what happened to FTN?

[jzek]

I was in Ghana for a medical mission and now I can't log-in to my favorite tracker! I don't know what happened but a pop-up showed up asking me if I want to accept a certificate so I clicked 'Yes' and now the site gives me a 404 error!

Is the site down or is my account disabled or what? :cry:

[whiteboy]

All the sites that were hosted in malaysia have been shut down. Hopefully they will relocate soon.

hxxp://torrentfreak.com/malaysian-government-orders-immediate-torrent-site-blackout-080627/ (http://torrentfreak.com/malaysian-government-orders-immediate-torrent-site-blackout-080627/)

[naikon]

guys u also have an error with security certificate ? wtf ?

[jzek]

All the sites that were hosted in malaysia have been shut down. Hopefully they will relocate soon.

hxxp://torrentfreak.com/malaysian-government-orders-immediate-torrent-site-blackout-080627/ (http://torrentfreak.com/malaysian-government-orders-immediate-torrent-site-blackout-080627/)


Thank you! I was so worried, lol!

[slimdogp]

Props on a Ghana medical mission!

[dunson]

Yeah big props for that. :)

The site is moving, B said not to worry...

[Roark]

I was in Ghana for a medical mission and now I can't log-in to my favorite tracker! I don't know what happened but a pop-up showed up asking me if I want to accept a certificate so I clicked 'Yes' and now the site gives me a 404 error!

Is the site down or is my account disabled or what? :cry:

Yep, their precious "secure" Malaysian server was seized. Wonder if this'll lead to prosecutions ...

[jayz707]

guys u also have an error with security certificate ? wtf ?
this is so because its a self signed certificate. nothing much to worry about.

[Eargasm]

All the sites that were hosted in malaysia have been shut down. Hopefully they will relocate soon.

hxxp://torrentfreak.com/malaysian-government-orders-immediate-torrent-site-blackout-080627/ (http://torrentfreak.com/malaysian-government-orders-immediate-torrent-site-blackout-080627/)

Where is Derek Zoolander when you need him?

[LoKaLiRi]

will be in HUNGARY SOON :P

[jam0980tr]

will be in HUNGARY SOON :P

hey But check this out http://www.ifpi.org/content/section_news/20080319.html

If FTN Hosting In HUNGARY they need to be well safe coz it isnit safe there read that link !!! ;)

[Sylar666]

Well, that would be odd...We had those infamous series of raids most notably on Bithumen (and lot of more) last year. My home does NOT appear to me as a safe haven, unless there's something I do miss.

[lostdemon]

I just hope FTN comes back. Good thing my downloads finished before it went down though

[sanjana]

Thanks for the information.. Looking forward to FTN asap...

Offcourse great site will find the best possible place on earth...

[SliDer5]

let's hope that it won't be like with scenehd.org...

[kid16k]

Thanks again for all the information, but its very sad :-(

I love FTN and the Stuff and community is just great, so i hope nobody get rl-probs...


edit:



will be in HUNGARY SOON :P

hey But check this out http://www.ifpi.org/content/section_news/20080319.html

If FTN Hosting In HUNGARY they need to be well safe coz it isnit safe there read that link !!! ;)

This has nothing to do with a "peer2peer-bit-torrent-site" like FTN, their primary objective are TOP-SITES (-> HighSecureDDL/FTP-Sites), where the illegal content is born (not only shared/distibuted like FTN) ;-)

[pisipisi]

I dont think so,it will be the worst if it happens

[Ali-g]

It will probably move soon enough so their users dont get disappointed :P

[kuracat]

I dont think so,it will be the worst if it happens

dont even think about that :angry:

[Brandon]

We'll be back within the week hopefully, might be on a temporary server. The offsite DB backup we have is a month old though :P

And about prosecutions, I wouldn't worry about it. They were asked to shut them down, they weren't confiscated.

[PRINCE]

We'll be back within the week hopefully, might be on a temporary server. The offsite DB backup we have is a month old though :P

And about prosecutions, I wouldn't worry about it. They were asked to shut them down, they weren't confiscated.
thanks brandon
we will wait
i miss this site :yup:

[yayyyyyy]

And about prosecutions, I wouldn't worry about it. They were asked to shut them down, they weren't confiscated.

I hope that at least /var/mysql was on an encrypted partition... :shutup:

What happened to elitetorrents and later to oink should have teached something, on a secure site there should be no doubts about prosecution even if the CIA took a dd image of the drives...

[Zer0c0oL]

And what about account newer then that ? (like mine)

Is there any possibility to "recover" them ?

Like showing the invite confirmation email or the inviter vouch...idk something...

