Re: OT: Freshports has been unreachable for over 24hrs. Is it just me?

From: Chris <portmaster_at_bsdforge.com>
Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2021 18:39:28 UTC
On 2021-07-29 11:34, Pete Wright via ports wrote:
> On 7/29/21 11:15 AM, Chris wrote:
>> Sorry. I'd have attempted to contact Dan directly. But given
>> I can't reach freshports...
>> My upstream BGP seems to be in order as I have zero trouble
>> with any other destination other than freshports.
>> Here's my experience
>> # traceroute freshports.org
>> traceroute to freshports.org (54.227.255.74), 64 hops max, 40 byte packets
>> ...
>>  6  ae21.cr9-chi1.ip4.gtt.net (141.136.108.245)  79.236 ms  56.609 ms  
>> 60.092 ms
>>  7  76.74.1.10 (76.74.1.10)  71.455 ms  69.593 ms  62.251 ms
>>  8  * * *
>>  9  * * *
>> 10  * * *
>> 11  * * *
>> 12  * * *
>> 13  * * *
>> 14  * * *
>> 15  * * *
>> 16  52.93.28.74 (52.93.28.74)  86.625 ms
>>     52.93.28.84 (52.93.28.84)  75.426 ms
>>     52.93.28.82 (52.93.28.82)  86.000 ms
>> 17  * 52.93.28.72 (52.93.28.72)  141.229 ms *
>> 18  * * *
>> 19  * * *
>> 20  * * *
>> 21  * * *
>> 22  ec2-54-227-255-74.compute-1.amazonaws.com (54.227.255.74) 76.154 ms  
>> 76.348 ms *
>> 
>> ping(8) reveals no difficulties.
>> 
>> Yes, I run a firewall. But nothing is set that would block my ability
>> to reach freshports.
>> 
> Dan mentioned yesterday that they were getting DDoS'd:
> https://twitter.com/DLangille/status/1420554141022097412
Ahh.. that gets it. I kept getting "server timeout/busy" messages from his
web server just before the "blackout".

Thank you, and everyone else that took the time to respond.

--Chris
> 
> But I can verify it is loading as expected on my end as of today.
> 
> hope this helps with your debugging.
> -pete