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Sorry about the continued lousy response time, but FR is still under a DOS attack

Posted on 07/29/2017 10:09:09 PM PDT by Jim Robinson

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To: Company Man

So, it is malicious. IIRC, malicious tampering with internet hardware is a felony. Maybe the FBI would be interested? /s


61 posted on 07/30/2017 2:31:07 AM PDT by wastoute (Government cannot redistribute wealth. Government can only redistribute poverty.)
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To: Jim Robinson
There are also posters (Boomer again among others) claiming they could do this on cloud for just a few hundred per year. Well, maybe so. I wish them luck.

I considered whether to recommend moving the site to Reddit, both for reliability and to save money. A quick look at CNN's partial outing (with Reddit admin support) of the originator of a Trump-CNN video, and at Reddit's deletions of posts, answers that question. We are in the right location. Identities and posting history are not 100% secure, but they are a whole lot more secure than they would be in a different host environment. Thank you for the great work you do.

62 posted on 07/30/2017 2:33:01 AM PDT by Pollster1 ("Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed")
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To: Jim Robinson

Thank you for all you do Jim and John. I for one am not going anywhere, this is THE best site on the internet. Remember folks...patience is a virtue.


63 posted on 07/30/2017 2:38:11 AM PDT by justkillingtime
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To: Jim Robinson

Play it safe, nuke ‘em from space!


64 posted on 07/30/2017 2:39:02 AM PDT by razorback-bert (Due to the high price of ammo, no warning shot will be fired.)
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To: Jim Robinson

Gives us time to clean out guns....


65 posted on 07/30/2017 3:01:39 AM PDT by rrrod (just an old guy with a gun in his pocket.6l)
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To: Jim Robinson

Gives us time to clean our guns....


66 posted on 07/30/2017 3:02:24 AM PDT by rrrod (just an old guy with a gun in his pocket.6l)
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To: Bobalu
"That all said, I feel it would be fine to take on a few conservative advertisers (but no tracking) to bring in a little more $"

"Before an advertiser would be allowed on you could hold a vote so the Freeper community could decide if they were worthy."

Now, how's that go about once a camel get's their nose into the tent...

67 posted on 07/30/2017 3:06:56 AM PDT by harpu ( "...it's better to be hated for who you are than loved for someone you're not!")
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To: Spitzensparkin1

Looks like MSFT is busy fighting back right now. AT&T seems to have their hands full.


68 posted on 07/30/2017 3:27:13 AM PDT by mad_as_he$$ (Not my circus. Not my monkeys.)
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To: Jim Robinson

Bush’s fault.

(this has new meaning now that we discovered he’s an ***hole)


69 posted on 07/30/2017 3:29:16 AM PDT by Greetings_Puny_Humans (I mostly come out at night... mostly.)
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To: Jim Robinson

We know you are doing the best you can on this Jim. I for one am not going anywhere. This place is home base for me.
Those that are complaining without donating,STHU.


70 posted on 07/30/2017 3:34:06 AM PDT by rodguy911 (MAGA--USA--HOME OF THE FREE BECAUSE OF THE BRAVE--GO SARAH PALIN!!)
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To: Yosemitest

FLAK, not FLACK.

An abbreviation for Flugzeugabwehrkanone, one of those lovely German compound words meaning aircraft defense cannon.


71 posted on 07/30/2017 3:46:39 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: Jim Robinson

I trust you and John will get to the bottom of it. Hang in here you both are in our prayers. Plus you deserve all the support that all of us who have benefitted from this site can offer. We should not need advertisers. As the tentacles of the deep state get chopped off, the rest is writhing and desperate and pissed off. And they will screw up sooner or later.


72 posted on 07/30/2017 3:54:09 AM PDT by MomwithHope (Law and Order and that includes Natural.)
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To: Pollster1

Why not eliminate the middleman and let NSA host it?


73 posted on 07/30/2017 4:00:57 AM PDT by NonValueAdded (#DeplorableMe #BitterClinger #HillNO! #cishet #MyPresident #MAGA #Winning #covfefe)
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To: Jim Robinson
Got a lot of the FReeloading leeches all worked up - they love any excuse to not invest of themselves and haven't a clue of the difference between a "Mom and Pop" place and a hue, multi-billion business when it comes to fighting such attacks.

Hope the asshat can be unmasked - at least he's helping to unmask a LOT of whiny FReeloaders.

74 posted on 07/30/2017 4:01:46 AM PDT by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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To: Jim Robinson
Jim,

FR needs more money to fight this kind of DOS freak, which gives more credence to my position of charging a small fee to ALL Freepers {$10/year} and then having one or two Freepathons for extra capital.

I continue to believe that 99.98% of Freepers can afford a $10 a year charge, and for the two-tenths of one percent that cannot afford it, they can say so on FReeper and I will pay for ten of them and I'm sure there are other FReepers that will cover the rest.

Why are you so reluctant to charge a fee? Is there a law that will change the status of FR? If FR is a tax free institution {501-C3} will that change the status?

It's kinda like 'insurance for pre-existing conditions'...ain't no such thing...by definition.

You can't buy house insurance after the fire starts, you can't buy car insurance after the car is in the ditch...

75 posted on 07/30/2017 4:05:49 AM PDT by USS Alaska (Kill all mooselimb, terrorist savages, with extreme prejudice! Deus Vult!)
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To: Jim Robinson

If an enemy is hurting you, it is a mistake to let him know that.

Also I’m pretty sure that all the tech skills needed to put an end to this problem are already available to you, you need but ask the many experienced tech guys still hanging around here.


76 posted on 07/30/2017 4:07:05 AM PDT by thoughtomator
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To: NonValueAdded

Exactly. NSA knows everything already. It’s worth keeping the site private to avoid giving the Ctrl-Left, including their followers in NSA, plausible deniability to leak whatever they want to let out. As for the DOS attack, it’s evidence that a few of America’s enemies know FR is important.


77 posted on 07/30/2017 4:13:06 AM PDT by Pollster1 ("Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed")
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To: Jim Robinson

I woke up about 4am EST and had no trouble at all. Still no trouble 3 hours later pages loading fast. Yesterday was the slowest day for me. Maybe it’s beat now.


78 posted on 07/30/2017 4:28:18 AM PDT by MomwithHope (Law and Order and that includes Natural.)
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To: mad_as_he$$

What’s going on with AT&T?


79 posted on 07/30/2017 4:29:23 AM PDT by reg45 (Barack 0bama: Gone but not forgiven.)
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To: REDWOOD99

“I ain’t going nowhere”

I believe you speak for most all of us. Well said sir!


80 posted on 07/30/2017 4:29:31 AM PDT by GT Vander (Life's priorities; God, Family, Country. Everything else is just details...)
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