Are we expecting DU to go down tomorrow?

[clutterbox1830]

As some of you might recall on election day in 2016, DU was hit with multiple cyberattack (I assume DDOS attacks) that day and made the site inoperable for most users. I assume DU IT team is working hard to prevent any reoccurrence, however, nothing is ever guarantee so we might expect the same old shenanigains. Be prepared if this site goes down tomorrow.

[Tree-Hugger]

1. No. nt

[lagomorph777]

2. I'm expecting DT to go down tomorrow.

America will live on, even if DU suffers a temporary outage.

[getagrip_already]

3. Doesn't matter either way....

Sure, it will be annoying, but won't impact a single vote.

It won't ruin my good time, or like in '16, make me feel any worse.

It doesn't really matter.

[Shermann]

5. Yeah it's analogous to tackling a guy who's already crossed into the end zone nt

[DonaldsRump]

4. No, and what exactly makes you think it will? n/t

[dewsgirl]

8. I imagine it's PTSD from 2016, there are several people here

on DU with the same feeling.

[DonaldsRump]

15. True that

but this kind of post is even worse than "I am afraid about tomorrow." We might as well be posting that "an asteroid or whatever hit the earth 10s of millions of years ago and wiped out the dinosaur population, and it too could happen tomorrow."

If folks have a concern about this, let them write directly to the Admins to assuage their concerns, not create more unsubstantiated fear.

I have full faith in the Admins and MIRT. On top of that, DU is also on other platforms, I believe.

We are all a bit jittery, myself included. I do genuinely appreciate that. Folks are free to post what they want, but let it at least be helpful or raise specific issues.

[dewsgirl]

18. I 100 percent agree. I also think a lot of us are very anxious

and not really sure what to do. 🤷But that is a good, balanced idea.

[DonaldsRump]

19. Fair enough and thank you

To the OP: I meant no disrespect. We are all on edge, but ALL of us learned something from the last years, and we are prepared!

Case in point: J&K's campaign has been flawless. AFAIK, there have no crisis, real or created, that they weren't on top of IMMEDIATELY.

[NRaleighLiberal]

6. I'm not.

[rzemanfl]

7. There's one thing here I always read.

Your concern is noted. We all remember the hack.

[honest.abe]

9. If it does that might be sign of bad things to come.

However, I think the DU engineers have this!

[mtnsnake]

10. No but I'm sure the jerks who caused it last time appreciate the reminder. n/t

[TheBlackAdder]

11. Let's Ask the Captain.

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[Solly Mack]

12. I'm not. BYOB but share the treats.

[NurseJackie]

13. It was not DDOS. Someone found a vulnerability and manipulated the programming of the server...

... to make it NOT show the actual DU pages and to instead show an obnoxious video and photo of Trump holding a gun.

[clutterbox1830]

16. thanks for the information

[Demsrule86]

14. No we are not expecting anything of the sort.

[NurseJackie]

17. They've tightened things up and removed vulnerabilities...

... this is why some of the advanced formatting is not longer available. Also why "special characters" are stripped out of titles.

[Brother Buzz]

22. Sacré bleu, when were the "special characters" stripped out of the titles?

[NurseJackie]

23. I've cut and pasted some foreign characters that were stripped out, also equal signs are prohibited.

[Brother Buzz]

24. Yes, but there are pain in ass to use codes to walk it in the back door

https://ascii.cl/htmlcodes.htm

[NurseJackie]

26. Someone posted something like that before (perhaps you?) and...

... if you use them, then "preview" your post, the special codes are converted into illegal characters which are then stripped out when you resubmit for a final post/save.

[Brother Buzz]

27. That's the pain in the derrière part

After previewing you need to backspace, then submit

[marble falls]

29. For quite a while.

[Brother Buzz]

30. ¿

[marble falls]

31. It happened I think early this year.

[Brother Buzz]

32. Yes, I believe in February

There are a few times when those characters are essential in the subject line, and I'm glad I found the work around, even if it's a pain in the ass to use.

[NurseJackie]

37. LOL! Show off!

[Demsrule86]

35. I miss special characters but a small price to pay to keep DU up!

[marble falls]

20. Once and for fucking all: DU will NOT be going down tomorrow.

[Demsrule86]

36. Thank you marble falls...it won't!

[NurseJackie]

39. Trump will be going down.

I wonder if Melania objects.

[Polybius]

21. My theory is that it went down in 2016 because the trolls didn't wanna see us celebrate

Even most Republicans didn't expect Trump to win. Once he did, they were probably like "What have I done?" and pissed. It's their dream to see us upset.

[RGTIndy]

25. All that "God Emperor" Pepe the Frog bullshit.

That was scary. Or so I'm told. I wasn't here. I swear.

[trackfan]

28. No. Since that was a serious anomaly, it certainly would not be 'expected'.

If the gist is 'is DU prepared for someone trying to take it down?'

I would assume the answer is yes.

[Rhiannon12866]

33. No. The admins have been preparing for this election since 2016

Every precaution has been put in place and those who guard our doors are on high alert. No one is getting by us or messing with DU this time around. This site is as safe as it gets.

[Hekate]

34. No. Link to EarlG's announcement...

https://www.democraticunderground.com/101310924

[Demsrule86]

38. yep...we are OK.

[budkin]

40. I hope not

That was a bad omen!