unable to reach website....

[Hyperion]

Hey all

FOR 3 times now in the past oohhh say 5 hours, I have been unable to reach
the website/forums on 3 separate occasions..

It's weird, when it happens I try my connection, surf a few other web sites/pages, check my email and it all works fine, but I couldn't reach this site..

Any problems going on with the server or anything??

Regards Hyperion

[MrB]

I see the same thing from time to time. Sometimes LP101 just stops working for a few minutes or longer. Not just today (though I did see it today), but often in the past too.

I've never really commented on it because sometimes servers have to be reset or restarted.

In the worst case a server could be taken down by hackers or be subjected to a denial of service attack. In those cases the server administrator would surely know about it, so asking about it is needless.

[Eschatos]

Same problems happened to me a few times in the past week, with one long down period today. I just leave the site open in my browser (I use Firefox) and refresh it whenever I want to see if there are new posts. I couldn't refresh for about 15 minutes earlier today, as there was no response on LP101's end of things.

Hope its nothing serious =)

[WhiteHat]

hey - anyone notice the maxumum number of users online at once:

454 on Fri Dec 31, 2004 12:30 am (AEST)

what are 454 people doing online at a lockpicking website on new years eve!?! anyway....

just wait until we get slashdotted.

[Chucklz]

Those high user numbers is from that defacement worm attacking phpBB sites. No worries, we were patched before the stuff hit the fan.

[Varjeal]

...and if the site is down, it means Mr. Picks is working on the site.