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hexola

(4,835 posts) Mon Jun 25, 2018, 09:46 AM Jun 2018

Heads up - potential hacks - FreeRepublic down

Normally - I'd give a cheer for FreeperVille taking a dump - but since their outages have, somewhat, paralleled the problems at DU - might be worth paying extra attention over the next few days for weirdness.

I was reading an article at FR - and the next page sputtered - and then - poof! Gone...

I'd like to take credit...!

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Heads up - potential hacks - FreeRepublic down (Original Post) hexola Jun 2018 OP

Good heavens.. Is that site still around? Are they still using 20 yr old software? hlthe2b Jun 2018 #1

Often, the "old shit" isn't designed with the security holes and backdoors that come with new code. TheBlackAdder Jun 2018 #3

Old software generally less secure mythology Jun 2018 #9

Depending on whether the object decks are visible, the Java and OS exposures are not present. TheBlackAdder Jun 2018 #14

Yeah there's like 20 or 30 hardcore racist dregs of humanity types keeping rimjob on welfare workinclasszero Jun 2018 #5

Yep, sure is! RKP5637 Jun 2018 #2

Can you elaborate on the parallels? Were they down on ecstatic Jun 2018 #4

There was a cluster of outages on both boards around that time hexola Jun 2018 #8

Wow ok. Nt ecstatic Jun 2018 #10

The site is garbage RhodeIslandOne Jun 2018 #6

There was an nginx message briefly hexola Jun 2018 #7

Well, I use nginx, too. It's a nice web server. :-) Ezior Jun 2018 #12

The hamster providing power to run the site probably died. madinmaryland Jun 2018 #11

Or Mom went ahead and turned the basement into a sewing room. FSogol Jun 2018 #15

Did GEOCities era websites all go down? FSogol Jun 2018 #13

Amazing...they always seem to go down when they want to beg for even MORE money. SeattleVet Jun 2018 #16

Unfortunately canetoad Jun 2018 #17

hlthe2b

(102,376 posts)

1. Good heavens.. Is that site still around? Are they still using 20 yr old software?

Reply to hexola (Original post)

Mon Jun 25, 2018, 09:49 AM

Jun 2018

TheBlackAdder

(28,216 posts)

3. Often, the "old shit" isn't designed with the security holes and backdoors that come with new code.

Reply to hlthe2b (Reply #1)

Mon Jun 25, 2018, 09:58 AM

Jun 2018

mythology

(9,527 posts)

9. Old software generally less secure

Reply to TheBlackAdder (Reply #3)

Mon Jun 25, 2018, 10:40 AM

Jun 2018

Older software was even less likely to be written with security in mind.

TheBlackAdder

(28,216 posts)

14. Depending on whether the object decks are visible, the Java and OS exposures are not present.

Reply to mythology (Reply #9)

Mon Jun 25, 2018, 11:33 AM

Jun 2018

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Most hackers are expecting relatively new software to exploit. If you bury your back-end properly, they have no idea what they are accessing, and will not suspect old code, or with younger hackers, not even know how to exploit it.

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workinclasszero

(28,270 posts)

5. Yeah there's like 20 or 30 hardcore racist dregs of humanity types keeping rimjob on welfare

Reply to hlthe2b (Reply #1)

Mon Jun 25, 2018, 10:01 AM

Jun 2018

It takes the quarterly beg-a-thons a hilariously long time to complete. And a few days later, the next one starts up lol

RKP5637

(67,112 posts)

2. Yep, sure is!

Reply to hexola (Original post)

Mon Jun 25, 2018, 09:52 AM

Jun 2018

http://www.isitdownrightnow.com/freerepublic.com.html

ecstatic

(32,731 posts)

4. Can you elaborate on the parallels? Were they down on

Reply to hexola (Original post)

Mon Jun 25, 2018, 10:00 AM

Jun 2018

election day 2016? If not, I don't see any parallels.

hexola

(4,835 posts)

8. There was a cluster of outages on both boards around that time

Reply to ecstatic (Reply #4)

Mon Jun 25, 2018, 10:10 AM

Jun 2018

It wasn't election day - but FR has gone down at some key moments (for them!)

Might have been when Trump won the nomination...?

ecstatic

(32,731 posts)

10. Wow ok. Nt

Reply to hexola (Reply #8)

Mon Jun 25, 2018, 11:00 AM

Jun 2018

RhodeIslandOne

(5,042 posts)

6. The site is garbage

Reply to hexola (Original post)

Mon Jun 25, 2018, 10:07 AM

Jun 2018

Maybe old RimJob finally croaked and the hamster ran away.

hexola

(4,835 posts)

7. There was an nginx message briefly

Reply to hexola (Original post)

Mon Jun 25, 2018, 10:07 AM

Jun 2018

Load balancer? - perhaps a DOS attack.

https://nginx.org/en/

nginx [engine x] is an HTTP and reverse proxy server, a mail proxy server, and a generic TCP/UDP proxy server, originally written by Igor Sysoev.

HA HA!

Ezior

(505 posts)

12. Well, I use nginx, too. It's a nice web server. :-)

Reply to hexola (Reply #7)

Mon Jun 25, 2018, 11:04 AM

Jun 2018

It can be used as a reverse proxy or load balancer, but in this case I doubt any load balancing is required (lack of load). So it's probably just their web server software.

Actually quite a nice piece of open source software. Igor did a great job.

madinmaryland

(64,933 posts)

11. The hamster providing power to run the site probably died.

Reply to hexola (Original post)

Mon Jun 25, 2018, 11:03 AM

Jun 2018

FSogol

(45,527 posts)

15. Or Mom went ahead and turned the basement into a sewing room.

Reply to madinmaryland (Reply #11)

Mon Jun 25, 2018, 11:33 AM

Jun 2018

FSogol

(45,527 posts)

13. Did GEOCities era websites all go down?

Reply to hexola (Original post)

Mon Jun 25, 2018, 11:33 AM

Jun 2018

SeattleVet

(5,479 posts)

16. Amazing...they always seem to go down when they want to beg for even MORE money.

Reply to hexola (Original post)

Mon Jun 25, 2018, 04:48 PM

Jun 2018

They already have their neverending quarterly beg-a-thon (which usually lasts pretty much through the entire quarter, until they make their goal with a day or two remaining, then they start the next one).

Hard to believe that it takes *that* much money to feed the squirrel to keep that site running...I'd love to see where all that cash really goes!

canetoad

(17,190 posts)

17. Unfortunately

Reply to hexola (Original post)

Mon Jun 25, 2018, 05:21 PM

Jun 2018

Celebrating too soon.

https://downforeveryoneorjustme.com/freerepublic.com

Is freerepublic.com down?

It's just you. freerepublic.com is up.

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