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my apologies for the outage

Posted: Sun Jul 14, 2013 2:15 am
by solarchat
we experienced a very serious firewall issue early this morning and after hours of work, solarchat should be back online. I am very sorry for the frustration of typing out long posts only to get the Webknight error when trying to post.

There may be a couple more reboots this evening but it should be up and running.

Re: my apologies for the outage

Posted: Sun Jul 14, 2013 2:25 am
by RobBower
You have your hands full Stephen! We are very grateful for all your effort on keeping this site running! :bow: :bow: :bow:

Re: my apologies for the outage

Posted: Sun Jul 14, 2013 4:42 pm
by Montana
I really wish to thank you Stephen :bow: :bow: :bow:

I know you work so hard for us all, I send my sincere thanks for everything you do :bow: I really appreciate all the hard work you have put in this weekend.

Alexandra

Re: my apologies for the outage

Posted: Sun Jul 14, 2013 4:47 pm
by solarchat
ya, well its been a long 36 hours. One of our former members may have been behind this.

Anyway, there are still some foreign country IP addresses that cannot get passed the firewall so I am still rewriting firewall rules...

Re: my apologies for the outage

Posted: Sun Jul 14, 2013 5:16 pm
by nqastronomy
Testing a post from Down Under.

Re: my apologies for the outage

Posted: Sun Jul 14, 2013 6:43 pm
by Allcart
Just wrote a long post and got rejected again. :?

But this one didn't. :?

Re: my apologies for the outage

Posted: Sun Jul 14, 2013 6:48 pm
by marktownley
hmmm

I can reply, but it wont let me post...

Re: my apologies for the outage

Posted: Sun Jul 14, 2013 6:53 pm
by marktownley
and I can edit posts...

Re: my apologies for the outage

Posted: Sun Jul 14, 2013 7:36 pm
by Derek Klepp
Same as Mark

Re: my apologies for the outage

Posted: Sun Jul 14, 2013 8:53 pm
by Robin
I had a frustrating morning but all is ok now, thanks for sorting it out
Robin

Re: my apologies for the outage

Posted: Sun Jul 14, 2013 9:01 pm
by Pedro
Thanks Stephen

Pedro

Re: my apologies for the outage

Posted: Sun Jul 14, 2013 9:08 pm
by Allcart
22.08 UK time. Still cant post a new topic.

Re: my apologies for the outage

Posted: Sun Jul 14, 2013 9:48 pm
by marktownley
Ditto :(

It will let me start a new topic with just text, but if I try and insert an image (or put in the flickr code) I just get the security warning. If the post is more than a couple of lines long it wont let me post it :(

Re: my apologies for the outage

Posted: Sun Jul 14, 2013 9:49 pm
by marktownley
and I can give karma too...

Re: my apologies for the outage

Posted: Sun Jul 14, 2013 10:16 pm
by solardave
Thank you Stephen that's it working for me now :thumbsup:

Re: my apologies for the outage

Posted: Sun Jul 14, 2013 10:32 pm
by Ibbo
Thanks for getting the forum back n line esp at the weekend

Re: my apologies for the outage

Posted: Sun Jul 14, 2013 11:14 pm
by Allcart
I'm still in the same boat as Mark. Cleared my browser cache, tried Google Chrome....nothing.

Re: my apologies for the outage

Posted: Mon Jul 15, 2013 12:30 am
by solarchat
This has nothing to do with your computer this time. It is the firewall. A malicious force tripped all of the firewall settings on the entire NATCA servers from this forum. We have all the US IP addresses working correctly as that was NATCA's main concern. This forum is the only foreign IP's that come in to the system.

I have been working off and on with the server admin to get firewall rules rewritten to accept various IP.s Its just a long process, especially on a Weekend. I am very sorry for the delays.

It would help that if you have a specific problem, you could send me an email to sramsden at natca dot net with your IP address and the specific post that caused the rejection.

Re: my apologies for the outage

Posted: Mon Jul 15, 2013 1:26 am
by colinbm
Thanks Stephen
It is good you know what you are doing :thumbsup:
Col

Re: my apologies for the outage

Posted: Mon Jul 15, 2013 5:12 am
by swisswalter
Hi Stephen

thank you very much for your good Job. It seems to work for me 05.13 UT 15th july and all the little green monsters are here again ;-)

Re: my apologies for the outage

Posted: Mon Jul 15, 2013 6:04 am
by Allcart
Aytone know where I can find my IP address? Its not something I have ever needed to know.

Re: my apologies for the outage

Posted: Mon Jul 15, 2013 6:31 am
by marktownley
Aytone know where I can find my IP address? Its not something I have ever needed to know.

Just google 'what's my IP address?'

Re: my apologies for the outage

Posted: Mon Jul 15, 2013 10:36 am
by Allcart
Thanks Mark, I'll mail Stephen.