Blacklisting (was Log In Problems)

[Pops]

I think Admin is losing some of the goodies to speed things up, the functional stuff should be back soon...

[Ferretlover]

If you want to get into a forum and your sidebar hasn't shown up, click on "view your posts," and select a forum from there.
Yes, the site is slow, but, at least, we got it back!

[dbruning]

Sidebar seems to be gone, but only some of the time. If I select "New Posts" the sidebar shows up.

Scratch that, soon as I made that post the site ate my sidebar there too

[hardy citrus]

test

[ralfy]

Thanks!

[Tanada]

I am frequently getting the following error message when I attempt to post replies to other users.

Bad Request

Your browser sent a request that this server could not understand.
Size of a request header field exceeds server limit.

Cookie: CF_ORACLE=READY; __utma=114757510.707472595.1235949116.1342405399.1342431336.3260; __utmz=114757510.1319623892.2618.111.utmcsr=google|utmccn=(organic)|

Hope the screen capture helps you fix it soon.

[Ferretlover]

Side bar is gone for me, too; but, If you click on the brown 'PeakOil news & message boards' area, in about 10 seconds it will take you back to the front page with sidebar.

Or, copy the URL from the posts page and you can get back there that way, too.

[SeaGypsy]

On Chrome just clear the taskbar, put in peak and select 'active topics'.

[dorlomin]

Anyone who wants new posts can use this URL
newposts.html

[davep]

Anyone who wants new posts can use this URL
newposts.html

I always go straight to that url when visiting PO.com

[dorlomin]

I can post but I am not sure others can.

[davep]

I have had two posters mention that they can't connect this morning. I've forwarded one of the PMs to admin.

[davep]

Admin is aware of the problems but can't guarantee a fix for a while.

[Quinny]

Back in but not many posts. Just testing.

[Quinny]

I think we have a problem. We seem to be down to a merry band of two or three.

The only posts I can see come from posters who I believe are outside the US.

Anybody any idea of what's going on?

[davep]

Hi everyone. I've had word from admin that he has a fix. The site may be a bit slower in the short term, but that's the price we have to pay for the moment.

[rockdoc123]

and already the spamming pricks are making there way through the filters.
I would really like to meet one of these guys...a Glaswegian handshake would sort him out I suspect.

[Fiddlerdave]

Well, hello board!

I have been blocked by spamhaus as a spammer for at least a week or to, I would just drop by to do a test post, and today it worked!

Here is their message, BTW, from send a email to their appeal address with the "tickert #". I wonder how many board members are blocked? It mentioned I would get an email if I was cleared from being blocked but no reinstatement email yet, I tried it just for curiosity.

God luck!

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The Spamhaus Project - SBL International Anti-Spam System
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Thank you for contacting the Spamhaus Block List. This response is
sent to let you know that your query was received and will be dealt
with as soon as possible.

SBL Removals
The Spamhaus Project
Geneva, Switzerland
http://www.spamhaus.org

Spamhaus Block List (SBL).: http://www.spamhaus.org/sbl
Spamhaus Block List FAQs..: http://www.spamhaus.org/faq/section/Spamhaus%20SBL

Mailing List Policies.....: http://www.spamhaus.org/mailinglists.html
Register Of Known Spammers: http://www.spamhaus.org/rokso
Responsible ISP AUPs......: http://www.spamhaus.org/isp/

[kublikhan]

It's not you personally that was blocked. You see the site used a service called CloudFlare to help speed up the site. And since we were getting flooded with spam lately, I am guessing we started using the spamhaus service to try and filter out the spammers. Unfortunately, a few spammers also use the cloudflare service. So Spamhaus blacklisted all of CloudFlare's servers. When you see the IP# that Spamhaus is complaining about, it's actually one of CloudFlare's IP# that is blacklisted. CloudFlare tried to get more aggressive with taking down bad actors on it's network, but hackers started using CloudFlare's takedown method as a door for launching DDOS attacks. It's a big pain in the butt and it is users like us that get caught in the middle of this mess.

Anyway, I'd just like to thank the staff for working to get us back up and running, and for trying to do something about those damn spammers.

[Fiddlerdave]

It's not you personally that was blocked. You see the site used a service called CloudFlare to help speed up the site. And since we were getting flooded with spam lately, I am guessing we started using the spamhaus service to try and filter out the spammers. Unfortunately, a few spammers also use the cloudflare service. So Spamhaus blacklisted all of CloudFlare's servers. When you see the IP# that Spamhaus is complaining about, it's actually one of CloudFlare's IP# that is blacklisted. CloudFlare tried to get more aggressive with taking down bad actors on it's network, but hackers started using CloudFlare's takedown method as a door for launching DDOS attacks. It's a big pain in the butt and it is users like us that get caught in the middle of this mess.

Anyway, I'd just like to thank the staff for working to get us back up and running, and for trying to do something about those damn spammers.

Indeed, despite being a computer professional of sorts, the message made little sense, since it wasn't MY IP, etc.

Sometimes I think about getting back into support of commercial sites etc. but then I see problems like this and think "Naaaaaa...".

Realtime controls on dedicated networks (even if wide area) for me! I like it when a machine goes "Chunk-whirrr" on my command.