PBS web services are down

Randall P. Linke via pbs pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net
Thu, 16 Oct 2025 09:04:30 PDT
Just got it again.  Here is a screen shot:
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On Thu, Oct 16, 2025 at 6:02 PM Randall P. Linke <randysgarden@gmail.com>
wrote:

> I was just trying to catch up on past posts and after going through
> several got a message saying site not available, then it cleared up and I
> was able to read posts.
>
> On Wed, Oct 15, 2025 at 6:51 AM Christine Doud via pbs <
> pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote:
>
>> Yikes.  I’m totally dependent on the Wiki site so I hope it’s back online
>> soon. Glad to know it wasn’t my device.
>> Christine
>>
>> > On Oct 14, 2025, at 5:46 PM, Robert Lauf via pbs <
>> pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote:
>> >
>> >  Some time back we got a nasty-gram posted on the List that was
>> clearly sent by some crank who thought we were the more famous PBS.  This
>> could be another attack based on mistaken identity.  Just a theory and not
>> a solution!
>> > Bob     Zone 7
>> >    On Tuesday, October 14, 2025 at 06:55:24 PM EDT, David Pilling via
>> pbs <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote:
>> >
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > I've turned off the PBS web server, this is because it is being
>> > overwhelmed by unwanted page requests.
>> >
>> > Whether it is an organised denial of service attack or just AI bots with
>> > an unhealthy interest in bulbs I do not know.
>> >
>> > There are common suggestions, like Apache mod_evasive but they don't
>> > appear to work with the particular form of attack.
>> >
>> > I expect we will try to think of a solution. Suggestions?
>> >
>> >
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>> > http://www.davidpilling.com/
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