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What's the Point of Donating If We Can't Access This Site at Peak Times?
October 12, 2012
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Posted on 10/11/2012 9:54:00 PM PDT by PittsburghAfterDark
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To: PittsburghAfterDark
Lots of people here trying to access one particular thread, bottleneck somewhere because of that????
Just thinking that could be right up there with a real DOS attack?
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posted on
10/11/2012 11:27:09 PM PDT
by
The Cajun
(Sarah Palin, Mark Levin......Nuff said.)
To: PittsburghAfterDark
I don’t know if others have noticed but it is not only during big events. It also seems to happen much more when there are Freepathons.
I’ve wondered if there are disgruntled ex-freepers that might get a jolly off running a DOS. Especially during fund-raising and large events.
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posted on
10/11/2012 11:30:01 PM PDT
by
Irenic
(The pencil sharpener and Elmer's glue is put away-- we've lost the red wheel barrow)
To: Last of the Mohicans
43
posted on
10/11/2012 11:33:25 PM PDT
by
DRey
(Ryan/Cruz 2020)
To: The Cajun
If denial of service is a problem, FR could make connections secure at login and IP whitelist forum usage. Could even use certificates installed on server and in browser.
44
posted on
10/11/2012 11:42:00 PM PDT
by
ExxonPatrolUs
("Trizzle, trazzle, trozzle, trome, time for this one to come home" - Mr Wizard)
To: PittsburghAfterDark
That 9/11 thread is amazing history. It wouldn’t be possible with FR unable to handle a lot of people wanting to post at once. I’m sad about next week and election night. I miss FR.
I bet there would be a ton of solid donations if there were an explanation and guarantee that FR would be able to handle huge volumes on big days.
Why can some chat rooms hold thousands of people? There must be a solution. And I’d love to help pay for it, once it’s explained.
45
posted on
10/11/2012 11:46:35 PM PDT
by
Yaelle
To: ExxonPatrolUs
Was really wondering if a bunch of FReepers trying to access the same thread at one time could possibly mimic a real DOS attack due to some configuration problem.
Just taking a *SWAG* at it.
46
posted on
10/12/2012 12:00:58 AM PDT
by
The Cajun
(Sarah Palin, Mark Levin......Nuff said.)
To: Last of the Mohicans
They weren't tossed, they left. Romney isn't the first choice for many of us, he is only a lesser evil. Many of us were doing all we could do to get a real conservative nominated, others insisted on undermining the effort, and they got called out on it, got their feelings hurt and left.
We can be pretty sure of one thing, Romney's choice of Paul Ryan was the result of conservative efforts. Without that he may well have picked someone far less conservative.
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posted on
10/12/2012 12:04:51 AM PDT
by
SWAMPSNIPER
(The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not a Matter of Opinion)
To: anyone
Ace of Spades and Hot Air had similar problems last night. Not fair to rip on FR.
48
posted on
10/12/2012 12:22:41 AM PDT
by
guido911
(Islamic terrorists are members http://www.freerepublic.com/foof the "ROP", the "religion of pu*&ies")
To: PittsburghAfterDark
Well, we could fill up the pages with all kinds of ads from anyone and everyone, even those who have agenda’s we don’t care for.
A ford logo here, a Solyndra logo there...pretty soon we are Huffington post and have to listen to drivel from idiots.
You want it this way or Huffpo?
I know, you were just venting. hell, even I do it.
Long live Jim Thompson!!!
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posted on
10/12/2012 1:13:40 AM PDT
by
Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously, you won't live through it anyway)
To: PittsburghAfterDark
Understood, but on the other side, Jum keeps taking flak from always “begging for money” and many work very hard to keep FR funded and free from becoming a commercial-ridden site. If you want to belong to an exclusive club, you need to make sure it is properly funded.
50
posted on
10/12/2012 3:46:57 AM PDT
by
trebb
("If a man will not work, he should not eat" From 2 Thes 3)
To: Jim Robinson; All
I had trouble getting in last night, too, just like the last general election night.