[mrnobody]

If your invite expires then your inviter should get it back. Ask him to reinvite u, once the site is up.

[yourmate]

thanks god there is a backup...
but this question is realy important:
my acc is about 5 weeks old (last real invites round with the invites on donation of 5dollars)...
are those accounts backed up? and what about the even newer ones?
hopefully everything will be fine after all this trouble :)

[Brandon]

thanks god there is a backup...
but this question is realy important:
my acc is about 5 weeks old (last real invites round with the invites on donation of 5dollars)...
are those accounts backed up? and what about the even newer ones?
hopefully everything will be fine after all this trouble :)

You should have the opportunity to get re-invited by the user who invited you initially.

[t0mmy]

oh we we'll lose our stats :(

[Zer0c0oL]

Yes...and i'll lose the account :(

I was stupid enough to delete my invite confirmation email. I just hope my inviter word is enough or my inviter get the invite back to send me again.

btw...my account only had a few hours when this happened :(

damn unlucky...

[etqwplaya]

Great news Brandon :)

But what about our upload count? I did hard work getting my 250 GB of upload :)

[kuracat]

oh we we'll lose our stats :(
question is, from when is the backup? :D

[t0mmy]

well it says its from about a month, and Brandon do you mind if pm you?

[TheDog]

question is, from when is the backup? :D

yeaa.. day and hour :D

[yourmate]

i would offer my hdd for an everyday backup in the future of ftn ^^

[markupmaster]

Man,It's great to see that ftn is coming back but I upped about 500 gigs last month..

It really hurts to see all of that go to waste.

:(

[Polarbear]

Man,It's great to see that ftn is coming back but I upped about 500 gigs last month..

It really hurts to see all of that go to waste.

:(

go to waste? it's on people hds and they used it. everything else is just a number on the tracker.

[SgtMajor]

Man,It's great to see that ftn is coming back but I upped about 500 gigs last month..

It really hurts to see all of that go to waste.

:(

go to waste? it's on people hds and they used it. everything else is just a number on the tracker.

perspectives & priorities, some people just cannot see past their own nose when it comes to what matters in torrenting, it seems it is going to be a long, hard battle I'm afraid.

Well, I'm here for the long haul, so pull up a chair, the ride is sure going to get bumpy sometimes, and for sure not every one likes my taste in medicine, but wouldn't the world be a shit place if we were all robotic, at least some of us has some individuality that makes us unique.

And for this case, just be glad the staff are putting in tons of time & effort to get some semblance of what normality they once had, applause all round for that I say.

[markupmaster]

I obviously made a bad choice of words there. Of course it doesn't go to waste. Excuse me...

Let's all just be happy that FTN is returning eh?

[Brandon]

You gotta look at the positive side of all of this. We do have "A" backup, whereas we could have none at all and be telling you that the site was gone forever.

Put yourself in my position. All phase 2 work was still on that server. I should be the one upset :P But look at the positives, site will live on, and you'll still have the opportunity to upload another 200GB just as I will have the opportunity to re-write what was lost. And I couldn't have put it any better than what Polarbear said.

Besides, who knows, maybe i'll give everyone 200GB ;) And as I said, those who had invites will get invites again so long as you know who invited you.


PS: We just ordered another server.

[th0r]

we rove you brandron

[The Wanderer]

We'll be back within the week hopefully, might be on a temporary server.

Thanks Brandon for the great news, I really miss the site. :yes: :D

[Eargasm]

You gotta look at the positive side of all of this. We do have "A" backup, whereas we could have none at all and be telling you that the site was gone forever.

Put yourself in my position. All phase 2 work was still on that server. I should be the one upset :P But look at the positives, site will live on, and you'll still have the opportunity to upload another 200GB just as I will have the opportunity to re-write what was lost. And I couldn't have put it any better than what Polarbear said.

Besides, who knows, maybe i'll give everyone 200GB ;) And as I said, those who had invites will get invites again so long as you know who invited you.


PS: We just ordered another server. Rock on, so there will be invites again? Last I recall invites were banished forever because someone sold them on ebay or something. Looking forward to checking out the tracker. I hear the community is really good.

[wiseD]

Jeez, if we do lose upload or accounts, so what? This could have been a whole lot worse. If you're worried about your precious buffer, take a moment to realise that it could have been no more FTN instead of a few days more downtime, the important thing is that the site lives on.

So thanks B for teh quick recovery, and for keeping our best interests at heart ;)

[TheDon]

Look at the big picture everyone please.

Who cares about invites or individual accounts or how much you have uploaded in the last month.

