Is Geekhack down?

[BucklingSpring]

Someone should make a note of the IP of the server used to perform the DDoS and contact Amazon to complain. Amazon have a no-tolerance policy on people being dicks on their VMs.

http://portal.aws.amazon.com/gp/aws/htm ... _ec2_abuse

They could then have their AWS account shut down. 100% worth it.

Between all the mean comments and jokes about GH in this thread. I have to confess, some actually made me chuckle and I'm a GH hugger.

This suggestion above gets my vote...

[scottc]

Most of the jokes are light-hearted and not to be taken seriously.

As for the above suggestion: some people on Reddit have already noticed the "last logged in from" reverse-DNS lookup and found the script kiddie's ISP, state and home-town. Definitely enough to file a complaint with. Did anyone mirror the video before it was taken down?

[vivalarevolución]

Far as I'm concerned, every good DTer likes to see GH alive and well. (And all the rest.) Otherwise, shudder, where will their users go?

Seriously though, GH is a crucial component of worldwide keyboard culture. I like what we do better, and how we go about it. But the web without GH is a poorer place. They'll be back.

Well said, thanks.

[vivalarevolución]

The one thing I dislike about Geekhack is when anyone asks to donate or if GH needs money/help to keep going they are basically told; "no, mind your own business", and then stuff like this happens and then GH is just down, with no timeline for it coming back up...

It fucking sucks that a DDOS essentially kills the whole forum for days, after R00tw0rm I thought maybe we had gotten past this shit

Still hosted on iMav's home server

The website has no real upkeep costs, so any donations go elsewhere..

At least that's what I heard. Please do correct me if I'm wrong.

If this is true, I actually have no problem if someone is taking a little off the top, because people deserve to be compensated for the work they do. Although a little transparency would be nice, if people are DONATING with the intent of it not being a person's salary.

[metalliqaz]

I don't believe the above is true. They have a hosting provider and they have to pay for hardware, power, and bandwidth. None of which are negligible.

[BucklingSpring]

Most of the jokes are light-hearted and not to be taken seriously.

As for the above suggestion: some people on Reddit have already noticed the "last logged in from" reverse-DNS lookup and found the script kiddie's ISP, state and home-town. Definitely enough to file a complaint with. Did anyone mirror the video before it was taken down?

I'm also interested - I missed it.

[wlhlm]

Most of the jokes are light-hearted and not to be taken seriously.

As for the above suggestion: some people on Reddit have already noticed the "last logged in from" reverse-DNS lookup and found the script kiddie's ISP, state and home-town. Definitely enough to file a complaint with. Did anyone mirror the video before it was taken down?

I'm also interested - I missed it.

tl;dw Screencast of a person launching a script on an Amazon EC2 instance (virtual server) and checking afterwards whether Geekhack is still reachable. Spoiler: It is not. The video ends with screenshots of the threads on Reddit and Deskthority discussing the Geekhack outage. Oh, and of course it has copyrighted hip-hop playing in the background.

[Air tree]

I should really check out Deskthority a bit more, at least this outage gives me a chance to read up on here and maybe post a little.

[vivalarevolución]

I don't believe the above is true. They have a hosting provider and they have to pay for hardware, power, and bandwidth. None of which are negligible.

Yea, this seems like hearsay. I've personally met a few the people involved with running Geekhack, and nobody is running around in Bentley's or anything. Everybody has outside jobs. I can't imagine the amount donated would be very substantial, anyways.

[zts]

not a member there, but I hope the site comes back up soon ... lots of references/links on DT and on DT wiki go to GH.

[SL89]

not a member there, but I hope the site comes back up soon ... lots of references/links on DT and on DT wiki go to GH.

With regards to the wiki, maybe the info should be backed up locally instead of just referencing GH. (Screenshots to document theads and such)

[Blaise170]

That's a good idea actually. Maybe we can start an initiative for it.

[Belfong]

I should really check out Deskthority a bit more, at least this outage gives me a chance to read up on here and maybe post a little.

