Down Time Explanation
WE ARE BACK UP! Yes, I was shouting. As some of you may have noticed we were down for a few days. Thanks to Frances, we found out that the server the IZ forum was on was attacked by a DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service). It does no damage to the information on the forum and no information is hacked. Basically, it is a massive overload of requests to the server which basically causes it to deny service for legitimate business. Wikipedia has a more thorough explanation here - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denial-of-service_attack - 103k And remember if you ever find the forum down again, you can check the IoanZone page on MySpace for updates.

GG's explanation of IZ downtime is perfect,. I'll just add that IoanZone page on MySpace that we can use in emergencies like the one we experienced in the past couple of days is www.myspace.com/ioanzone

I am glad we are back. Thank you so much Frances. Thanks Gaff for letting us know. A big hugh to all the girls :love: :love: :love:

I still think we were down 'cause all of the posts we got up until now and server can't keep up with us. :wink: