[Alex Pepple]

Dear Eratosphereans,

The server just brought down by a denial of service attack. It's been over a year since the last successful breach, so there was always a chance of this sooner or latter in the cat-and-mouse game between hackers and the server firewall that I keep hardening to keep them out. But at least, the server defenses I've put in place ensured no damage was done and, the downtime was minimal. The source is yet to be determined. Though it took some doing to block out the evildoers, we're back up now, and hopefully, it will stay so for a long time!

Cheers,
...Alex

[Allen Tice]

Great. Keep your secrets. Mum's the word.

[Martin Elster]

Good Job, Alex! I'm glad the Sphere is back up.

[Seree Zohar]

Thirty three cheers for you, Alex!
What a frustrating/fearful day that was for those of us up before the US!

[Maryann Corbett]

Thanks for everything, Alex.

[Michael Cantor]

Thanks, Alex. If there's anything that members can do to help identify the source, or avoid a recurrence (a visit, maybe, from Big Marty "the Kneecap" Elster?) please shout out.

[Catherine Chandler]

I was up at dawn (as usual) and noticed something was wrong . . . Thanks, Alex, for reviving the 'Sphere!

[Jesse Anger]

!! LOL.

(a visit, maybe, from Big Marty "the Kneecap" Elster?) please shout out.

Glad we're back up.

[David Rosenthal]

Thanks, Alex, for keeping the ship afloat.

David R.

[Rory Waterman]

Thanks, Alex.