June 21, 2007
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Yesterday
We suffered a Denial of Service attack yesterday
. After working around the clock, we were able to take countermeasures and are bringing the site back up now.We're so sorry about the downtime! We've tried so hard over the years to keep our site up as much as possible, and it's been years since someone actually took us down.
Thanks for your patience, and I'm sorry about all this. I'll be posting more about our security enhancements soon.
Best,
John
CEO, Xanga
Comments (657)
yessss
you've all been doing a great job over the years. keep it up!
Don't worry about it John. Thanks for working so hard to get it back up.
Now just give me the address of the person that did this and I will take care of it from here.
ceo? that i didnt know.
Wow thats terrible. I'm sure you guys are doing your best.
Keep up the good work
Umm...my site is still down.....?
propz...
and thumbs up to all the great work that TheXangaTeam has done =]
there was nothing for me to do online without xanga.
Yay!!!!!!!
I am soooo happy to be back! That scared me for a bit! I could never live without xanga and my friends here.....
Today is my birthday! Thank you for getting it back up!!!
Thank you for getting the site back up! (I was suffering from Xanga-withdrawal symptoms!)
You folks really have been doing a good job! I can't remember the last time we had a problem like this!
Thank you!
nearly gave me a heart attack when i couldn't get on last night. I mean seriously, I didn't want to go to bed. Thanks for bringing it back, but i realize, i need an effin life.
Thanks, John..and all who worked on getting 'back' on again.:).thought it was me...keep up the good work and stay on top of those people who are doing this..have a great day....Lee
Thanks for all you guys do! That person deserves to be put in jail for this. Just my opinion.
Thanks for getting things back up and running.
Glad xanga is back.................hugs.
Phew! Okay, I feel better now!
Glad you all have things well in hand. These things happen...I'm just happy we're all together again. =)
Thanks for working so hard for Xanga.
I really missed it yesterday.
denial of service? pfff. you just forgot to say "please" again...
manners manners, john.
well over the years you all have maintained a great place for us to visit and to know you are keeping the site as safe as possible is more important.... I am glad you were able to get it back up today... Thanks team for keeping it together for us..
Have a great day John.
Well done xanga team!!!
Shite happens, John. Not your fault. We're still here, see? And we're not going anywhere.
It's great to hear that ^^
DDoS attack is terrible for most service providers ... I remember once upon a time , Yahoo! or some famous webs have tried this.
The one thing we can do is ... set IP connection limit , lol(crazy XD)
or make a bug , let the attacker shows his/her IP.
Good job , man !
Congrats on getting the site back up. So sorry for the stress!
It wasn't until yesterday that I realized how much of an addict I am. XD
Glad things got worked out. You guys need a way to instantly lock down the servers... the signs of this attack in the works were evident for hours yesterday before the site finally went offline. If someone could have thrown a switch and interrupted it, maybe the damage wouldn't have been so great... just a thought. Great job... when it suddenly went offline "for maintenance" yesterday afternoon I realized the sluggish servers all morning were probably the result of some type of virus, worm, or attack. I didn't really expect to see it up and running already this morning!
Hey, thanks for all your hard work! I was so glad to see my posts were all still there...whew!
So glad we're back! Thanks for all your work!!
Good grief, that's too bad. Well you are doing well if that is the first time in years this has happened. I didn't realize you were the CEO of Xanga! You must be very busy, and overall you're doing a fine job. Don't worry about delays, I'm patient, and I'm taking a bit of a break anyway!
i love xanga
I figured something like that had happened! Man!!! Thanks for getting it back up.
why would anyone want to take you guys down?
it's a sick world.
thanks!!
Good work - thanks for keeping us informed.
John, your blog/posts should be on somewhere on the xanga home page (i think...) -unless us xanga die hards subscribe to your blog, many would be uninformed.
just an opinion..i wonder what others think?
or Maybe you're the low-key ceo type
admittedly, you have been so much better over the past two years, that this was a shock, but it happens to anyone and everyone.
Thanks for all your hard work getting it back up. I realized yesterday how much I am addicted to Xanga! It makes me mad that there are jerks out there like that. I hope they catch them and hang them by their toenails!
thanks for all your hard work. you guys get some sleep now!
Thank you so much! Life was over when Xanga was down.
you've got some loyal members around here... the upside of this is perhaps just a knowledge of how much we can't live without Xanga! you guys are the best.
Yes, it has been years since a DOS attack last brought Xanga down. You have all done a great job. My thanks to everyone for all those years free of downtime, and for yesterday's work to get us back up. The Xanga Team RAWKS!
Yeah I was like.....AHHH!! Not Xanga! (particularly after I just paid for my lifetime membership) Glad y'all are back up and running again.
