February 4, 2005 Downtime Explanation

intelliot · 02-04-2005, 09:16 PM

Hi everyone,

You may have noticed that Google Community was inaccessible from approximately 10:30 AM this morning to 6 PM this evening PST.

The server was fine, but the IP was blacklisted by Abovenet, our bandwidth provider, due to a DoS attack on it this morning which brought down the network.

The DoS attack is no longer going on, and so the server has been removed from the blacklist.

Thanks for your understanding.

Randy · 02-04-2005, 09:19 PM

GC seems to be always down. It was down for about 1 hour yesterday morning and 30 minutes straight last night. There is some serious problems going on if 10% of the time I can't access the site.

intelliot · 02-05-2005, 12:14 AM

Are you sure? I have the site monitored by Siteuptime and there has been no downtime until this morning.

Randy · 02-05-2005, 12:22 AM

Well, I seem to be have scatterred incidents. Like, the site not beinig avaible for a few minutes at a time. I seem to have this a couple of times a day. I think I don't have access about an average of 20 minutes per day.

Eric · 02-05-2005, 03:25 AM

Randy, I don't think the site itself has any downtime, I think that the SQL server crashes from time to time, as we frequently get the phpBB SQL error....

darrenstraight · 02-05-2005, 06:09 AM

Ok so that explains why it was down that day.

broken · 02-05-2005, 06:41 AM

Thanks intelliot. I was wondering why it was down.

microdude431 · 02-05-2005, 02:21 PM

GC is usually down everyday for me.

Justin · 02-05-2005, 02:24 PM

Yeah, GC has been down for me a couple of times. It's been very rare, and usually doesn't last too long.

Stuff2Do · 02-05-2005, 02:39 PM

i always get messages, the operation timed out when attempting to contact Googlecommunity.com

02-04-2005, 09:16 PM	#1 (permalink)
intelliot Google Guru Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 2,528 Thanks: 15 Thanked 128 Times in 34 Posts	February 4, 2005 Downtime Explanation Hi everyone, You may have noticed that Google Community was inaccessible from approximately 10:30 AM this morning to 6 PM this evening PST. The server was fine, but the IP was blacklisted by Abovenet, our bandwidth provider, due to a DoS attack on it this morning which brought down the network. The DoS attack is no longer going on, and so the server has been removed from the blacklist. Thanks for your understanding.

02-05-2005, 06:09 AM	#6 (permalink)
darrenstraight Microsoft Student Partner Google Guru Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: England Posts: 5,787 Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Ok so that explains why it was down that day. __________________ Visit my Tech Blog!

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02-04-2005, 09:19 PM	#2 (permalink)
Randy Google Guru Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 2,133 Thanks: 0 Thanked 4 Times in 3 Posts	GC seems to be always down. It was down for about 1 hour yesterday morning and 30 minutes straight last night. There is some serious problems going on if 10% of the time I can't access the site.

02-05-2005, 12:14 AM	#3 (permalink)
intelliot Google Guru Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 2,528 Thanks: 15 Thanked 128 Times in 34 Posts	Are you sure? I have the site monitored by Siteuptime and there has been no downtime until this morning.

02-05-2005, 12:22 AM	#4 (permalink)
Randy Google Guru Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 2,133 Thanks: 0 Thanked 4 Times in 3 Posts	Well, I seem to be have scatterred incidents. Like, the site not beinig avaible for a few minutes at a time. I seem to have this a couple of times a day. I think I don't have access about an average of 20 minutes per day.

02-05-2005, 03:25 AM	#5 (permalink)
Eric Google Guru Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Posts: 2,395 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Randy, I don't think the site itself has any downtime, I think that the SQL server crashes from time to time, as we frequently get the phpBB SQL error....

02-05-2005, 06:41 AM	#7 (permalink)
broken Elite Googler Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: England Posts: 1,573 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Thanks intelliot. I was wondering why it was down.

02-05-2005, 02:21 PM	#8 (permalink)
microdude431 Master Googler Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: United States Posts: 967 Thanks: 2 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	GC is usually down everyday for me.

02-05-2005, 02:24 PM	#9 (permalink)
Justin Google Freak Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Dickson, TN Posts: 354 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Yeah, GC has been down for me a couple of times. It's been very rare, and usually doesn't last too long.

02-05-2005, 02:39 PM	#10 (permalink)
Stuff2Do Elite Googler Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: England, UK Posts: 1,118 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	i always get messages, the operation timed out when attempting to contact Googlecommunity.com

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