I enjoy both sites. DT to level-up my keyboard knowledge, GH for fun and relaxing stuff.. of course, like life, sometimes the fun stuff sucked up a lot of my time...

[matt3o]

this thread turned in the saddest I've read in a while

[macmakkara]

this thread turned in the saddest I've read in a while

+1

[BlueBär]

That's a good idea actually. Maybe we can start an initiative for it.

Poor Daniel

[rowdy]

this thread turned in the saddest I've read in a while

It's interesting how the mood of the thread changes as the days pass.

[Sed8op8]

[quote="Air tree";p=2389d19]I should really check out Deskthority a bit more, at least this outage gives me a chance to read up on here and maybe post a little. [/quote]

Same... I've really enjoyed lurking around here the past couple of days. Honestly, the more I find my interests turning towards vintage and antique boards the more time I find myself spending here. Don't get me wrong GeekHack has an astounding amount of info and will always be my home its that DT seems to have more of a focus on that particular niche.

[fanpeople]

#turntheserverbackon2015

[wlhlm]

Does Deskthority have a status (twitter) page that can be queried in case the forum is down?

[rowdy]

Does Deskthority have a status (twitter) page that can be queried in case the forum is down?

I'm going out on a limb and guessing:

https://twitter.com/deskthority

[wlhlm]

Does Deskthority have a status (twitter) page that can be queried in case the forum is down?

I'm going out on a limb and guessing:

https://twitter.com/deskthority

It didn't announce the recent server move.

EDIT: For the person managing the Deskthority Twitter account: Announcing outages/maintenance would be great

[002]

I don't think a DT outage has ever been more than 12 hours, but if it ever did get really bad we could definitely post it on Twitter, Facebook and IRC.

[Madhias]

Same... I've really enjoyed lurking around here the past couple of days. Honestly, the more I find my interests turning towards vintage and antique boards the more time I find myself spending here. Don't get me wrong GeekHack has an astounding amount of info and will always be my home its that DT seems to have more of a focus on that particular niche.

I enjoy both sites. DT to level-up my keyboard knowledge, GH for fun and relaxing stuff.. of course, like life, sometimes the fun stuff sucked up a lot of my time...

I should really check out Deskthority a bit more, at least this outage gives me a chance to read up on here and maybe post a little.

Come on people, fill DT with life, at least there are no big rules here, and that's the great thing! It is not only about vintage stuff, there are some great projects (matt3os new build for example), great reviews of new keyboards (like the Novatouch and soon the new Cherry keyboard), and we even have a show your Click Clack cap thread, and show your keyboard thread - but no show yourself thread! So everyone should be comfy here too. Don't mind the old and grumpy guys here, but you don't have to be huffy then when getting an unfriendly answer. Be careful with quoting though, since we don't really quote here like one would do at GH.

[seebart]

Yeah right. Don't just hang around here whining like a sobbing bunch. Join us. Show us what you got:

http://deskthority.net/photos-f62/post- ... t7834.html

http://deskthority.net/photos-f62/post- ... t1919.html

http://deskthority.net/photos-f62/rando ... t7080.html

[Krogenar]

Why exactly have they chosen to keep the server down? I would imagine they don't want to come back online until they're a bit more 'hardened' to another attack? Does anyone know for sure? At any rate, I hope GH is back soon. Thanks to DT for hosting the refugees in the meantime.

[kbdfr]

[…] Don't mind the old and grumpy guys here […]

You don't really want all these rude, ill-mannered, foolish, uncultivated, smug guys here, do you?

[Muirium]

The missing word behind them all: "young!"

We have a few younglings on DT, too. Just for some reason we act more like (grumpy) gentlemen than whatever the actual English term is for people who engage in lulz…

[seebart]

Haha...be careful kbdfr, you might scare them away. These are all potentially new DT members.

[Madhias]

I just had to warn that nobody is scared afterwards, when getting a mean, but maybe true answer!