Yes it is sad to loose anything but at the end of the day all of these things can be gotten again. If you lose your upload stats, just upload some more. If you lost you account or invites or whatever, there will be more oppurtunities to get back in.

The important thing here is that the site was backed up and will continue to exist.
As Brandon has said he has just ordered a new server and will be operational soon.

This is not a moan or a gripe as i said, it is sad to lose anything I understand, this is more of a "look at the big picture and celebrate"

[monk3y]

Any news B ?

[Brandon]

Any news B ?

Well, we have a server. Now we're in the process of getting everything situated again.

PS: this server is 10x better than the old.

[zedex]

glad to here that so can i join your wonderful place + wonderful new server ? :D ?

[vinhkhang01]

Thanks for the info indeed a great news moving forward, Brandon.

[lostdemon]

10x better than the old server sounds great. very good news

[Swift]

this means better speeds loading the forum and tracker good ;) anyway all the data is lost ?

[Don[R]edHardy]

I don't think so. They should have a backup some days old..

[monk3y]

even with the new server already up, getting all the backups uploaded and running again will take a few days i think.

[Squizzle]

PS: this server is 10x better than the old.

What doesn't kill you only makes you stronger huh? :01:

[monk3y]

and what kills you makes your mama stronger.

[Artemis]

Well for me Brandon, I am sorry for the loss of your coding work that was on the server, this is far more vital than user stats, which most people will make back within the month. The coding you have been doing however is a different story. I understand the loss because I have seen the effort you and your staff put in to trialing different concepts and experimenting with what can be done with a private tracker.
It is great news too , that you will be bringing FtN back when others have chosen to close their projects with the clamp down by the Malaysian authorities, so I for one, want to thank you for the effort that you are making and hope that FtN carries on in the spirit it was intended.

[sanjana]

Thanks Brandon :)

I am missing you FTN... Great to hear that FTN will be back soon...

[jam0980tr]

PS: this server is 10x better than the old.

brandon does this mean FTN will have alot of new features and

take your time no rush ;) I can't wait!!!

[Funkin']

Well, shit happens. It does suck for us that has only had our account for a little while(mine was only a little over a month old).

But...the good news is that one more site is coming back, and that's good for the community as a whole. And that I'm happy about.

[Roark]

What did bagadaM do?

[Swift]

even with the new server already up, getting all the backups uploaded and running again will take a few days i think.

thats not what I mean I didn`t have an old account ( 5 weeks ) I don`t think it would be in the database :D

[monk3y]

well i wasn't replying to you Tudor, don't worry.

[th0r]

i heard our torrent histories/torrent comments/forum posts are going to be cleared because of the new server, is this true?

:cry:

[Swift]

well i wasn't replying to you Tudor, don't worry.


ok then :) I`m not worring because I know that they will make everything as it was probably better

[kuracat]

I am thinking about opening a poll about how many people would kill themselves if the ftn was gone forever... :lol:

[bilkenter]

i think none, they will definitely be upset but not that miserable to put an end to their own life... also off topic :)

[goldberg]

I don't think so. They should have a backup some days old..

[Swift]

wil wait and see

[lostdemon]

I barely got on there about 6 weeks ago. Now I'm hoping I was lucky enough to have been a member already when the backup was taken since Brandon said it was a month ago

[Swift]

I`m not so lucky as you are :| so I still w8 for an answer :)

[lostdemon]

Well Tudor you said you got in 5 weeks ago. Me being a member a possible 7 days longer than you isn't too much more lucky but I guess all we can do now is both wait and see the outcome.

[ZenFountain]

Good to heard the news on a new server, the downtime has been a reminder on how awful other 0day sites are.

[waki]

"We will be back shortly."

[Don[R]edHardy]

"Almost finished :)"

:D:D

[monk3y]

"Done - Signup open"

[Swift]

still not ready yet..

[Don[R]edHardy]

"lol ^^" :lol:

[goldberg]

"Done - Signup open"

LOl ;)

[LubTheStaringCat]

I've sort of mist my daily fix of FTN, I'm pleased It will be back soon.

[debian]

what about the irc chan/network..?
nickserv is still down and chan +r. :(

[Brandon]

what about the irc chan/network..?
nickserv is still down and chan +r. :(

The site bot is up, use that to join the channel. I was up till 7am working on everything, and eventually had to get some sleep so I took a nap, I'll have it all finished shortly hopefully.

[markupmaster]

We all appreciate the hard work you are putting into this Brandon.

:)

[AdεεL]

Brandon is sexeh :D

[whiteboy]

Yes we do appreciate it B thanks!

