Why was Free Republic off line -- Hacker Attack?

[Racehorse]

Discussed among friends in Central Texas concerning a prayer request.

Attempts to post to FreeRepublic failed, "server not found."

[onona]

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/freerepublic2/messages

Just got this from DEKS, check it out !

[randita]

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/freerepublic2/

http://www.freedominion.com.pa/phpBB2/recent.php

[9422WMR]

I have not been able to connect today at home since 6:30 till now 10:15 CST.
Just now got in.
All other websites load.
?????

[JLLH]

Interestingly enough, I had trouble getting Rush’s site during that period as well, so tried some other conservative site.... A few minutes ago I got Rush’s site, and of course can get on here... Things that make you go “hmmmm.....”??

[Jim Robinson]

We don’t know yet. John couldn’t find any problem with the hardware or software so he restarted everything. Still no luck. Then he had some problems connecting to the database, so he reloaded that. It’s running now, but there are still performance problems that he’s troubleshooting.

[UCANSEE2]

FR needs to have some type of method to commuincate to its members when it’s off-line.

FR has two ALTERNATE sites. One is FREEREPUBLIC on YAHOO, the other is

AltFreeRepublic.Freeforums.org

[foldspace]

Dear Webmaster,

Frankly, with the constant ongoing FREEPERTHON going on and the amount of money pouring in, you should have a bullet-proof system up here.

But what I see are constant outages with no good explanation. Please change your host site, mirror it, and get busy with REAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY people and/or service to insure 100% up time - which is very do-able. Get ‘er done.

It appears at least ONE blog site took advantage of this outage to re-post that recent negative dribble.

Thanks!

[Jim Robinson]

Bookmark this:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/freerepublic2/

[Stormdog]

Somebody replaced the dilithium crystals with Folger’s.

[null and void]

Are you logged on?

[rissole]

To be specific, Nancy Pelosi cut one of the cables. ;)

[kabumpo]

An uncomfortable and frustrating evening.

[Reddy]

I couldn’t get on FR, so hung out at Drudge for awhile, then went to DU to see if they were still up (they were), but I can’t stay in that sewer long! Glad to now know about FR2... I was getting worried, too!

[Nik Naym]

Hey Jim,

Have John try changing out the non reciprocating dingle arm with a new one.

Or maybe not. His call.

[goldstategop]

The good news is, the House adopted its rules today.

Tomorrow, the Constitution will be read on the floor.

[mylife]

Foamy seems to be having more and more breakdowns lately.

[3D-JOY]

Thanks, JIM.

You know we can not survive without FR!

[luvie]

Or maybe it was an UNexpected meteorite...or something....:)

[Rome2000]

Sergeant Hacker died last year, must have been Ernest T. Bass

[decisis]

It is kind of ironic this happened the day the Republicans took back control of the House.