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FR Being Hacked on Election Day?

Posted on 11/04/2008 2:08:10 PM PST by JDoutrider

Is FReerepublic being hacked on election day?

It's slow as cold molasses. I'm getting Data Execution Prevention notices from Firefox BIG TIME!

Anyone else noticing this?

No problems found on other sites...


TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: hacked; slowasmolasses
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1 posted on 11/04/2008 2:08:12 PM PST by JDoutrider
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To: JDoutrider

could be a denial of service attack.

I’ve been using beta.freerepublic.com


2 posted on 11/04/2008 2:10:44 PM PST by LeoOshkosh (Crazy Leo is right again)
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To: JDoutrider

FR Server or software problems....started having problems this AM. Politicalwit isn’t the only one with a tradition.


3 posted on 11/04/2008 2:10:44 PM PST by A_Tradition_Continues (formerly known as Politicalwit ...05/28/98...Ain't no Newbie!)
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To: JDoutrider

The servers are most likely overloaded by vanity posts.


4 posted on 11/04/2008 2:10:47 PM PST by EternalVigilance (Tell us again why you thought the "lesser of two evils" would lead you somewhere other than to hell?)
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To: JDoutrider

Could be. ...or it could be just a traffic overload.


5 posted on 11/04/2008 2:11:30 PM PST by Mr. Mojo
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To: JDoutrider

This a Category F5 day.

F5 being the button that refreshes your browser, which we are all doing every 60 seconds, and slowing down the site.


6 posted on 11/04/2008 2:11:37 PM PST by VanDeKoik (I refuse to help put a date, after the hyphen, after July 4th 1776.)
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To: JDoutrider

I had the same problem all FREAKIN day!!!!!

What gives?


7 posted on 11/04/2008 2:11:39 PM PST by General Mosby (OH BOY!)
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To: JDoutrider

Yes, I am too, took forever to get the site open and a long time to get this window open for a reply. Don’t know the reason.
Perhaps, a lot of folks coming here to get a sanity fix?


8 posted on 11/04/2008 2:12:23 PM PST by IceAge
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To: JDoutrider
probably...of course elections will do this too...very slow here also. I would imagine the “techies” are trying very hard to keep things moving.
9 posted on 11/04/2008 2:12:46 PM PST by Doogle (USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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To: LeoOshkosh

much faster thanks


10 posted on 11/04/2008 2:13:27 PM PST by petercooper (I am a bitter clinger!)
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To: JDoutrider

It’s the election.

More Power!!!


11 posted on 11/04/2008 2:15:26 PM PST by Lady Jag (DONATE NOW at https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate)
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To: JDoutrider

It’s the election.

More Power!!!


12 posted on 11/04/2008 2:16:06 PM PST by Lady Jag (DONATE NOW at https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate)
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To: Doogle

Firefox 2.0.0.17 and very slow. Focus has locked up and I have evil http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/10/acorn_sues_nm_gop_alleging_vot.php stuck in my web address window. Coincidence? Can anyone tell me. Does Freep have some overload servers available somewhere. If we do another Bush v Gore, this time with the riots we need giga servers, no?


13 posted on 11/04/2008 2:18:49 PM PST by steve0
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To: VanDeKoik
I've set up a tippy bird to peck at the F5 key regularly.


14 posted on 11/04/2008 2:19:15 PM PST by KarlInOhio (Obama: Spread the Wealth = Marx: From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs)
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To: JDoutrider
Probably just traffic.

I noticed this with most of the popular websites 4,8 years ago.

rushlimbaugh.com is faster this year but they have more money to dump on bandwidth.

15 posted on 11/04/2008 2:20:08 PM PST by atm98
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To: petercooper; LeoOshkosh

It is faster!

Way cool!


16 posted on 11/04/2008 2:20:14 PM PST by Responsibility2nd
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To: JDoutrider

Look at the time stamp on your post and then look at the actual time. That’s about how long the site was down earlier. All the newbie trolls seem to have left for the day though, go figure.


17 posted on 11/04/2008 2:21:28 PM PST by allmost
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I thought it was just me - yes, it takes quite a while to load.


18 posted on 11/04/2008 2:21:56 PM PST by 3catsanadog (Drill here, drill now!!!!!)
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To: ex-rushie

This morning, around 9 am, all I got was one of those white error pages. I was beginning to think FR got hacked by the Dark Side.


19 posted on 11/04/2008 2:24:20 PM PST by 3catsanadog (Drill here, drill now!!!!!)
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To: steve0

*SCHRUGGGS* ...dunno, ya might want to empty your cache, history and check other options....


20 posted on 11/04/2008 2:27:16 PM PST by Doogle (USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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