Looks like archlinux.org may be down - at least for me (in usa) as well as 'isitdownrightnow'. -- Gene
Hey, I can reach https//:archlinux.org just fine from UK. Take care, -- Polarian Jabber/XMPP: polarian@icebound.dev
On 25/12/26 06:49AM, Genes Lists wrote:
Looks like archlinux.org may be down - at least for me (in usa) as well as 'isitdownrightnow'. -- Gene
See the status and notes on https://status.archlinux.org ..
On Fri, 2025-12-26 at 13:07 +0100, Christian Heusel wrote:
... See the status and notes on https://status.archlinux.org ..
Well geez - being picked on again. Sigh. Chris - thanks for the reminder that status can be available during this circumstances. -- Gene
On 12/26/25 6:17 AM, Genes Lists wrote:
... See the status and notes onhttps://status.archlinux.org .. Well geez - being picked on again. Sigh.
Have we ever been able to connect the dots on why Archlinux is the lucky recipient of these attack? Or is this just a hosting provider wide outage and we just happen to be caught in it? With the number of times over the past year that xyz.archlinux.org services have been hit, it has raised the question more than once "who has an ax to grind against Arch?" -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.
On Fri, 2025-12-26 at 15:48 -0600, David C Rankin wrote:
With the number of times over the past year that xyz.archlinux.org services have been hit, it has raised the question more than once "who has an ax to grind against Arch?"
When someone repeatedly scratches your vehicle or slashes your tires, then such a specific question arises. In the case of typical Internet oddities, such a question rarely makes sense. Nowadays, there are no more thick phone books, but criminals probably still select their victims in a similar way: The Jerk (5/10) Movie CLIP - Navin's in Print! (1979) HD https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahuPW6_t-z0 At least, that's how I picture it.
On 12/26/25 5:52 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
When someone repeatedly scratches your vehicle or slashes your tires, then such a specific question arises. In the case of typical Internet oddities, such a question rarely makes sense.
Thanks Ralf, I guess it's a lack of perspective and a matter of scale. Never waded into the dark-side of the net, have no interest. I hail from an era of phone books, when the 1 phone in your house was permanently affixed to one wall and was owned by the telephone company. I hope 2026 is kinder to Arch services than the past year, and that cloud providers figure out how to defend better against such attacks -- so that the services they peddle to companies like Arch - work. (reasonable downtime allowed for -- gremlins). If this is truly a lucky IP in some range that is a repeated target, may be a new IP out of the lucky range is in order :) -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.
Love the optimism. I also hope Arch isn't a target. It's freedom On Fri, Dec 26, 2025, 9:22 PM David C Rankin <drankinatty@gmail.com> wrote:
On 12/26/25 5:52 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
When someone repeatedly scratches your vehicle or slashes your tires, then such a specific question arises. In the case of typical Internet oddities, such a question rarely makes sense.
Thanks Ralf,
I guess it's a lack of perspective and a matter of scale. Never waded into the dark-side of the net, have no interest. I hail from an era of phone books, when the 1 phone in your house was permanently affixed to one wall and was owned by the telephone company.
I hope 2026 is kinder to Arch services than the past year, and that cloud providers figure out how to defend better against such attacks -- so that the services they peddle to companies like Arch - work. (reasonable downtime allowed for -- gremlins).
If this is truly a lucky IP in some range that is a repeated target, may be a new IP out of the lucky range is in order :)
-- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.
This is very funny (from the status update in status.archlinux.org): =D "Aside from that: Merry Christmas to everyone but the attackers (if you happen to celebrate it) :)" I am always wondering the motivation for attackers to make this kind of attacks. Do they mail you and say if you send them some money, they would stop the attack, or something? 27 Ara 2025 Cmt 06:26 tarihinde Tony Rumans <tonyrumans@gmail.com> şunu yazdı:
Love the optimism. I also hope Arch isn't a target. It's freedom
On Fri, Dec 26, 2025, 9:22 PM David C Rankin <drankinatty@gmail.com> wrote:
On 12/26/25 5:52 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
When someone repeatedly scratches your vehicle or slashes your tires, then such a specific question arises. In the case of typical Internet oddities, such a question rarely makes sense.
Thanks Ralf,
I guess it's a lack of perspective and a matter of scale. Never waded into the dark-side of the net, have no interest. I hail from an era of phone books, when the 1 phone in your house was permanently affixed to one wall and was owned by the telephone company.
I hope 2026 is kinder to Arch services than the past year, and that cloud providers figure out how to defend better against such attacks -- so that the services they peddle to companies like Arch - work. (reasonable downtime allowed for -- gremlins).
If this is truly a lucky IP in some range that is a repeated target, may be a new IP out of the lucky range is in order :)
-- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.
Sorry, it was a top posting. =( I rarely use my phone to send mails. I will be more careful from now on.
It's probably Artix users On Sat, Dec 27, 2025, 12:43 AM İsmail Arılık <arilik.ismail@gmail.com> wrote:
Sorry, it was a top posting. =( I rarely use my phone to send mails. I will be more careful from now on.
Ralf, thanks, fun to see the video. i think a question is, "*which* telephone book are the culprits choosing from?". i.e., from what pool of possible targets are they picking? cheers, Greg
participants (9)
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Christian Heusel
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David C Rankin
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Genes Lists
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Greg Minshall
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İsmail Arılık
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Polarian
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Ralf Mardorf
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Ron Kromer
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Tony Rumans