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Eyeball_Kid

(7,410 posts)
Sat Sep 8, 2018, 11:11 AM Sep 2018

I suspect that something's going on and it's not good.

Yesterday, I was trying to access the Huffington Post main page and kept getting a 404 message. No such server. Today, was trying to return to the "Latest Threads" tab on DU and I kept getting the message that there was no such location. These issues each lasted for several minutes. It's never happened before, in my experience.

It's possible that hackers are penetrating secure sites. I suggest that readers be wary of any anomalies and post them when appropriate.

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I suspect that something's going on and it's not good. (Original Post) Eyeball_Kid Sep 2018 OP
I access the Huffington Post multiple times a day including yesterday. Trust Buster Sep 2018 #1
Haven't run into any problems. highplainsdem Sep 2018 #2
try clearing your cache when that repeatedly happens... hlthe2b Sep 2018 #3
Clear your browsing data, see if that helps. sarcasmo Sep 2018 #4
Yeah...I thought DU was getting DDOS'd briefly this week... Anon-C Sep 2018 #5
You may have a bunch of crud in your OS. MicaelS Sep 2018 #6
I suspect more your ISP or the Domanin Name Server your ISP uses. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Sep 2018 #7
Definitely sounds like DNS. Gidney N Cloyd Sep 2018 #8
+1 0rganism Sep 2018 #11
Such problems are almost always local issues. MineralMan Sep 2018 #9
I had the same problem with HuffPost. flor-de-jasmim Sep 2018 #10
 

Trust Buster

(7,299 posts)
1. I access the Huffington Post multiple times a day including yesterday.
Sat Sep 8, 2018, 11:18 AM
Sep 2018

I have experienced no such problem. Perhaps it is your server.

hlthe2b

(101,698 posts)
3. try clearing your cache when that repeatedly happens...
Sat Sep 8, 2018, 11:32 AM
Sep 2018

Was everything running slowly (web pages loading slowly) when that happened? I am convinced there is a lot of "throttling" going on after FCC voted against net neutrality and that can surely cause a 404 error.

Anon-C

(3,430 posts)
5. Yeah...I thought DU was getting DDOS'd briefly this week...
Sat Sep 8, 2018, 11:38 AM
Sep 2018

...during the hearings. Given the last attack and it's timing, all should consider alternatives on election day should DU again be taken down.

0rganism

(23,855 posts)
11. +1
Sat Sep 8, 2018, 12:55 PM
Sep 2018

as MineralMan says, this kind of thing is almost always a local issue
a sweet paranoia-inducing local issue

MineralMan

(146,189 posts)
9. Such problems are almost always local issues.
Sat Sep 8, 2018, 12:01 PM
Sep 2018

As people will tell you, they didn't have any problem with either site.

I was on DU most of the day and had no difficulties at all.

Any time you have an issue like that, try going to isitdownrightnow.com. Type in the URL. It will tell you whether it's down or if the problem is local to you.

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