seems that firearm sites have been being hacked

Actually, William - you are correct…. If you are on an active firearms site, please remember that whoever is responsible for it probably has their head down and trying to block unwanted service attacks… It appears that the active connections to overseas accounts are attempting to overload the core Database(s) with random queries- which results in corrupting the database or minimally, causing the server to not respond or “hang”… It’s one of the reasons I’m balancing the “Server Busy” code with maintaining the database integrity..?

Too, usually these adventitious folks time these queries when they presume the Admin is asleep? We’ve experienced that here, too…

Anyway, just a “peek behind the curtain”? Just please remember, if you are frustrated by all this - imagine being responsible for the well being of an online community who knows several thousand members are in the dark? And if any community goes down - just let that Admin know you appreciate their efforts. In this community - all of you have been amazingly supportive… And it hasn’t gone unnoticed nor unappreciated…

John

[Double Lab]

Well thank you Mr. Dunkle. What you are doing is above my pay grade and much appreciated. FYI, I still get the "server is busy" notice but after a few minutes I'm able to access the site.

[William Machauer]

Yes sir, the other forum we have a full time 'Spam bot zapper' , he does an admirable job of it.
As you mentioned, the admin works selflessly behind the scenes and I for greatly appreciate your hard work !