Railfan Technology > George Elwood's website

His site isn't reachable at the moment. I am wondering if he's OK....

I can't reach it and according to http://downforeveryoneorjustme.com it is down.

BTW, the URL for his site is http://www.rr-fallenflags.org

I know the address. Is it DNS issues or something else?

I included the address for others who may not know about it. Common courtesy when asking about a specific site is to include the URL. I don't know why it is down, only confirming that it appears to be down from any location FWIW.

Castle_Romeo Wrote:
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> I know the address. Is it DNS issues or something
> else?

Sometimes I get a DNS response, sometimes not. When I do, its

;; ANSWER SECTION:
rr-fallenflags.org. 70429 IN A 64.200.85.3

That server does not respond.

whois has contact info for the name, which shows that George Ellwood owns it. It also gives email and phone contact for him. http://www.networksolutions.com/whois/results.jsp?domain=rr-fallenflags.org. If someone knows him, maybe they can call at a decent hour.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/02/14 22:01 by clem.

I queried a DNS for rr-fallenflags.org. Returned "homeportal can't find rr-fallenflags.org Server failed.

Not a good sign.

John

Do you guys know about this?

From TechWeek

"Microsoft Cybercrime Shutdown Hit Users Says DDNS Provider"

On July 1, 2014. by Thomas Brewster

"Microsoft has gone on the offensive against a US company it believes provided services to Algerian and Kuwaiti nationals perpetrating a cybercrime campaign that hit millions. But the tech titan has apparently ruined the Internet for millions of other users in the process."

You can read the full article here:

http://www.techweekeurope.co.uk/news/news-security/cybercrime-microsoft-dns-provider-fight-148310

Margaret,

I read about that a couple days ago but as far as I know the DNS issues that were caused by that incident have since cleared up.

From what I read on a Yahoo Groups list (Modern Freight Cars) he is moving the server to a different physical location for various reasons. Should be back up in a few days or weeks I gather.


Ted

OK, Thanks.....I was wondering.