Looks like you're getting as big as Microsoft
Looks like hackers only attack the big boys...question however---how come some of the sites i go to now are just all white??? i KNOW they're active because i'm getting comments from them, but no picture on the screen even though the browser says it's DONE???
Thanks for your hard work, John and the entire Xanga team!
Whew, thank goodness, I thought *I* broke something! (Hope you guys caught whoever it was!)
i hope they didnt ask for any money. thanks john.
You all used to have a page we went to when you were down didn't you ... to let us know what is what ?? kinda miss that !
phew,i thought xanga's closing down without telling the users...thank god u'r back
would it be possible to trace the ip address of whoever DoS'd xanga and then report them to their ISP and have their internet disconnected or is that for hackers only?
Without xanga, my world is black and white. Yesterday I suffered.......
Thanks for the extra hours and your hard work. Definitely missed Xanga yesterday, but guess what I actually got some other stuff done.
Tricia
Thanks for all the hard work, xanga team. Much appreciated!
I can't lie... I missed it, life was a little too Xangaless yesterday.. lol Thanks John!
Allen
Is there a way of sending a mass message via the meail address of record for users to notify bloggers when something like this happens?
I had no way of knowing whether maybe my internet service provider or search engines were blocking access ... owing to on-and-off controversy about this site and some of its content/blogrings.
I just assumed that you guys were adding some really awesome feature...plus when I was trying to get on it was midnight so I wasn't too upset about the downtime....I can't believe someone tried to take you guys down. That's just craziness!
Keep up the great work! You guys are still awesome.
I WAS SO MAAAAAAAD! >:O >:O >:O
....A day without xanga, I didn't like that at all.
Would it be possible to put explanations like this on the front page of Xanga? Folks who are not subscribed to you may want to know what happened and won't know where to go for this information...
(I wouldn't want newbies to think that this sort of thing happens all the time!)
You guys are doing great with Xanga! keep up the good work... but can you please try to inform me the next time the site is under construction? Thanks if you would. I hope I can help out with Xanga someday... I love it!
thank you so much for you and your team working really hard to get Xanga back up.
<3
much love
-Charlene
that explains why the site wasn't up. Now I need to know why my xanga isn't up (I'm using xanga skins... did that have anything to do with it?)
yes u got some addicts here. u're making us suffer from withdrawal... and i'm not joking.
thanks for all the hard work! Maybe this should be linked on the front page for those who aren't subscribed to you?
Wow. Stupid script kiddies.
I am glad things are back up, good work!
Thanks John for all you guys and girls do...
I think that not knowing what was going on was the worse part... not knowing whether the site had been invaded by a virus or was shut down for good... those of us who have been here for years were a little nervous that our journals, pictures and graphics were lost forever... not to mention our online friends....
It would be nice to have some sort of emailing system to inform us if this ever happens again... just a note to let us know something... I know that some people with Mozilla/firefox were getting some sort of message, but the rest of us had nothing to go on... we kept in touch through emailing....
Glad we are up and running again... thanks for working to make things better... you guys are awesome!!
Hugs!
Connie
I really appreciate you and everyone's hard work!! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!
i thought that was a DoS. weirdly enough the photo page was still working.
thank for your hard work, john - and pass that along to everyone else!
Sorry to hear that, we thought uni had blocked xanga.
I had a feeling that's what was going on. DOS attacks are always hard to fight.
Thanks, John!
I was putting a new Xanga theme on my blog today, and after I saved it, I went back to my blog, and it just isn't there. Would you know why?
finally!
I forgive you... just don't let it happen again.
Just playing.
I remember one time you guys were down for over a week. It was just one day, I was actually too busy at work to look at Xanga yesterday anyways.
keep up the good
work
You're on again, phew. Keep up the good work.
Being down made me realize that I'm hooked 2 my Xanga...
& that I have never given u guyz credit 4 working so hard 2 keep Xanga up & running.
U guyz do a great job, no need 4 apologies.
Keep up the great work... we appreciate it!
those jackholes. i hope karma stabs them in the eyeballs.
but on a funnier note, i spent much of yesterday wondering if my company finally blocked us from using xanga. then i got paranoid and started wondering if they're able to track me...
oh btw, you guys are awesome (especially you, John). thanks for all the great work you've done.
You're still better than MySpace no matter what. I was wondering why I couldn't log on.
thx a lot mate~ well done!!
ever since I join Xanga (a convert from LiveJournal), I think this is the first time I see Xanga got hit hard and had such a long down time.
keep up the good work! I luv Xanga!
[p.s. granted... i dont blog everyday... but still...]
*whew* at least ur back up and running, this sustains me at work. hahah
Life is dull without xanga !!!
Anyway, It is over now !!
And you guys have done your best for getting it over !!
