TER was inaccessible for several hours on Halloween. It has been inaccessible at other times for short periods, as well. (ping 100% packet loss; traceroute fails)
On the General Board, a couple of people thought that the down time was due to deliberate TER maintenance.
Subj: Ok, which one of you fuckers broke the internet??? lol Posted: 10/31/2016 at 8:19:11 AM By: GaGambler Message: Ok, which one of you fuckers broke the internet??? lol I take it no one else has been able to access TER for the last couple of hours too?
When other major sites shut down for routine (scheduled) or emergency (unscheduled) maintenance, they usually set up a redirect to a stable server with a simple static message such as: "TER is down for maintenance from X AM until Y PM. Please check back after Y PM. We are sorry for the inconvenience. Thank you for your patience."
My first suggestion to TER: Set up a redirect that you can quickly and easily implement during down times.
My second suggestion to TER: Tell us something about the downtime. Give us an explanation.
Any one who believes that is true probably believes the airline when they tell you about the "slight mechanical issue" that is going to delay your departure for "only fifteen minutes" or believes their wife when she tells you she is "almost ready and only needs five more minutes" lol
I am with fish and suspect this was a DDOS attack in which case the redirect would have been of no help at all. The important thing is that TER got what ever issue they had fixed and are now up for business as usual. Personally, as much time as I spend here, a few hours without TER is probably a "good thing" for me.
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