I hate to talk about feelings when facing an issue, BUT,
FreeRepublic is feels like a child to me - I love it dearly even though it screws up occasionally.
My name is on the list of monthly donors and suspect it will remain so until you have to post me on the Memorial Wall.
Hugs, Jim, ya’ll will figure it out!
51
posted on
10/12/2012 6:13:50 AM PDT
by
FrogMom
(Chicken Little is coming, and he's right!)
To: Jim Robinson
I would suspect it’s not a horsepower issue, it’s a caching issue. Websites with a lot of users have to cache database hits, they can’t do a live query every time.
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posted on
10/12/2012 6:23:21 AM PDT
by
mlo
To: Jim Robinson
Sorry, Im fresh out of ideas. Im sure John will get it solved, but I dont know when. We have a ton of IT professionals on this site. My problem is that I do not know the configuration or the setup of what FR is running. We can't troubleshoot without information.
Can we get information on number/type of servers, type of internet connection, NICS per server, traffic each NIC is seeing, Apache/database/OS versions? Firewall setup?
53
posted on
10/12/2012 6:33:09 AM PDT
by
ShadowAce
(Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
To: Jim Robinson
I used to be a $1+/day contributor, at first anonymously and later posted, even during the increased levy that was supposed to get the hamsters up to speed. Just as FR slowed to a crawl right before the present FReepathon, it did so before the previous one. THAT was the one where I decided to stop donating. Now I'll grant you that I get very few 404 pages anymore, but the incessant slowness I find off-putting. I haven't been here as long as many, but in the early days I only had WebTV and FR was a nightmare to navigate back then. When I tried again in 04, your format (or whatever) had changed and my joining was possible. Dial-up was slow, images made the wait seem interminable, but I accepted that. I knew my equipment was chisel and rock. In 06 I finally got a computer and except for the porn attacks that used to show up, I was pleased. The last couple of years though, ESPECIALLY the weeks before the FReepathons, FR is in the mud.
Get FR up to snuff, and I will be MORE than happy to resume my contributions......otherwise it feels like I'm just throwing money at a problem that never seems to end and I am averse to doing that.
PS, I stay logged on to FR 24/7. I know MANY FReepers do this also. If this is part of the problem, PLEASE make an announcement to that effect.
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posted on
10/12/2012 6:59:56 AM PDT
by
Roccus
To: SWAMPSNIPER
They weren't tossed, they left. Not true.
To: SWAMPSNIPER
Many of us were doing all we could do to get a real conservative nominated, others insisted on undermining the effort, and they got called out on it, got their feelings hurt and left. The most vicious purgings took place after Romney had effectively wrapped up the nomination.
To: epic stache
It is too true. I saw idiots swearing at Jim, and they didn’t get “tossed”. They Opused out. Some even told him to cancel their accounts, and he didn’t.
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posted on
10/12/2012 12:59:10 PM PDT
by
Politicalmom
(Liberalism. Ideas so great they have to be mandatory.-FReeper Osage Orange)
To: BereanBrain
Being an IT professional, I would suggest that he run it in the cloud, that way it scales, is reliable, and it can add servers dynamically....I do this all the time for customers who have much bigger problems..... And the cloud has your data, and it's easier to put pressure on a cloud company to shut you down.
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posted on
10/12/2012 1:03:45 PM PDT
by
PapaBear3625
(Charlie Daniels - Payback Time http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWwTJj_nosI)
To: mlo
bingo.....the cache, search and routing is the problem
had it looked at 3 months ago by the best of the best IT folk.....
told the powers that be and was told no thx to any help
FOR FREE
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posted on
10/12/2012 1:07:08 PM PDT
by
advertising guy
(" that lie has it's own sleep number " David Feherty PGA Championship 2012)
To: advertising guy; John Robinson
If you have some concrete advice to offer, please be my guest. But freepmail it to John Robinson not me. Does no good to offer it to me. It’s all over my head. Thanks
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posted on
10/12/2012 1:15:02 PM PDT
by
Jim Robinson
(Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God!!)
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