About actual poker downtime!

[littlemrnono]

well any body wanna play a good old fashion game of spoons...while we wait......havent played in years ...lol

[BlackLava]

Servers have been moved to a new secure IP group, only the main gaming server was protected by the special security tool and the attack was targeting web servers around.
After that move the whole park should be secure and that shouldn't happen again (as far as the protection system do not face a better hacker, even the CIA website got issues...).
Tech team still working on the setup, it's a whole move of all datas and must pass through a secure process.
Only sure thing is the poker tables will be back up today.

Sorry again, the discussion with hosting and bandwidth providers looked very hard...
I just want to add that the attack was a flood and not an intrusion : all personnal data are completely safe.

[craigsimnett]

thanks for the update
I'm sure you and your team have done their very best to fix the present situation and protect against future attacks....but i do believe that modern day hackers are really, no I meam REALLY, good and nothing is totally secure.

see you all on a table soon....i hope!

[jenever100]

he thats good news is days
i hope to see you all on the tabels today
good work to the team

[Bobble66]

thx lava.....we cant wait to be playing as a family again.....i must say that the chatroom has been rather interesting though over the last few days lol

[DarthYoda]

thanks for the update lava
as previously stated i know you guys are doing all they can
the sooner we can play again the better but if i have to wait 2 hrs or two weeks i dont care as long as we can play in a safe secure enviroment
i can't speak for anyone else but i believe this is the best site on the net and will wait however long it takes
thanking you and your tech team for there efforts

[tank66]

i think they did not pay the bill to keep it going lol

[yeoman42]

Thank-you Black Lava and all the staff at poker 66,it must be a very upsetting time for you all,these people who do this are insane what stupid thrill could you ever get from this act of vandalism,bring them to justice and show them no mercy,some of them need to be made an example of on all forms of media to deter others,i hate them with all my heart as i do all bad and greedy people in this world who make it a misery for a great many of us

[SouthernGirl]

Thank you and your team of techies, Lava...looking forward to playing again!!!!

[1Linden]

I notice that the advice on the site being down was 2 days ago. I have been trying for the past 2 days and still cant get on as i write this.

[flip29a]

Thx LAVA and all your Tech guys. Glad to hear that the site should be more secure from now on. Just one thing Lava..... r my new fingernails in the post?????? lol. x

[stjimmy]

Originally Posted by bestie

im on 20 or 30 sites per day, poker and other gambling sites and not once have i encountered this probllem

no website is 100% secure. there is a lad from england who is facing 15 years in jail for hacking into fbi website. you seem to be angry with this site. maybe you should direct youre anger towards the hacker. or better still, go play on one of youre other 30 poker sites, and not bother coming back here...

[6CACTUSJACK6]

when was the last update from the powers that be.

[themaster3]

any more news as to how long it will be?

[FunkyG]

About 5hrs ago by Lava, last page of this thread.

http://www.onlinepoker66.com/forum/f...ctual+downtime

[Cotton47]

5 hours ago cj.
lava said he didnt know an approximate time but it would deffo be back today

[Ausangel]

5 Hours Ago
BlackLava
Administrator Join Date: Sep 2007

Servers have been moved to a new secure IP group, only the main gaming server was protected by the special security tool and the attack was targeting web servers around.
After that move the whole park should be secure and that shouldn't happen again (as far as the protection system do not face a better hacker, even the CIA website got issues...).
Tech team still working on the setup, it's a whole move of all datas and must pass through a secure process.
Only sure thing is the poker tables will be back up today.

Sorry again, the discussion with hosting and bandwidth providers looked very hard...
I just want to add that the attack was a flood and not an intrusion : all personnal data are completely safe.

[Amber30]

I've just been reading all the things people have said about the site being broken and I'm surprised to see so much negativity.I think the site is very good and I have made some friends here already.In the last couple of days I have learned some new things on the computer,played my guitar and been for some nice walks, as well as spending some time here in the forum.What a great community I see.And I'm sure that Blacklava is having a bad enough time without people complaining that the free poker tables are not available at the moment.Always look on the bright side of life! Amber

[DarthYoda]

Amber couldnt agree with you more
Blacklava and his team are doing their best
Please treat them with respect
it is not the sites fault it is not Blacklavas fault
it is not the moderators fault
they are just as frustrated as everyone else
they are human too please give them a break guys

[MR_C]

I love poker on this site- hope it gets sorted- love to all - mr c x