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Thinkpads.com was offline for some time???

#1 Post by friedrich-eugen » Sun Aug 10, 2025 6:28 am

Hello Bill,

Your website was offline for some time ??
Today I found it again, but my security-software warned me against it (connection not protected / authencity not reported/ certificate not known) ?

Can anyone explain... who is the "culprit" ?
What to do, to keep the site accessible??


Thanks !!!
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Re: Thinkpads.com was offline for some time???

#2 Post by RealBlackStuff » Sun Aug 10, 2025 6:49 am

Read the Please report Forum-bugs/errors here (PHPBB) thread from here onward: viewtopic.php?p=884327#p884327
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Re: Thinkpads.com was offline for some time???

#3 Post by friedrich-eugen » Sun Aug 10, 2025 6:57 am

Thanks a lot !!

I was on my secure browser, that one does not like "open spaces" .... Now I'm again on my "normal" firefox ... no complaints.

Thanks for the link, too.
DO I understand the problem I had (Europe) as a combination of attacks /overload and neccessary reactions of the providing host?

Stay safe and well in these troubling times...
-friedrich-eugen-
started with IBM-XT & AST-Ascentia (910N) in the 90ties, relying on Thinkpads (770X, A31P, T60-61P Frankenp., W530 i7 3940QM, X230T i7 3520M) until 2024 now TP P1G6 ( i7 13800H nVidia 64GB 2TB) & Yoga X390 (i7 16GB 2TB)
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Why was Thinkpads.com attacked ?

#4 Post by parangles » Sun Aug 10, 2025 7:39 pm

This site has always been extremely and annoyingly very secure.
I have had to change to a new user name in the past before I could get in.

What possible motive can anyone have to DoS attack you ?

I asked my boss one day long ago- 'why would anyone steal your
old pencil ? ' and he said ' kid, some people steal just to keep in practice'

Maybe the same with Dos attacks

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