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49thParallel · 03-07-2003, 10:40 AM

It appears that one of my servers and the main rackshack.net server is down. But 4 other servers I have at rackshack are not effected. Anyone else having problems?

And, before the "you get what you pay for" posts start...I was going on a minimum of 5 months up with no interruptions

Mikeee · 03-07-2003, 10:41 AM

Yeah, the whole network is down I think

49thParallel · 03-07-2003, 10:42 AM

I guess I got lucky with my other rackshack servers..at this point they are running as usual. Must just be certain subnets that are down.

Opps..correction...I just logged into SSH on a couple of my servers...they are still up for me...but from the numbr of httpd requests coming in, I would say it's not up for many others. Doh...

Triple 6 · 03-07-2003, 10:43 AM

back up - for me at least.

Groove · 03-07-2003, 10:45 AM

http://www.rackshack.net/ is down.

However my two servers seem fine.

Touch wood!

dchottie · 03-07-2003, 10:54 AM

All of mine with rackshack are down . . .

Bigwebmaster · 03-07-2003, 11:27 AM

Half my racks are down

picindex · 03-07-2003, 11:27 AM

you get what you pay for...

Bigwebmaster · 03-07-2003, 11:29 AM

Yup I know, I have never really cared for them... only stay with them for the price. As far as quality, um

viewmaster · 03-07-2003, 11:29 AM

my rack was down for about 10 min but has been fine ever since.
rackshack.net has been down for at least 3 hrs, since I got online
this morning at 1030a.

/viewmaster

Thomas007 · 03-07-2003, 12:57 PM

The rumors says DOS attacks.

xdcdave · 03-07-2003, 12:59 PM

RS was doing good for a while there too

dchottie · 03-07-2003, 01:00 PM

man i'm fucking tired of hackers. All the friggin dos attacks lately and now someone has liberated one of my emails to send out their fucking spam. I'm tired of having to clean up after these fuckers. Not to mention the moola they're costing me.

JFPdude · 03-07-2003, 01:03 PM

Just a question.

Did any of you rackshack users upgrade your sendmail ? Those of you who did are probably still up while those of you who didn't will probably see new websites and files on your systems.

strainer · 03-07-2003, 01:14 PM

All my rackshack servers are working perfectly as always. I get 10 or 15 minutes downtime a month, usually when they upgrade a router or something.

And yes, I upgraded the Ensim patches with new sendmail yesterday.

dchottie · 03-07-2003, 01:16 PM

man i'm going to kill my hosting provider if he didn't install those updates. Looks like i'm going to have to go into his server and update them myself

49thParallel · 03-07-2003, 01:16 PM

Not sure if the sendmail issue has anything to do with it. 1 of my servers is down. 4 are still up. None of them have the newest sendmail installed. Just lucky, perhaps, or maybe it's something else.

Mikeee · 03-07-2003, 01:17 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by JFPdude
Just a question.

Did any of you rackshack users upgrade your sendmail ? Those of you who did are probably still up while those of you who didn't will probably see new websites and files on your systems.

JFP dude, can you ICQ me? Need to talk to you, havent talked in 6 months bro...

strainer · 03-07-2003, 01:20 PM

By the way the sendmail expolit is supposedly not in the wild yet. No excuse for not updating, but you probably have a few days.

CGI · 03-07-2003, 01:41 PM

I have a couple of servers at rackshack for doing TGP & MGP galleries -- 2 of them are down, 1 is intermittant and 1 is just fine. The only ports open on these are 22 and 80 (ssh and web) - not even FTP - so this is probably NOT related to the sendmail exploit (sendmail isn't even installed on any of the servers).

I just got off the phone with one of the rackshack support people and they can't give any ETA yet as to when stuff will be up, however the guy I spoke with was called into work a few hours early because they are now swamped lol. They also stated it was a network related issue wouldn't comment one way or the other if it was a denial of service attack.

Needless to say, 4 servers with round robin DNS and the ability to add and remove servers from the mix in under 90 seconds really helps

Anyway, just thought I'd share what I know about it...

CGI

extreme · 03-07-2003, 01:53 PM

From irc.ev1.net #rackshack

<RS-Greg> ATTENTION: All segments are now back online. Please respond if
+anyone cannot currently reach their server and msg me an ip address.

brocklander · 03-07-2003, 02:53 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by CGI
I have a couple of servers at rackshack for doing TGP & MGP galleries -- 2 of them are down, 1 is intermittant and 1 is just fine. The only ports open on these are 22 and 80 (ssh and web) - not even FTP - so this is probably NOT related to the sendmail exploit (sendmail isn't even installed on any of the servers).

I just got off the phone with one of the rackshack support people and they can't give any ETA yet as to when stuff will be up, however the guy I spoke with was called into work a few hours early because they are now swamped lol. They also stated it was a network related issue wouldn't comment one way or the other if it was a denial of service attack.

Needless to say, 4 servers with round robin DNS and the ability to add and remove servers from the mix in under 90 seconds really helps

Anyway, just thought I'd share what I know about it...

CGI

Isn't that called "load balancing?"

Round-robin is the process of handing out a subsequent IP address to each person requesting your page. If the IP the DNS hands out doesn't work, the user still gets 404'd.

