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Ricky's avatar
Ricky
Tutor
5 years ago

Website Trouble

I am having trouble getting to a website. www.howardforums.com . Can anyone else get there? I get an error 522 error message with various browsers like... Microsoft Edge, Firefox, Google Chrome, Brave...
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  • Liz's avatar
    Liz
    5 years ago

    Hi Ricky,

     

    Thanks for reaching out. I was able to access the site from my laptop on our corporate network (but it loaded unusually slow). Then I got a 522 error when I tried accessing the site from my mobile network.

     

    I checked out their forum feedback board and an admin, "frail", confirmed they're currently getting hammered by a bot, which is why the site's been up and down recently. They're working on it; so I hope that clears things up!

     

    Thanks,

    Liz

Liz's avatar
Liz
Moderator
5 years ago

Hi Ricky,

 

Thanks for reaching out. I was able to access the site from my laptop on our corporate network (but it loaded unusually slow). Then I got a 522 error when I tried accessing the site from my mobile network.

 

I checked out their forum feedback board and an admin, "frail", confirmed they're currently getting hammered by a bot, which is why the site's been up and down recently. They're working on it; so I hope that clears things up!

 

Thanks,

Liz

  • MarkJFine's avatar
    MarkJFine
    Professor
    5 years ago

    The bot is likely China. Thry're relentlessly scanning IP ranges with vulnerability probes - about a 1000 of them - about as fast as the overall networks will allow. I usually see the hits in the access logs for a good 5 minutes.

     

    Incidentally, they may also be responsible for the 1-minute gaps in service from the CenturyLink backbone, just to give you an idea of how prolifc they are.