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New Is the Register under attack..or just horked?
Hey there, folks.

Trying to get to The Register, after installing my ne (3rd in about a year) Wireless router. (The router thing is a whole 'nother story, but now is not the time).

Anyway, While all my other sites (including this one, naturally) are all coming up nice and clean, www.theregister.co.uk is returning DNS errors, and rahter quickly, too. I'm wondering if there is an attack of some sort on El Reg, or if they've just lost their servers.

Anyone else having problems getting to it, or is it just me?

(Also, does anyone have its IP address?)

thanx!


Welcome the the U. S. of A., Inc.
jb4
New Works pretty well from here (Los Angeles, CA).
A little slow now and then but not unusually so.

Ping www.theregister.co.uk says the IP is 72.3.246.59

New Now, THAT'S Interesting
Still no workee here, and using the IP address directly results inthe same error message:

Server not found

Firefox can't find the server at www.theregister.co.uk.

* Check the address for typing errors such as
ww.example.com instead of
www.example.com

* If you are unable to load any pages, check your computer's network
connection.

* If your computer or network is protected by a firewall or proxy, make sure
that Firefox is permitted to access the Web.

Maybe Comcast has lost access to that IP address?

(Thanks for the help, Andrew...)


Welcome the the U. S. of A., Inc.
jb4
New Tracert? VisualTracert?
http://visualroute.visualware.com/ is a flash and Java demo with nice pictures and graphics. You can enter the IP address there.

Alternatively, your OS should have a "tracert" program. XP does.

HTH a little. Good luck.

Cheers,
Scott.
New Re: Tracert? VisualTracert?
Scott...tracert did indeed show me the problem. Thanks for the help!


Welcome the the U. S. of A., Inc.
jb4
New Same here. Same IP.
New Reg OK here; reports plane crash via Trojans
Flashed across home screen:
http://www.theregist.../spanair_malware/



Malware may have been a contributory cause of a fatal Spanair crash that killed 154 people two years ago.

Spanair flight number JK 5022 crashed with 172 on board moments after taking off from Madrid's Barajas Airport on a scheduled flight to Las Palmas on 20 August 2008. Just 18 survived the crash and subsequent fire aboard the McDonnell Douglas MD-82 aircraft.

The airline's central computer which registered technical problems on planes was infected by Trojans at the time of the fatal crash and this resulted in a failure to raise an alarm over multiple problems with the plane, according to Spanish daily El Pais (report here). The plane took off with flaps and slats retracted, something that should in any case have been picked up by the pilots during pre-flight checks or triggered an internal warning on the plane. Neither happened, with tragic consequences, according to a report by independent crash investigators.

The accident on take-off happened after pilots had abandoned an earlier take-off attempt and a day after two other reported problems on board. If the airlines' central computer was working properly a take-off after three warnings would not have been allowed, thereby averting the tragedy.

A mechanic who checked the plane before take-off and an airport maintenance chief are under investigation and face possible manslaughter charges.

[. . .]



Please tell me that this 'central computer' is not running Doze!?!
(Did nobody ex-US hear about the US Navy minesweeper?)

So then - WHO goes around planting Trojans in an aircraft control system?
New There are a lot of Windows PCs in places like that.
Note, however, it is *not* a PC on the _aircraft_: it was a PC in the _airline_. It was a case of an accidental weak point. I wish the department head that let this critical piece of software reside on a Windows PC could be charged, but that would be awfully difficult to do.

Wade.

Q:Is it proper to eat cheeseburgers with your fingers?
A:No, the fingers should be eaten separately.
     Is the Register under attack..or just horked? - (jb4) - (7)
         Works pretty well from here (Los Angeles, CA). - (Andrew Grygus) - (4)
             Now, THAT'S Interesting - (jb4) - (2)
                 Tracert? VisualTracert? - (Another Scott) - (1)
                     Re: Tracert? VisualTracert? - (jb4)
             Same here. Same IP. -NT - (Another Scott)
         Reg OK here; reports plane crash via Trojans - (Ashton) - (1)
             There are a lot of Windows PCs in places like that. - (static)

Get the hell out of my driveway!
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