Faeroph Posted January 23, 2006 Posted January 23, 2006 Hi all, I'm writing this on behalf of the "tenant" of the site "blindedsilence.net", hosted on TCH. I'm unable to contact him at the moment, but the site in question hasn't loaded in just under a day now. I was reluctant to use the 'ticket'-reporting service, as I'm not a customer of TCH myself, but from looking around here a little it seems there are very occasionally issues with certain servers. Unfortunately I have no idea what server blindedsilence.net is hosted on, so I can't provide much in the way of useful information. What worries me is that I have reason to believe that the site may have been 'shut down' maliciously, as we (the residents of a community site situated in blindedsilence's forums) have very recently had a run-in with a particularly talented hacker, who was able to gain access to our database and suchlike, even managing to decrypt several of the passwords stored there. This was a few days ago and we had hoped that he'd left the site alone. As a student on a computer science degree myself, I am fairly certain that to remotely shut down a site entirely, leaving only a 404 message, is impossible, yet the hacker in question has shown himself to be exceptionally "talented", hence my worry about the site. I realise I, in all probability, have not provided enough information for you to determine whether the site is down due to a server error or as the result of an attack, but if you *could* find this information out, I'd be grateful, if only for the sake of my peace of mind. Thanks, Adam Quote
TCH-Bruce Posted January 24, 2006 Posted January 24, 2006 Welcome to the forums Adam blindedsilence.net expired 12/11/2005 You will have to contact the registrar Wild West Domains and get it renewed. Quote
Faeroph Posted January 24, 2006 Author Posted January 24, 2006 Ouch, sorry, shows how behind I am. I had no idea he changed host. Thanks a lot for your help. Quote
TCH-Bruce Posted January 24, 2006 Posted January 24, 2006 The site is hosted here but the domain name was purchased through TCH's agent Wild West Domains. Quote
Faeroph Posted January 24, 2006 Author Posted January 24, 2006 ...then my previous post probably also perhaps reflects exactly how much I know about computer science.. However, the site has been available for well over a month past the expiry date (if I've interpreted the American date format correctly - 11th December, not 12th November as it would be here in England?). Is it normal for it to take 6 weeks for the domain to stop working? Quote
TCH-Rob Posted January 24, 2006 Posted January 24, 2006 It can. The registrar will often leave it up in hopes that a payment will be made. If none is received then they will take the domain usage away. Quote
Faeroph Posted January 24, 2006 Author Posted January 24, 2006 Alright, I'll go hunt the guy in question down and get him to pay. Should be fun. Thanks again for your help. Quote
TCH-Rob Posted January 24, 2006 Posted January 24, 2006 The domain is now available when I look at the TCH domain section. Get it soon or you may not be able to in the future. Quote
crippen Posted January 24, 2006 Posted January 24, 2006 There may still be a redemption period fee Quote
Faeroph Posted January 24, 2006 Author Posted January 24, 2006 (edited) Hey guys, After speaking with Alex - the owner of the domain - he said that it seems to be a problem with the registrar's servers, rather than a lack of payment on his part, but either way he seems to think he can sort it out... personally I think he just means he hasn't paid. Either way this should hopefully be fixed soon, so thanks for your help (and for the welcomes) - you guys are great. -Adam Edited January 24, 2006 by Faeroph Quote
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