Server reboot fail

[texcross]

Sorry folks, needed to restart the server for some security update, epic fails for the folks that get paid to backup and watch the server. They rely on alarms and such and could not figure out the sites were down. Either way back up.

 

[Dawico]

That was a close one. I almost had to resort to talking to my family.....

 

[texcross]

Pay good money for that extra service, used to be worth it but seriously if they would have simply visited a site they would have known there was an issue, they rely on alarms. And those failed so I am waiting to hear why.

 

[ZX9RCAM]

As long as they don't push the A35 button....

 

[BRD@66]

I thought that was A-11.

 

[Bozz10mm]

I thought that was A-11.

I believe you are correct.

 

[karlac]

I agree, few things simpler/cheaper/brainless than a small bit of code reliably pinging a remote gateway.

Sign of the times ... farkin' ignorance is rampant, even among the script kiddies.

 

[ZX9RCAM]

I thought that was A-11.

I was referring to Chernobyl.

It was the A35 button, pronounced A Zed 5....

 

[Brains]

Any decent monitoring platform offers a good list of options to check whether not only the server is up and responding, but that key applications are responding. When I hosted all the big car forums, I pointed it at the URL to list who is logged in. Get a 200, you're ok. Anything else flagged as an alert.

 

[toddnjoyce]

I was referring to Chernobyl.

It was the A35 button, pronounced A Zed 5....

That’s AZ-5.

 

[ZX9RCAM]

I think it was like I said, I've been wrong before though.
I don't know why A35 would be said A Zed 5, maybe it's a Russian thing.

 

[toddnjoyce]

I think it was like I said, I've been wrong before though.
I don't know why A35 would be said A Zed 5, maybe it's a Russian thing.

It’s a British thing (actually most of the non-American English speakers thing). Remember, the cast is British.

https://writingexplained.org/zee-or-zed-difference

 

[ZX9RCAM]

I've known zed for Z for ever, but why zed for 3?

 

[Younggun]

I think it was like I said, I've been wrong before though.
I don't know why A35 would be said A Zed 5, maybe it's a Russian thing.

Nope.

“The SCRAM was started when the EPS-5 button (also known as the AZ-5 button) of the reactor emergency protection system was pressed”

http://www.chernobylgallery.com/chernobyl-disaster/cause/


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[ZX9RCAM]

I reckon that has to be correct.

I was going off the HBO TV show, though.
There it was the A35 button, pronounced A Zed 5.
I guess they're using poetic license?

 

[toddnjoyce]

I reckon that has to be correct.

I was going off the HBO TV show, though.
There it was the A35 button, pronounced A Zed 5.
I guess they're using poetic license?

Cyrillic alphabet.

sounds like "z" in zodiac. This letter might look like the number three (3) but it only conveys a sound and has nothing to do with digits.

 

[ZX9RCAM]

Cyrillic alphabet.

View attachment 175852

sounds like "z" in zodiac. This letter might look like the number three (3) but it only conveys a sound and has nothing to do with digits.

Good find.

 

[birddog]

Cyrillic alphabet.

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sounds like "z" in zodiac. This letter might look like the number three (3) but it only conveys a sound and has nothing to do with digits.

Damn.

You spend some time at The Presidio?

 

[birddog]

Any decent monitoring platform offers a good list of options to check whether not only the server is up and responding, but that key applications are responding. When I hosted all the big car forums, I pointed it at the URL to list who is logged in. Get a 200, you're ok. Anything else flagged as an alert.

I wish more folks secured their systems this way. Pen tests would take a hell of a lot less time to leave a calling card.