ASF Site Performance

[Superb Parrot]

Hi Joe,
I tried to insert a ASX graph yesterday into a comment. I clicked 'insert image' then isolated the gif and using 'from URL', inserted the link, pressed 'ok' but it said it was 'invalid'. This was my first attempt at this. Can you advise ?

[Joe Blow]

Hi Joe,
I tried to insert a ASX graph yesterday into a comment. I clicked 'insert image' then isolated the gif and using 'from URL', inserted the link, pressed 'ok' but it said it was 'invalid'. This was my first attempt at this. Can you advise ?

Hi SP, try downloading the image to your PC by right clicking on it and selecting "Save Image As", then upload the file locally and see if that works.

[Trembling Hand]

Was there something very dodgy going on with a redirection away from ASF an hour ago?

[Joe Blow]

Was there something very dodgy going on with a redirection away from ASF an hour ago?

A careless tech at ASF's host was messing with the site's DNS to address a technical issue and accidentally entered the wrong IP address, inadvertently re-directing the whole website to another one.

However, everything is now back to normal.

My sincere apologies for any inconvenience caused.

[Trembling Hand]

My sincere apologies for any inconvenience caused.

Hahahaha. good one. I thought you had gone into a different line of business.

[Joe Blow]

Hahahaha. good one. I thought you had gone into a different line of business.

Not yet. ASF just had a brief personality change due to a fat finger incident at the host! I wonder what other excitement today will bring? lol

[notting]

"I was just trying to log on to the Stock forum site dear.
I promise!"

[MrBurns]

Site was down after the problem was fixed, now ok but wont let me into my messages.

Assess the damage and sue, how stupid do you have to be to do that, especially to an adult site

[notting]

Looked more like a hack to me.
You don't get directed to an adult site with a fat finger or mistake.

[MrBurns]

Looked more like a hack to me.
You don't get directed to an adult site with a fat finger or mistake.

My thoughts exactly, wonder how and how it was fixed, something like that could ruin a hard earned reputation in a few hours.

[pixel]

Looked more like a hack to me.
You don't get directed to an adult site with a fat finger or mistake.

After being asked to login for the umpteenth time, that's what I was afraid of too; luckily, I have a user-password combo that's unique to ASF.
Only after deleting all cookies and history was I finally re-admitted. But now I have to login every session. And after posting, Firefox is still complaining about "redirection"...
It's a worry...

[notting]

That kind of hacking is not targeting passwords and users it's targeting ASF, to disrupt discredit, ruin etc.

[MrBurns]

That kind of hacking is not targeting passwords and users it's targeting ASF, to disrupt discredit, ruin etc.

That would be a fairly sophisticated effort would it not ?

[notting]

That would be a fairly sophisticated effort would it not ?

Nope, it's simple. Just hijack and redirect the traffic. Easily fixed to.

[MrBurns]

Nope, it's simple. Just hijack and redirect the traffic. Easily fixed to.

Most sites would surely have protection against that ?

[notting]

Most sites would surely have protection against that ?

It's not up to the 'site', it;s up to the comany looking after the sites URL to protect.
However the 'site' may have a soft target password which they can use to make their own changes. So depends how the hacker got in.

[MrBurns]

It's not up to the 'site', it;s up to the comany looking after the sites URL to protect.
However the 'site' may have a soft target password which they can use to make their own changes. So depends how the hacker got in.

So the fault lies with the host for not having sufficient protection in place.

[notting]

In most cases it will be the site who has a weak password as they are just ordinary joes with a website. Not expert URL provders or guardians who are looking after lots of urls.

[MrBurns]

In most cases it will be the site who has a weak password as they are just ordinary joes with a website. Not expert URL provders or guardians who are looking after lots of urls.

So they dont get FTP access to the web site they just get access to the URL via whoever it resides with ie: Melb IT or the web host and they hack that.

Passwords for URL's are failry complex in my experience and are only used when transferring from one host to another.

[MrBurns]

Talk about co incidence, I just got this from Melb IT where I'm a corporate client.

Reducing DNS Risk Exposure
The Domain Name System (DNS) has evolved a long way since first being designed in 1982 and released in 1983, with current implementations of DNS based on standards from as far back as 1987.
Even though the DNS is a product of the 1980s, the demands placed on it today are very different to 20 years ago. Today the DNS underpins everything that is conducted over the Internet and is required to deliver against high transactional volumes, fast response times while maintaining 100% uptime in what is a pretty hostile environment.
The rise of mobile applications and end-user expectations is generating more traffic with expectations of almost instantaneous response times. Users are expecting online experiences to be as fast and reliable as using local applications and localised content.
Technically, DNS is also expected to support IPv6 and DNSSEC which are crucial to delivering the next stage of growth for the Internet and for the next generation of online services.
As Chief Technology Officer for Melbourne IT, every day I see customers spending a lot of effort, time and money on improving their online applications/sites from a development and infrastructure perspective. Unfortunately the role and importance of DNS in delivering a service to the end-user is often overlooked, resulting in poor end-user experience – as well as allowing DDOS attacks to impact online services and brand reputation.
The recent high-profile GoDaddy incident highlights the impact when the DNS is affected. I am contacting all our large customers to encourage them to consider upgrading their DNS infrastructure to a stronger platform which was designed for today’s demanding online environment. We can deliver this infrastructure with a 100% SLA and manage your transition seamlessly. It is a very inexpensive way to significantly lower the risk to your organisation’s uptime.
If you are interested in learning more about DNS assurance (e.g DNS Assurance or citical DNS), we’d be happy to explain it further – just let me know.
Regards