[SOLVED] DistroWatch Down? Automatix down?

[louieb]

Is it just me loosing my mind or are both distrowatch and Automatix websites down?

[67GTA]

Distrowatch is down. I keep clicking the link and hoping...

[Antman]

Distrowatch is down. I keep clicking the link and hoping...

Yeah... me too....:popcorn:

[FuturePilot]

Coincidence?:-s

[LookTJ]

DistroWatch isn't down.

[67GTA]

Coincidence?:-s

That settles it. Automatix IS dangerous. It has killed Distrowatch.

[LookTJ]

distrowatch isn't down..but automatix is.

[FuturePilot]

Distrowatch is down for me.

[LookTJ]

check these links...or mirrors

mirrored at Dallas (http://distrowatch.serve-you.net/), Kiev (http://distrowatch.lafox.net/), Praha (http://distrowatch.cz/), Timisoara (http://dw.rohost.com/) and Wien (http://distrowatch.gds.tuwien.ac.at/).

[Spr0k3t]

Whew... for a minute there I thought distrowatch was down. Thank god they have mirrors.

[67GTA]

This link isn't loading for some reason. I'm sure it is the same link everyone else is using:

http://distrowatch.com/

[LookTJ]

This link isn't loading for some reason. I'm sure it is the same link everyone else is using:

http://distrowatch.com/
I know, the Green Bay hosting must be down

[FuturePilot]

check these links...or mirrors

mirrored at Dallas (http://distrowatch.serve-you.net/), Kiev (http://distrowatch.lafox.net/), Praha (http://distrowatch.cz/), Timisoara (http://dw.rohost.com/) and Wien (http://distrowatch.gds.tuwien.ac.at/).

Yes, mirrors are working. Good:)

This link isn't loading for some reason. I'm sure it is the same link everyone else is using:

http://distrowatch.com/

Not working.

[blithen]

Microsoft Is Taking Down Linux, Site By Site!
D:!

[loell]

well for sure this is a DDOS attack :)

[RAV TUX]

Is it just me loosing my mind or are both distrowatch and Automatix websites down?
Yep! both DW and Automatix are down, for me!

[jinx099]

Heres the problem:

$ host distrowatch.com
distrowatch.com has address 10.0.1.128

10.0.0.0/8 is a non-routable IP range.

[LookTJ]

Heres the problem:

$ host distrowatch.com
distrowatch.com has address 10.0.1.12810.0.0.0/8 is a non-routable IP range.
hmm someone messed with the distrowatch.com domain

and changed their dns servers as well

but thankfully, there are mirrors

[RAV TUX]

I am sure they will be back by the morning.

[LookTJ]

stupid DDoSers

[RAV TUX]

Whats up with the correlation of the Automatix and DW websites being down simultaneously?

[LookTJ]

I hope they get their main domain fixed up..for now I am using http://distrowatch.serve-you.net/

[linbetwin]

Looks like it's a massive DDoS attack: http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/20081

Anyway, the mirrors aren't always up to date.

[louieb]

DDoS attack hum. I had an employee get fired the other day. While in the bathroom, he wadded up a volleyball ball size of paper, got it soaking wet, and tossed it over a stall wall, hitting a guy just in there to take a crap. Got him pretty wet.

Attack by DDoS or by wet paper ball? Anyway thanks for the dw mirrows.

[helliewm]

Is Distrowatch down? Its says problem loading pages?

Helen

[fscodelaro]

I've been having problems with distrowatch since yesterday as well.

[aysiu]

It's down. You're not alone.

[nonewmsgs]

it's probably that guy in general help. he left his computer on all night with the ping command running in his terminal *cries*

[wersdaluv]

An error occurred while loading http://distrowatch.com/:
Timeout on server
Connection was to distrowatch.com at port 80


An error occurred while loading http://www.getautomatix.com/:
Timeout on server
Connection was to www.getautomatix.com at port 80.

[Incense]

That's interesting. The openSUSE repos are down too....

download.opensuse.org :confused:

[FuturePilot]

Hmmm. Still down.
Microsoft?:-s

[hidey]

From one of the links provided I'm seeing DW and I just noticed...PCLinuxOS has finally beat Ubuntu on the 6 month page hit list. Conspiracy theroists AWAY!

[starcraft.man]

From one of the links provided I'm seeing DW and I just noticed...PCLinuxOS has finally beat Ubuntu on the 6 month page hit list. Conspiracy theroists AWAY!

Who needs conspiracy theorists? The site owner has stated numerous times he puts little faith in the numbers. Link. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DistroWatch#Accuracy)

As for Distrowatch and Automatix being down at the same time, what's the bloody fuss? They don't represent the end all apocalypse of the Linux world, neither site is that important.

I don't know what happened to openSuSE download page, an unrelated server error? Surely they couldn't be DDoSed too...

