FT down?

[drewbles]

Still down from most places i'm testing.

It's more likely routing. I won't go into the technical details, but it's most likely that due to the DDoS that routing was altered or possibly penalised. It'll take time for that to smooth out.

 

[Mal]

It's working absolutely fine for me (and many others) at the moment.

 

[drron]

Still down for me though.

 

[samh004]

I'm thinking Australian users can't get on as things haven't filtered down to here yet, or depends where our pipes head, and where the ones in the UK head.

 

[Mal]

serfty was on FT about 4 hours ago it appears.

I just posted this in the Technical Issues forum:

Issues accessing FT from Australia after downtime - FlyerTalk Forums

I'm seeing a lot of reports from Australians advising that they still can't access Flyertalk after the downtime.

Certainly posting in "Australian centric" forums (like the Qantas one) is pretty much non-existant.

Any ideas as to what is happening ?

Cue "down under" jokes...

 

[estate]

If, like me, you're still having difficulty accessing FT, just use http://proxify.com/ that will load it up straight away

 

[Blackadder]

If, like me, you're still having difficulty accessing FT, just use http://proxify.com/ that will load it up straight away

Then it wants you become a proxify member to access the forums.:shock:

Still cactus here :-|

 

[estate]

Yeah, sorry, you won't be able to login/post unless you're a proxify member, but it will at least let you browse.

 

[oz_mark]

It's more likely routing. I won't go into the technical details, but it's most likely that due to the DDoS that routing was altered or possibly penalised. It'll take time for that to smooth out.

They say a cyber attack. This may or may not be a DDoS. There are other attacks that could be called a cyber attack, some with more malicous intents than a DDoS. The length of outage could have indicated law enforcement etc was involved trying to track back the attack to the source.

 

[serfty]

serfty was on FT about 4 hours ago it appears.

I just posted this in the Technical Issues forum:

Issues accessing FT from Australia after downtime - FlyerTalk Forums


Cue "down under" jokes...

I'm in AKL awaiting my AirNZ flight back to MEL.

FT seems to be fine from TLOTLWC ...

... or TLWLOTRWF ...

 

[Flashback]

Been working for at least the past 12 hours from Italy.

 

[estate]

This proxy will let you login and post.
Hide My cough! Free Proxy and Privacy Tools - Surf The Web Anonymously

 

[dajop]

Not working from my ISP in Singapore.

 

[clifford]

Still dead.

Ask l'etoile.

 

[drron]

Well I am trying from the SGS,BKK and still cant access FT.

 

[Dave Noble]

Well I am trying from the SGS,BKK and still cant access FT.

SGS?

Ive been trying from the IC BKK and no joy directly accessing it

Dave

 

[drron]

SGS?

Ive been trying from the IC BKK and no joy directly accessing it

Dave

Just up Sukhumvit.SGS=sheraton grande sukhumvit.

 

[DownUnderFlyer]

It was not just a DOS Attack. The site got hacked and according to SanDiego1k site content was altered to contain links to file sharing sites etc.

 

[Mal]

It was not just a DOS Attack. The site got hacked and according to SanDiego1k site content was altered to contain links to file sharing sites etc.

For a while, the front page of Flyertalk was listing a Warez site under "More Helpful Links".

There have also been rumours that Flyertalk was restored from a backup and some posts lost. The lack of information from Internet Brands just allows conspiracy theories and chinese whispers to get out of hand.

I wonder when Australians will be allowed back into Flyertalk... The Qantas forum is an extremely lonely place at the moment!

 

[lovetravellingoz]

Just back from New York.

I could not access it from my accommodation in Manhattan, nor from the BA Terraces Lounge at JFK.