[SgtMajor]

The site bot is up, use that to join the channel. I was up till 7am working on everything, and eventually had to get some sleep so I took a nap, I'll have it all finished shortly hopefully.

Sleep?? Sleep is for wimps :P

Next you'll be telling us you had to eat & drink :D

[mrnobody]

The site bot is up, use that to join the channel. I was up till 7am working on everything, and eventually had to get some sleep so I took a nap, I'll have it all finished shortly hopefully.

Sleep?? Sleep is for wimps :P

Next you'll be telling us you had to eat & drink :D

you forgot to pee :rolleyes:

[SgtMajor]

Sleep?? Sleep is for wimps :P

Next you'll be telling us you had to eat & drink :D

you forgot to pee :rolleyes:

/me looks down, nope, I didn't forget, just didn't move.

[debian]

if the invite bot doesn't know my nickname it is most likely that my acc hasn't been backed up, right? ;)

[Brandon]

if the invite bot doesn't know my nickname it is most likely that my acc hasn't been backed up, right? ;)

Unfortunately yes. But get in contact with your previous inviter and ask for them to re-send ;)

[debian]

thanks for the quick response :)
i already did that and he will re-invite me... if he gets an invite.

[dedro]

if the invite bot doesn't know my nickname it is most likely that my acc hasn't been backed up, right? ;)

Unfortunately yes. But get in contact with your previous inviter and ask for them to re-send ;)

well im in the same boat as you i believe..hope i get everything back to normal

[fOrUmAs]

All working fine

im glad to see FTN back

:D

[bilkenter]

Sign up definitely works, omg ftn is open :D Guyz come on join ftn as soon as possible

[Polarbear]

excellent job guys. good to see the site up and running again.

edit: and it's even faster than it used to be :D

[fstrulz]

Thanks, B!

I can finally rate some chicks again...

[waki]

edit: and it's even faster than it used to be :D

gotta love the speed <3

[Degenx]

They are back, however all torrents are gone :(

[bilkenter]

the important thing is ftn is back... nothing else matter, only brandon himself is enough for the site... you gotta luv this guy

[baksteen]

i dont see my beloved ftn site :( i hope i wont lose it to inactivity if i go away for a week

[whiteboy]

Is it down again I cant connect?

[Degenx]

use https

[whiteboy]

I am, weird I cant access it yet.

[BOOM]

The site is working perfectly :D:D:D

[Degenx]

maybe a dns issue for you works fine for me

[TheDog]

dns may not have fully propagated yet...

[markupmaster]

DNS may not have fully propagated maybe?

:/

[LubTheStaringCat]

I'm just relieved to see things are back up.

[whiteboy]

Ok guys thanks hopefully it I'll be able to access it soon!!

[KFlint]

good job B! glad to see ftn back

i will miss the packs that were on the site though, hope uploaders will put some back

[legom]

My inviter doesn't have his invites back :(

I still I have my original invite email; too bad the link doesn't work, lol.

[ZoKK]

although I do not have a account

Im glad that this upp this great site

congratulations to all user's

[ps2king]

woohoo glad to see its back, was starting to miss the place


good job B! glad to see ftn back

i will miss the packs that were on the site though, hope uploaders will put some back

hello long time no see, your doing well now a mod eh. hows things

[KFlint]

woohoo glad to see its back, was starting to miss the place


good job B! glad to see ftn back

i will miss the packs that were on the site though, hope uploaders will put some back

hello long time no see, your doing well now a mod eh. hows things

hi there,

yeah purple fits me ain't it :happy:

good to see you back :01:

[neysa59]

Hmm Ok I have tried https and http and still cant connect. Am confused on one thing, I have had my account for a very long time, am hoping I dont loose it and have to sign up all over again. Hopefully I will be able to connect to it soon, probably have to just wait for the dns to clear up for me :) Guess we shall wait and see.

[lostdemon]

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

I didn't think I would still have my account but I do and very glad it's back again. What doesn't kill you makes you stronger and I believe that FTN will come back sronger than before.

[cristina1]

It is not working for me.

[Loloq]

no work,problems dns,plz help;)

[IdolEyes787]

I don't know if anyone has an answer to this. I lost my membership and because of that I'm assuming the two people I invited lost theirs as well .
If I am re invited to the site will I be able to in turn re invite them?
I can provide some proof that we were all members.

Or is it a whole new ballgame beginning now and let the invites fall where they may and tough luck for the newcomers?

[Brandon]

I don't know if anyone has an answer to this. I lost my membership and because of that I'm assuming the two people I invited lost theirs as well .
If I am re invited to the site will I be able to in turn re invite them?
I can provide some proof that we were all members.

