access denied

Richard Bass · Post by **Richard Bass** » 7 Dec 2006 2:16 pm

Wiz, I keep getting "Access Denied"on all your websites. I use zone alarm firewall and avg anti virus.
Richard

Wiz Feinberg · Post by **Wiz Feinberg** » 7 Dec 2006 3:34 pm

Richard;
Thanks for notifying me about that. Access Denied occurs on my websites for browser User Agents on my blocklist, or for a combination of a blank user agent and blank referer field, or if you are coming from an IP address that has been blocked for past activities, such as spamming access logs. You may have a dynamic IP that once belonged to such a spammer, that was automatically banned.

I want to get you unblocked, so I'll start by asking what make and version browser you are using to access my websites?

Next, send me an email, via your actual ISP, using the email link above this reply. The email will reveal your IP address, to help me track down the problem in my access logs.

When was the last time you tried to access one of my websites (approx)? Which website?

Are you using an anonymous proxy to browse the net? Are you using a security program that blocks your referer field and alters your browser's user agent? Wwo is your ISP?

These things will help me figure out why you are being denied access and will let me poke a hole in the defenses, so to speak, for you.

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Bob "Wiz" Feinberg
Moderator of the SGF Computers Forum
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or my computer troubleshooting website: Wizcrafts Computer Services,
or my Webmaster Services webpage. Get Firefox Here.
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[This message was edited by Wiz Feinberg on 07 December 2006 at 03:36 PM.]

Wiz Feinberg · Post by **Wiz Feinberg** » 7 Dec 2006 3:54 pm

Hmmmm. Something is wrong with my web hosting company.

The HTTP server is not working, but the FTP server and mail server are. My add on domains aren't listed in my CPanel!

Standby.

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Bob "Wiz" Feinberg
Moderator of the SGF Computers Forum
Visit my Wiztunes Steel Guitar website at: http://www.wiztunes.com/
or my computer troubleshooting website: Wizcrafts Computer Services,
or my Webmaster Services webpage. Get Firefox Here.
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Jon Light (deceased) · Post by **Jon Light (deceased)** » 7 Dec 2006 4:17 pm

Just to confirm what you apparently already know, I'm clicking your signature links and getting 'unable to connect' messages on my Firefox browser.

Wiz Feinberg · Post by **Wiz Feinberg** » 7 Dec 2006 4:49 pm

apache (1.3.33 (Unix)) failed

Server Load 22.91

Sounds like a DDoS to me.

Wiz[This message was edited by Wiz Feinberg on 07 December 2006 at 04:55 PM.]

Wiz Feinberg · Post by **Wiz Feinberg** » 7 Dec 2006 5:24 pm

Richard;
Please visit http://www.checkmyip.com/ and copy and paste your IP into an email and send it to my wizardodelasteel address. I think I have found the log entries where your got 403'd, but need confirmation.

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Bob "Wiz" Feinberg
Moderator of the SGF Computers Forum
Visit my Wiztunes Steel Guitar website at: http://www.wiztunes.com/
or my computer troubleshooting website: Wizcrafts Computer Services,
or my Webmaster Services webpage. Get Firefox Here.
Learn about current computer virus and security threats here.
Read Wiz's Blog for security news and update notices. Learn about using a Limited User account to protect your PC. Read my FAQs.

Wiz Feinberg · Post by **Wiz Feinberg** » 7 Dec 2006 7:06 pm

Wow ---- Server Load 240.00 (2 cpus)

I'm watching the meltdown of my server. Oh well, I've enjoyed all of this I can stand. It's off to Bluehost for me,

to get a new web host.

Wiz Feinberg · Post by **Wiz Feinberg** » 7 Dec 2006 8:06 pm

Oh. I see that Apache has been updated on my server, from 1.3.33 all the way up to 1.3.37! Amazing 6 hour effort, considering that the current version of Apache is 2.2.3. What a waste of time, performing an incremental update instead of a version update, along with all of the improvements and security fixes it would provide to go to the current version.

Here is what I would have if my host had gone for the full upgrade to v2.2.3:
<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>
Apache 2.2.3 Released

The Apache HTTP Server Project is proud to announce the release of version 2.2.3 of the Apache HTTP Server ("Apache"). In addition to a number of bug fixes to release 2.2.3, this release includes an 'important' security fix for mod_rewrite.

This version of Apache is a major release and the start of a new stable branch, and represents the best available version of Apache HTTP Server. New features include Smart Filtering, Improved Caching, AJP Proxy, Proxy Load Balancing, Graceful Shutdown support, Large File Support, the Event MPM, and refactored Authentication/Authorization.
<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
If you are involved in the web hosting business, this should be of interest to you or your superiors. If not, you got to hear me vent my spleen at having my website go dark through no fault of my own.

Wiz

Richard Bass · Post by **Richard Bass** » 7 Dec 2006 10:27 pm

Wiz I use FF 2.0, but right now everything is fine and I get all your websites.
Richard

Wiz Feinberg · Post by **Wiz Feinberg** » 7 Dec 2006 10:38 pm

Richard;
Thanks for letting me know that. I still cannot login to my CPanel on the web host, and am in the process of setting up on Bluehost. I will probably transfer everything to them tonight and tomorrow and let the DNS change propagate over the weekend. There may be random outages of my websites during the transition, especially because the old host allowed the server to overload and crash.

If anybody else finds my websites inaccessible, please post about it here, or email me at my hotmail account, linked to above.

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Bob "Wiz" Feinberg
Moderator of the SGF Computers Forum
Visit my Wiztunes Steel Guitar website at: http://www.wiztunes.com/
or my computer troubleshooting website: Wizcrafts Computer Services,
or my Webmaster Services webpage. Get Firefox Here.
Learn about current computer virus and security threats here.
Read Wiz's Blog for security news and update notices. Learn about using a Limited User account to protect your PC. Read my FAQs.

Wiz Feinberg · Post by **Wiz Feinberg** » 13 Dec 2006 6:53 am

I completed the transfer of my files to the new server, except for the database used by my blog. All attempts to connect to a new database, with the same credentials, result in an access denied error. Attempts to import the saved database fail with the same message. I am waiting a reply from support at Bluehost.

What this means for you is that if you visit my blog and try to use the search function, or post a comment, it will fail with an error message. All hard coded messages are still viewable and findable via the archives and previous posts links, in the right sidebar.

I hope to have the database restored and running later today.

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Bob "Wiz" Feinberg
Moderator of the SGF Computers Forum
Visit my Wiztunes Steel Guitar website at: http://www.wiztunes.com/
or my computer troubleshooting website: Wizcrafts Computer Services,
or my Webmaster Services webpage. Get Firefox Here.
Learn about current computer virus and security threats here.
Read Wiz's Blog for security news and update notices. Learn about using a Limited User account to protect your PC. Read my FAQs.

Wiz Feinberg · Post by **Wiz Feinberg** » 13 Dec 2006 10:01 am

Ok. My blog's database has been imported and the search function should be good to go. Let me know about any problems you all find on wizcrafts.net, since the site was moved to a new host.

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Bob "Wiz" Feinberg
Moderator of the SGF Computers Forum
Visit my Wiztunes Steel Guitar website at: http://www.wiztunes.com/
or my computer troubleshooting website: Wizcrafts Computer Services,
or my Webmaster Services webpage. Get Firefox Here.
Learn about current computer virus and security threats here.
Read Wiz's Blog for security news and update notices. Learn about using a Limited User account to protect your PC. Read my FAQs.