Trolsk Posted July 5, 2005 Posted July 5, 2005 I've had trouble connecting to discogs.com for the last couple of days, does anyone know what's happening with the site? Quote
tDR_shpongled Posted July 5, 2005 Posted July 5, 2005 doesnt seem to be doing anything.. just wait a few days Quote
Guest .::E.P Posted July 5, 2005 Posted July 5, 2005 Could be a server maintenance. It usually is. I just dont understand why there rarely are any explanation. Quote
Tatsu Posted July 5, 2005 Posted July 5, 2005 They could at least send an infomail to the members (or the paying members at last). I mean it's off since Friday now.... Quote
Cinos Posted July 5, 2005 Posted July 5, 2005 Basically, hackedserverproblemscascadesofmoreproblemsanddeathdeathdeath That's what they said at Tranceaddict. Quote
Dragonflier Posted July 5, 2005 Posted July 5, 2005 Yeah, apparently it got hacked. The owner is installing some new servers atm to prevent this from happening again in the future, so until he's finished the site will be up and down. Should be OK within a week or so. Quote
Frontier Psychiatrist Posted July 5, 2005 Posted July 5, 2005 Yeah but why hack discogs?! 291050[/snapback] I can think of several reasons. Their nazi moderators (Isratrance mods can take some lessons there) Quote
Tatsu Posted July 6, 2005 Posted July 6, 2005 Well, the mods (only some) really can be a pain in the ass. Submitting the same record for 3 or 4 time only to get it added at last in the exact same way you've tried it the very first time... But still, hacking the site because of this sucks! Edit: It's running at the moment. Very slow but it's online... Quote
ukiro Posted July 6, 2005 Posted July 6, 2005 It has NOT been hacked - anyone saying so are just spreading rumours or making shit up. This is what's posted on the discogs forum by Nik, one of the two people working full-time with Discogs: This is the technical reasons for the problems: ---- Three problems happened all at the same time. 1) Our SSH gateway server has a hardware problem which prevented us from getting into the other servers. That server is back up for now. We realize this is a single point of failure for getting into the servers and are working on getting a second SSH gateway set up. 2) We use a program called "monit" to supervise the apache process and restart it when it dies (which happens frequently because of high traffic). On the first webserver monit's logfile reached linux's 2gig file limit so it could not run anymore. And because of problem #1 we couldn't get in to diagnose the problem and remove that logfile. We didn't realize that monit's logfile could get so big and will now be compressing it or deleting it on a regular basis. 3) The second webserver has a hardware problem and we are working to get it replaced. So for now we are running on only one webserver and that is why the site is slow. We have 4 new webservers and some additional hardware on order and all of it will be installed in mid-to-late July. Will also make a few changes to the network setup so that in the future we can prevent or at least handle problems like this faster. ---- It may be another week before full system functionality returns to Discogs... this is the lull before the storm of having 4 brand new webservers and yet more improvements to the site! So, there you have it. For more info, try to check the source in this thread - it's slow but should be working if you're just a bit patient. Quote
koolaid Posted July 6, 2005 Posted July 6, 2005 Yeah but why hack discogs?! 291050[/snapback] Most likely because some sad hacker kiddies have nothing better to do with their time. Top hacking groups try compete to get onto the 'hall of shame' at sites like this: http://www.zone-h.com/en/hallofshame Most hacking groups most likely read security info from secunia etc., and exploit software security flaws as soon as they are known. One hacker most likely writes a script to 'gain root', and then distributes it to all the kiddies in the group who go about defacing as many websites as possible. Discogs could be seen as a target as it may be seen as a high profile site. Most likely they didn't keep up to date with 3rd party security updates, but it's a bit worrying when high profile sites with a lot of user data get hacked. Looser hackers Quote
Dragonflier Posted July 6, 2005 Posted July 6, 2005 Discogs could be seen as a target as it may be seen as a high profile site. Most likely they didn't keep up to date with 3rd party security updates, but it's a bit worrying when high profile sites with a lot of user data get hacked. Looser hackers 291347[/snapback] Read the post above yours. Quote
koolaid Posted July 6, 2005 Posted July 6, 2005 Read the post above yours. 291634[/snapback] Yup written six mins before mine Saw it afterwards. Quote
RTP Posted July 8, 2005 Posted July 8, 2005 I fucking HATE hackers... 291035[/snapback] Most likely because some sad hacker kiddies... Crackers. Not hackers. You both refer to crackers. Quote
Time_Trap Posted July 8, 2005 Posted July 8, 2005 Crackers. Not hackers. You both refer to crackers. 292909[/snapback] hmmm definitions aint stricty defined... anywayz when i say i crackers i usually refer to those that crack software[or crackers as white ppl lol ] usually those attacks are mainly from LAMERS with few or no skillz that just use some ready-made exploit to fuck a full-of-holes-buggy server or something Quote
X-scream Posted July 8, 2005 Posted July 8, 2005 the word hacker has been raped by media and it's probably fair to say that the initial meaning has changed, into a person who breaks into computer systems, defaces web pages etc rather than just a highly skilled computer expert... Sad really, but I've stopped caring... Oh and about discogs... it seems to be up. But it's kind of slow and I can't see images! Quote
Time_Trap Posted July 8, 2005 Posted July 8, 2005 the word hacker has been raped by media and it's probably fair to say that the initial meaning has changed, into a person who breaks into computer systems, defaces web pages etc rather than just a highly skilled computer expert... Sad really, but I've stopped caring... Oh and about discogs... it seems to be up. But it's kind of slow and I can't see images! 293323[/snapback] true, yet a hacker always used to break into computer systems today it's confused with lamers[=defacers] Quote
PsyGoatDelic Posted July 10, 2005 Posted July 10, 2005 but... but... it was ok in the morning... damn it! Quote
Guest Le Lotus Bleu Posted July 10, 2005 Posted July 10, 2005 i think it came back to normal, it worked perfectly tonight for me Quote
Tatsu Posted July 11, 2005 Posted July 11, 2005 It's still not working right, at least I can't connect from my home PC. Damit, how much time do they need to fix it? Quote
DeathPosture Posted July 11, 2005 Posted July 11, 2005 It's still not working right, at least I can't connect from my home PC. Damit, how much time do they need to fix it? 294448[/snapback] According to the official statement, it could take as long as until the end of July.... Quote
Tatsu Posted July 12, 2005 Posted July 12, 2005 Uh this sucks, but at least I know now with how much time I need to calculate. Quote
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