Colin, I notice now that http://www.dxworld.com/bcblog.html is down again. A valuable "almost live" message board for posting and sharing tips on MW. The other boards on dxworld.com -- including the TV/FM page and the SW page -- seem to be working fine, however. :( 73,Rick DauSouth Omaha, Nebraska http://www.dxworld.com/bcblog.html http://www.starchat.net/chat/?chan=mwdx
> Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2014 09:11:03 -0700 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [IRCA] DXer.ca down after DDOS attacks... > > DXer.ca is back - but we do not know for how long - we have no idea who is > launching the DDOS attacks or why. > The attacks are disrupting our other websites as well as the ISP that we > are hosting on -- and they may show us the door > if these attacks persist. There is nothing that we can do. DXer.ca has been > on the air, in some form or another, for almost > 2 decades - with a modest start on a small UVic campus linux server in 1995. > > DXer.ca raises a lot of money for charity -- as well as promote the radio > hobby - and it would be a shame to see it go. > But my hands are tied - it would cost way to much to get it on to a system > that was more immune from these attacks. > > I am very sad and frustrated by all of this - one wonders who would want to > shut down a hobby site such as this. > > Oh well - keep your fingers crossed for me. > > Colin Newell in Canada - > > On Mon, Oct 20, 2014 at 7:55 AM, Rick Dau <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Both DXer.ca and dxworld.com are working fine for me this morning. > > 73,Rick DauSouth Omaha, Nebraskahttp://www.dxworld.com/bcblog.html > > http://www.starchat.net/chat/?chan=mwdx > > > > > Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2014 00:36:45 +0000 > > > From: [email protected] > > > To: [email protected] > > > Subject: Re: [IRCA] DXer.ca down after DDOS attacks... > > > > > > > > > Colin and Todd, > > > > > > I'm very sorry to hear that DXer.Ca is down because of the malicious > > attacks. It's tough to figure out why these individuals would be so > > motivated to attack a hobby-based web site, other than for selfish, vain > > reasons. > > > > > > Anyway, Colin, we look forward to having the DXer.Ca resources back as > > soon as practical. As for the perpetrators, I can think of a couple of > > ocean cliffs where they would be good candidates for an unexpected swim.. > > > > > > 73, Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA) > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > > > From: "Forrest Skaine" <[email protected]> > > > To: "IRCA Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America" < > > [email protected]> > > > Sent: Sunday, October 19, 2014 5:08:36 PM > > > Subject: Re: [IRCA] DXer.ca down after DDOS attacks... > > > > > > Dxworld seems to be down right now. Not sure if that's linked to you > > Colin. > > > > > > Sincerely, > > > Todd Skaine > > > Woodbury, MN > > > Sony ICF 2010 > > > Superradio 2 > > > Grundig S350 &M400 > > > Toyota car radio > > > On Oct 18, 2014 12:29 PM, "R. Colin Newell" <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > > > Over the last couple of weeks (and maybe months) there have been > > numerous > > > > cyber attacks > > > > on my coffee and radio websites -- we have no idea where the attacks > > are > > > > originating and > > > > it might be a while before my ISP and I figure out how to deal with it. > > > > > > > > For the time being DXer.ca and all its great resources and materials > > are > > > > off line. > > > > > > > > My thinking is -- the popular DXer.ca forums were being targeted by > > > > referral spammers > > > > Many websites have this problem - but in the case of the the DXer and > > > > Coffee site, someone > > > > took their rejection much more personally and launched some very > > impressive > > > > attacks. > > > > > > > > The ISP has taken my sites down until further notice -- which is sad... > > > > DXer.ca not only > > > > serves the radio community but raises money for charity through Ian > > > > McFarland's > > > > local and regional activities. > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Colin Newell is the Editor and creator of Coffeecrew.com - DXer.ca - > > > > BobHarris.com | > > > > Amateur Radio VA7WWV | Twitter.Com/CoffeeCrew | Victoria B.C. 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