Or is it a whole new ballgame beginning now and let the invites fall where they may and tough luck for the newcomers?

Come to the support channel and wait with the others. I'm still trying to think of how to handle this, however I'm currently swamped with other site issues.. So you might have to hang around for a bit.

[IdolEyes787]

Come to the support channel and wait with the others. I'm still trying to think of how to handle this, however I'm currently swamped with other site issues.. So you might have to hang around for a bit.

No worries I know that you have more important things to deal with.
Thanks for taking the time to reply.

[Funkin']

I idled in the support channel too, and I'm guessing my account is disabled. You mentioned something about hitting /msg !invite. And when I did all that happened was another tab opened in Opera, that said !invite in it.

So I'm not sure what that means. But it did look like you guys were very busy in there, so I just left to not add to all the confusion. I'll just wait patiently until I can finally access the site and see if my account is still active. And if it isn't, hopefully my inviter will get the chance to re-invite me.

[debian]

idleling the support chan rocks.
join me over there guys. we had a nice party within the last hours.

[Funkin']

Yeah, I just finally got access to the site. And my account seems to no longer be active.

[CraigT92]

This has happened to quite a few people but I have never been a member I've just been wishing for an invite to this tracker

[sanjana]

Still the site seems down... I am not able to access...( using both http and https..Hope everything will be fixed soon

[Brandon]

If you donated, you'll get an invitation in your paypal email. Donors will get another invite to re-send to those they had originally sent to, since I had given one to all donors at one point. And like before, the higher classes will get an invite also, so there will be a lot of invites out to be re-sent.

We're just having to repeat the procedure basically, but if you know who invited you, you should be fine.


Still the site seems down... I am not able to access...( using both http and https..Hope everything will be fixed soon

It will take time for the dns to propagate. I have my dns set to use the 4.3.3.2 server which usually updates very quickly.

[Funkin']

Well that's cool. Hopefully my inviter will re-invite me.

Thank you for all the information.

[Swift]

If you donated, you'll get an invitation in your paypal email. Donors will get another invite to re-send to those they had originally sent to, since I had given one to all donors at one point. And like before, the higher classes will get an invite also, so there will be a lot of invites out to be re-sent.

We're just having to repeat the procedure basically, but if you know who invited you, you should be fine.


Still the site seems down... I am not able to access...( using both http and https..Hope everything will be fixed soon

It will take time for the dns to propagate. I have my dns set to use the 4.3.3.2 server which usually updates very quickly.

thanks B for the good news ;) I`m w8 for my inviter :D

[C-mos]

nice news Brandon .:D I'm waiting :P for something :P good to happen

[Crutavv]

thank you, I lost my account /not found/... my inviter is not at home, he is on holiday... bad luck :dabs::(

[debian]

If you donated, you'll get an invitation in your paypal email. Donors will get another invite to re-send to those they had originally sent to, since I had given one to all donors at one point. And like before, the higher classes will get an invite also, so there will be a lot of invites out to be re-sent.

We're just having to repeat the procedure basically, but if you know who invited you, you should be fine.
[..]
hey thats great news for all of us who lost their accounts.
but i have question concerning the <<If you donated, you'll get an invitation in your paypal email.>> thing:
what if the paypalmail adress is different from the sitemail adress?
because you won't be able to link siteacc and paypalacc then...
how can you send an invite to the paypal mail? invite code? ;)

[PRINCE]

welcome back my love http://xs222.xs.to/xs222/07511/ftnkiss.gif
hope every thing fine

[nthpeter]

will be in HUNGARY SOON :P

Huh? :O

[Mr.sharer]

welcome back my love http://xs222.xs.to/xs222/07511/ftnkiss.gif


:sick:

[PRINCE]

welcome back my love http://xs222.xs.to/xs222/07511/ftnkiss.gif


:sick:

what wrong ????????????????:huh:

[Mr.sharer]

nothing. carry on :dabs:

[cata2008]

i am sorry but i dont understand very good because my english is not so good.i have some question :
1.after you donate must send the detail to B... via pm ......or is not necessary ?
1.the person ho have invite before the site down, must ask to B... for new invite via pm or the invite will be comming automatically after couple of days?

[PRINCE]

nothing. carry on :dabs:
ok
no problem;)

[moffe]

Still the site seems down... I am not able to access...( using both http and https..Hope everything will be fixed soon


Same, and the torrents keep saying "connection closed by peer"

[Swift]

for me the login page works

[moffe]

hmm, strange - still doesnt work ;-X

with http and https on url or direct ip - all no response :-(

[SliDer5]

for me only direct ip is working, still cannot download