Reply to: GIANT GROUP - Website down

[HankWangford]

AtW, a few of us have tried to access the website without success. I fully understand that lack of ping doesn't necessarily mean the site is down. It is you that is being abusive. I should leave the beer alone if I were you. It's starting to control your life.

So church if youve finished moaning at atw can you tell us what your cryptic message about giant is about????

[shaunbhoy]

ever heard of a SMURF?

Heard of them? He fecking IS one!!

[AtW]

I should leave the beer alone if I were you. It's starting to control your life.

Why? I almost never drink now - I actually get up at 9am nowadays to work on SKA, no time for drinking, anyway if you can't take a joke then its your problem...

That's funny - I recall not so long ago you claiming to ping certain websites as proof which actually couldn't be pinged ...

Indeed, just like CNN.com can't be pinged yet its alive website, or more specifically back then amazon.co.uk could not and can't be pinged, yet its alive. This is perfectly inline with what I said here yesterday.

[snaw]

smurf?

Isn't that some sort of blue puppety thing on the telly?

And some irritating old git singing about them?

Yep, cute little buggers when viewed from afar but let the little buggers in past your door and you're in a world of pain.

[snaw]

Works fine here. The point I was making is that pings nowadays are often dropped for some bizarre security reasons, so lack of ping is not a guaranteeed indicator of a web site being down. If the truth abuses you then you really got a problem....

Not bizarre at all. Plenty of good security reasons to block ping, from hiding your network from ping sweeps to preventing attacks, ever heard of a SMURF?

[snaw]

Wake up - these days many sites drop ICMP, try pinging CNN.com, see no response? Does not mean its down, just try http://cnn.com

Amateurs...

That's funny - I recall not so long ago you claiming to ping certain websites as proof which actually couldn't be pinged ...

[John Galt]

So come on then Churchill old chap what was this message? Or are you a dog with a large spoon it its paws

[JonnoWeb]

I have just accessed the site without problems, and was able to access yesterday also. I was also paid yesterday, therefore no problems from here.

What was in the email of 10/07 as I never received this?

Are you with Giant Powerhouse?

[Churchill]

Works fine here. The point I was making is that pings nowadays are often dropped for some bizarre security reasons, so lack of ping is not a guaranteeed indicator of a web site being down. If the truth abuses you then you really got a problem....

AtW, a few of us have tried to access the website without success. I fully understand that lack of ping doesn't necessarily mean the site is down. It is you that is being abusive. I should leave the beer alone if I were you. It's starting to control your life.

[AtW]

AtW, just try www.giantgroup.com What is your result?

Works fine here. The point I was making is that pings nowadays are often dropped for some bizarre security reasons, so lack of ping is not a guaranteeed indicator of a web site being down. If the truth abuses you then you really got a problem....

[BoredBloke]

Worked fine when I tried it.

[HankWangford]

nope I didnt get any mail from giant around that date

what was in the mail?

[Toad]

There's also a big difference between Dropping packets and Blocking packets !

[HankWangford]

So you didn't receive an email on 10/07/06?

nope I didnt get any mail from giant around that date

[Churchill]

Wake up - these days many sites drop ICMP, try pinging CNN.com, see no response? Does not mean its down, just try http://cnn.com

Amateurs...

AtW, just try www.giantgroup.com What is your result?

Now, if you wish to continue being abusive might I suggest CC.NET?