c99 Web Host Maintenance

I received this several days ago. The intermittent outages this morning are probably related to this maintenance. As far as I know Putin has nothing to do with it.

Hi [name redacted],

Bluehost is dedicated to ensuring your account is secure and reliable, and your online success is our number-one priority.
With that in mind, we will be performing server maintenance on Wednesday, February 23, 2022, between 10PM and 6AM Eastern Time (ET).
During this maintenance window, there will be approximately 15 minutes of downtime while work is performed.
We assure you that every effort is being made to minimize any impact to your site and ensure that your environment is restored to normal operation as soon as possible.
Thanks,
Your Bluehost Team

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usefewersyllables's picture

they want you to think! You bought Putin's ruse; hook, line, and sinker! Hah!

[video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0X0ZYbnHxA width:400 height:300]

Interestingly, in looking through the logs the last few days, I've seen a significant uptick in port scans and brute-force attacks on the SSH and VPN servers from Russia and the Ukraine this week, in addition to the usual slow boil of hits from China. Geopolitics observed through the web logs... Now, where's my tinfoil? (;-)

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Twice bitten, permanently shy.

Lookout's picture

to keep this community going!

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“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”

takes almost forever, if at all, to load pages

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snoopydawg's picture

@QMS

I keep getting no connection and have to hit post 3-4 times before it does. Life in a 1st world country ehh?

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Which AIPAC/MIC/pharma/bank bought politician are you going to vote for? Don’t be surprised when nothing changes.

Pluto's Republic's picture

...this past week. The logs are talking about me(!) Some of my network files have been altered. The DNS files were forgeries on two of my computers, sending me to strange places very slowly, or not at all. When I deleted them = immediate speed. But there seem to be real time watchers. My logs are talking about "watch dogs" and "trigger events" and "focus." Not long ago, I could barely decipher them. And more.

I'm starting to feel intimidated. I'll be surprised it this post gets through.

When a country thinks it is at war, it starts looking for the enemy within. No one wants to get caught up in that in a xenophobic country. In DC there were people in law enforcement who actually believed the Russia Hoax. People's lives were damaged. Some are being slowly murdered, like Assange.

Did JtC sound paranoid, or was it just me?

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The political system is what it is because the People are who they are. — Plato
Sima's picture

I've noticed slow downs with this site, and with others. Thought it was me, my internet connection or something. My husband's been experiencing the same. But Thursday morning my scheduled posts didn't go up until an hour late, so figured it was the site.

Anyway, thanks, JtC, for keeping this going for all of us. I know the work it takes, you rock!!

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If you're poor now, my friend, then you'll stay poor.
These days, only the rich get given more. -- Martial book 5:81, c. AD 100 or so
Nothing ever changes -- Sima, c. AD 2020 or so

Creosote.'s picture

A new illness must be introduced?

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@Creosote.
Sometimes I’ve noticed when the “read more” leads nowhere I’ve been able to access the essay through one of the comments buttons . Random successes but no discernible, repeatable patterns. More like scrambled eggs than a sunny side up server responses.

Now let’s see if this comment actually posts…………….

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Capitalism is the extraordinary belief that the nastiest of men for the nastiest of motives will somehow work for the benefit of all."
- John Maynard Keynes

Still slow to never uploading. Other sites seem to work alright. Simple things like uprating a
comment just freezes up and return 'page could not be loaded'. Something buggy about this
new blue blob with the white eyes.

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