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i've only been a member for a couple of months and have seen as many 'security breaches' (i believe they were).

 

just wondering if this is normal for this forum - or forums in general.

 

and no!, there is no connection between those two points. :)

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What happened last week was the first and only security breech of this forum that I can remember since I became a member here years ago.

 

The other times when the forum has been unavailable have almost always been either a server breakdown or issues relating to the Invision Power Forum software that this forum uses.

 

In general security at the forum is very, very tight.

 

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good to hear, thanks for the info

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anybody else having this intermittent problem - i'll be surfing the forum fine (using FF 16) then start getting 'no input file specified' when clicking on links, if i wait a while, it all comes good, usually only for a while then it happens again.

 

when the 'no imput file' happens the piriforn forum home page is 'text' based, no graphics.

 

just wondering if it was lucky me or if the forum still has lingering problems ?

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thanks for the heads-up Andavari, at least it's nothing i can control/change at my end...

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further research.

tried IE and Opera, same results, even fired up the test PC and same thing there too.

IE seems to have the best luck, although the 'no input file specified' is replaced with the 404 Page Not Found error.

 

(i'm doing this now in IE when FF at the same time doesn't work - go figure)

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how so Hazel?

do you mean in general with the access to the forum - or the FF vs IE difference I'm experiencing?.

for example, on this test PC, using IE, this is the longest in the last couple of days I've managed to stay connected without it going all spacky on me.

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Not sure MTA I just know they said that DNS issues were the last things that had to be fixed. I cleared out all Piriform cookies in my browsers (and ccleaner) and started over again. It helped a bit, but obviously there still seem to be a few issues.

 

Slightly OT, I saw this earlier today on a site. Best 404 I've ever seen (In any language) :lol:

 

http://www.ibiblio.org/mdw/HOWTO/Networking-Overview-HOWTO.html%3E

 

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Thanks Hazel - LOVE IT !!! (i'm still smiling)

 

the Australian one should simply be CRIKEY MATE.

 

I'm saving that link for future reference - good find (but i guess it really found you)

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i give up.

at least on my PC, IE has almost 100% success rate compared to FF almost 100% fail rate in trying to connect to this forum.

that suggests to me that it may be something particular to my setup.

 

so with great regret and reluctance i'll stick to IE to access the forum (hopefully only as a short-term measure)

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MTA, I can access it via FF or IE with 0 problems on this end.

 

Have you tried creating a new user profile on Windows, then letting FF create a new profile to ensure the old is not corrupted somehow?

Or going into FF network settings & check that it is set to No Proxy?

 

Sorry to hear of your problems connecting!

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It was a DNS issue which was sorted by Piriform.

 

No problems for anyone now.

 

agreed - for me anyways.

@TheWebAtom - seems not for everyone though

@SuperFast - yeah, i went crazy and had a massive hissy-fit and did everything i could think of. new profile, reinstalled FF, updated all plugins and extensions, even blew away my Speed Dial extension thinking that was the cause. Nothing helped - nor would it have in hind sight if it was DNS based.

 

but on a positive note, FF, IE and Opera all 100% Piriform happy !!! (3 or 4 days and counting)

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