[Nano Geek]

Who needs conspiracy theorists? The site owner has stated numerous times he puts little faith in the numbers. Link. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DistroWatch#Accuracy)

As for Distrowatch and Automatix being down at the same time, what's the bloody fuss? They don't represent the end all apocalypse of the Linux world, neither site is that important.

I don't know what happened to openSuSE download page, an unrelated server error? Surely they couldn't be DDoSed too...I actually found Distrowatch quite useful. Its nice to know when a new version of a distribution comes out.

But anyway, if Ubuntu goes down, you will know that it's the end of the Linux world. :)

[LookTJ]

I actually found Distrowatch quite useful. Its nice to know when a new version of a distribution comes out.

But anyway, if Ubuntu goes down, you will know that it's the end of the Linux world. :)there is a competitor in the Linux world...

www.cafelinux.org/distropedia/

[Nano Geek]

there is a competitor in the Linux world...

www.cafelinux.org/distropedia/ (http://www.cafelinux.org/distropedia/)That one's down too. :shock:

[LookTJ]

That one's down too. :shock:weird.....seems to be up here...unless your dns cache isn't up to date

[hellmet]

Anybody knows whats up with Automatix? Been trying to access it since 2-3 days!!

[Nano Geek]

weird.....seems to be up here...unless your dns cache isn't up to dateHmm. For some reason, the link didn't work the first time, but it's working now.

I like DistroWatch a little better than this site though. DistroWatch has more features.

[RAV TUX]

there is a competitor in the Linux world...

www.cafelinux.org/distropedia/ (http://www.cafelinux.org/distropedia/)

Not so much a competitor but another option in the world, especially great for new distros, Distropedia has NO waiting list.


That one's down too. :shock:

Distropedia is up.


Hmm. For some reason, the link didn't work the first time, but it's working now.

I like DistroWatch a little better than this site though. DistroWatch has more features.

DW has been around for many years, Distropedia is perhaps months old, but we offer no ads, no waiting period & no notability requirements. Also Distropedia is what you make it.

Join up and add all the features you want. ;)


Distropedia is licensed under a
Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/).
Distropedia is a member only Open Content Collaborative Writing Project.http://www.cafelinux.org/distropedia/


btw this DW link works:
http://distrowatch.serve-you.net/

[justin whitaker]

check these links...or mirrors

mirrored at Dallas (http://distrowatch.serve-you.net/), Kiev (http://distrowatch.lafox.net/), Praha (http://distrowatch.cz/), Timisoara (http://dw.rohost.com/) and Wien (http://distrowatch.gds.tuwien.ac.at/).

Thanks, I completely forgot about the mirrors.

[corinthalkorda]

Looks like getautomatix.com is back up.

:: knocks on wood ::

[r4ik]

This forum does not load at normal speed also.
Wtf is going on ?

[FuturePilot]

This forum does not load at normal speed also.
Wtf is going on ?

Yes I noticed that also.

[LookTJ]

I either blame PCLOS or Microsoft for this doing..

[sanderella]

DistroWatch will be back shortly

DistroWatch.com was hit by a crippling Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack over the weekend. It is currently being restored and should be operational later today (Monday). Sorry for the inconvenience. In the meantime please visit one of the following mirrors:

USA: http://distrowatch.serve-you.net/
Czech Republic: http://distrowatch.cz/
Austria: http://distrowatch.gds.tuwien.ac.at/
Romania: http://dw.rohost.com/
Ukraine: http://distrowatch.lafox.net/

from the website

[mikewhatever]

The mirrors seem to work but not the distrowatch.com, also, the mirrors haven't been updated since Sept. 14.

[r4ik]

It is back.

[p_quarles]

I think Darl McBride must have broken into the BlueGene/L compound and started pinging everything related to Linux.

I've noticed some random slowdowns here as well. If it's a DDOS, it's not a very effective one, but it still seems odd, all these Linux sites.

[hidey]

I think it was Chuck Norris.

[matthew]

I think it was Chuck Norris.No. Chuck Norris doesn't have to try to DDos sites, sites try to DDos Chuck Norris. If Chuck Norris wants a web site down, he just gives it a roundhouse kick.

[karellen]

some more news here...
http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/20129

[Bronto]

Just how much of an idiot someone has to be to attack a site like DistroWatch.com?

[karellen]

Just how much of an idiot someone has to be to attack a site like DistroWatch.com?

if there is anything certain and in infinite amounts in this world that would be human stupidity and wickedness

[starcraft.man]

Just how much of an idiot someone has to be to attack a site like DistroWatch.com?

Not stupid. It's business. Many of these bot nets hire themselves out. The storm (it's called that right? I mean the latest one...) bot net has been reported to be on the side of millions of infected zombies that can be throttled and controlled extremely finitely. The owners then get people to pay them to take down sites or do other things with their nets. Why just infect someone's computer when you can make money from it?

[r4ik]

In addition this is just one article i found,

http://lwn.net/Articles/222153/