Load balancing redirects traffic to available servers with the least congestion.

CGI · 03-07-2003, 03:08 PM

It is, however if you set the DNS TTL to only 90 seconds and use a script to check the servers, automatically removing unreachable servers from the DNS and inserting them back in as needed - it's a very basic high availability system.

But yes, the main reason I do it is for load balancing -- you're exactly right

MonkeyMan · 03-07-2003, 03:09 PM

Arent there places out there who give out free name servers? I pay zoneedit becasue I like having a nameserver on each side of the country.

CGI · 03-07-2003, 03:14 PM

granitecanyon.com
xname.org

Those are 2 I know of.. sure there are more though, I just haven't had the need to really look for any....

Anyone else want to add to this list? Could be handy for a lot of people who have slow ISPs or want off-network DNS servers for backup.

03-07-2003, 10:40 AM	#1
49thParallel So Fucking Banned Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 1,197	Rackshack - some servers down? It appears that one of my servers and the main rackshack.net server is down. But 4 other servers I have at rackshack are not effected. Anyone else having problems? And, before the "you get what you pay for" posts start...I was going on a minimum of 5 months up with no interruptions

03-07-2003, 10:42 AM	#3
49thParallel So Fucking Banned Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 1,197	I guess I got lucky with my other rackshack servers..at this point they are running as usual. Must just be certain subnets that are down. Opps..correction...I just logged into SSH on a couple of my servers...they are still up for me...but from the numbr of httpd requests coming in, I would say it's not up for many others. Doh... Last edited by 49thParallel; 03-07-2003 at 10:44 AM..

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Mikeee Registered User Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 516	Yeah, the whole network is down I think

03-07-2003, 10:45 AM	#5
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dchottie Confirmed User Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 894	man i'm fucking tired of hackers. All the friggin dos attacks lately and now someone has liberated one of my emails to send out their fucking spam. I'm tired of having to clean up after these fuckers. Not to mention the moola they're costing me. __________________

03-07-2003, 01:03 PM	#14
JFPdude Confirmed User Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Mountains of Western North Carolina. Posts: 4,027	Just a question. Did any of you rackshack users upgrade your sendmail ? Those of you who did are probably still up while those of you who didn't will probably see new websites and files on your systems.

03-07-2003, 01:14 PM	#15
strainer Confirmed User Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Philadelphia Posts: 418	All my rackshack servers are working perfectly as always. I get 10 or 15 minutes downtime a month, usually when they upgrade a router or something. And yes, I upgraded the Ensim patches with new sendmail yesterday.

03-07-2003, 01:16 PM	#16
dchottie Confirmed User Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 894	man i'm going to kill my hosting provider if he didn't install those updates. Looks like i'm going to have to go into his server and update them myself __________________

03-07-2003, 01:20 PM	#19
strainer Confirmed User Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Philadelphia Posts: 418	By the way the sendmail expolit is supposedly not in the wild yet. No excuse for not updating, but you probably have a few days.

03-07-2003, 01:41 PM	#20
CGI Confirmed User Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 139	I have a couple of servers at rackshack for doing TGP & MGP galleries -- 2 of them are down, 1 is intermittant and 1 is just fine. The only ports open on these are 22 and 80 (ssh and web) - not even FTP - so this is probably NOT related to the sendmail exploit (sendmail isn't even installed on any of the servers). I just got off the phone with one of the rackshack support people and they can't give any ETA yet as to when stuff will be up, however the guy I spoke with was called into work a few hours early because they are now swamped lol. They also stated it was a network related issue wouldn't comment one way or the other if it was a denial of service attack. Needless to say, 4 servers with round robin DNS and the ability to add and remove servers from the mix in under 90 seconds really helps Anyway, just thought I'd share what I know about it... CGI __________________ Komply - The 2257 record keeping & content management application (sneak preview) Manic Cash - Tight Niches, Solid Payouts... ICQ 346121285

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03-07-2003, 03:08 PM	#23
CGI Confirmed User Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 139	It is, however if you set the DNS TTL to only 90 seconds and use a script to check the servers, automatically removing unreachable servers from the DNS and inserting them back in as needed - it's a very basic high availability system. But yes, the main reason I do it is for load balancing -- you're exactly right __________________ Komply - The 2257 record keeping & content management application (sneak preview) Manic Cash - Tight Niches, Solid Payouts... ICQ 346121285

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MonkeyMan So Fucking Banned Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: New York.... Not the city... Up north further. Its about a six hour drive to the city from here. I don't like the city much. The air is not as clean, but they do have better strip clubs. Posts: 1,026	Arent there places out there who give out free name servers? I pay zoneedit becasue I like having a nameserver on each side of the country.

03-07-2003, 03:14 PM	#25
CGI Confirmed User Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 139	granitecanyon.com xname.org Those are 2 I know of.. sure there are more though, I just haven't had the need to really look for any.... Anyone else want to add to this list? Could be handy for a lot of people who have slow ISPs or want off-network DNS servers for backup. __________________ Komply - The 2257 record keeping & content management application (sneak preview) Manic Cash - Tight Niches, Solid Payouts... ICQ 346121285