Congrates .... and Cheers !!!
well thanks for working so hard to get xanga running again
Hi John. I am a big fan and long-time user of Xanga and I appreciate the hard work of your staff yesterday, but is there a way you could better inform us of what's going on? A lot of people plan their lives around Xanga...
Wow i wuz wondering what wuz goin on! Well I'm glad you guuyz got it covered!
Star
Yoou wroked really hard so Thak yuo sooooooo MUCH!
Ah. I wondered what was going on. Never even considered that possibility. Glad to see everything back to normal. Thanks for your efforts!
You rock John!
Glad we survived it!
THANKS for all the amazing efforts!
I was truly annoyed and frustrated and found myself at loose ends...signs of addiction I fear! I really appreciate this site for the ease of keeping in contact with my friends world over and would miss it if it disappeared. Glad you were able to fix the problem...
ah suckage!
I was flipping out.
Thought it was me.
WOO HOO great job guys!!!!!
=D
dont wrry one day wont kill us all.
ur all doing a great job.
<333 we still love you all!
i think i actually remembered the last time it happened. lol.
don't worry about it john. keep up the good work.
-ray leeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
Thanks for all the effort to keep Xanga up and running.
I was wondering what was up...glad to hear that you guys were able to fix it
i never knew how dependent i was on xanga till it was down yesterday... i almost lost my sanity checking back every hour! hahha. thanks for all your hard work.
I was so sad when I was getting the error message... I've got over two years on Xanga and for it to just END would have sucked. Good luck on getting it all back up!
Wow, I thought the world had ended. . .and I was left behind!
aww...sorry this happened to the site! i'm so happy you were able to fix it. thanks!
its fine...just keep doing your job...
Good work guys. DDOS is a hard thing to counter.
That's ok, we'll forgive it.
At least we're back up and running! Thanks!
Thank so much
we love xanga~~~^_^~~
Thank for your hard work on xanga~haha
THANK YOU ALL for getting back online!
I am pissed off at the @$$hole who screwed over the ENTIRE community!
Will
thank you for what you have done~~~
thankssssss sooooo much~~~
keep it up ~~
All of you on The Xanga Team do an awesome job!
It sounds like A TON of us were going through Xanga Withdraw!
So thanks for getting it back up because I have tons to vent about!
oh shit. that's crazy. someone actually did this on purpose??
I noticed that yesterday and it was mildly annoying, but I thought it was my computer; I didn't know it was a widespread problem, which is a bummer. Anyway, it seems to be mostly over now, so thanks! Keep up the good work.
I was actually pretty surprise it was down soo long yesterday but wow someone took you guys down? I was wondering what was going on. But yeah thanks for maintaining a great site through out the years! Keep up the good work guys!!
I never lost my faith in you all.
It's alright now =)
but I found that I was addicted to my xanga site, really much.
Thank you for all your hard work. Xaga is a great place!
Mark
All that did was give us all Xanga-withdrawals...=) Try to get some sleep now!
Thanks for all your work!
I'm glad it's back up. =D
No worries!
but.....whodunit?????
thanks, John, and good job....i strongly suggest people run their virus scan, as i found five different trojans, and downloaders, as a result of being online, before xanga crashed....i'm sorry that i didn't keep a copy of my report...get the freak...if Dan (TC) needs help thrashing the geek, i'm available....peace....animal
Thank you for bringing it back.
I'm a person who gets hooked on xanga then leaves it to rot for a few months (I know I'm horrible!), but since this was my frist year of high school I tried as hard as possible to update often and to keep in touch with my friends, but like someone before me stated I didn't realize how much of an addict I was until the site went down. xD
oh thank god we're back. I was in seriously withdrawal yesterday! YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY! Thanks for all the hardwork!
Thanks for everything you do to make Xangaland a nice place to hang out with family and friends. Good Job getting us back up and running!
Have a great day!
I'm glad it's back up. I feel like I need Xanga since I record my emotions in it as well as the mundane events in my life.
I'd love to find out what the motive is for a DOS attack like this. Hang the perpetrator by his or her toenails!
man I almost went crazy when xanga was down, I missed my xanga page........... but I'm really happy I got my xanga page back up..........................................*YEAH XANGA!* Until Later.......................*Me*
x
SIGN UP FOR THIS.
its for real. no joke.
http://www.3604free.com/index.php?ref=389431
Thanks for all the hard work.
Thanks for letting us know that you knew we knew it was down LOL
Turn this script kiddie over to us. We'll make sure he never messes with you guys.
Thanks for your help.
I've found out our blog is a bit weird. When I have posted new post, it is not showing in our blog (Usually, it will show at the top of the blog section).
CbC West LA
When you have time, please come to check it out.
Again, thank you so much.
^^
Glad you got the problem taken care of. Thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
yay...you're up and running again
awesooooooome!
DOS attacks are the work of msall minds. Glad you are getting things fixed so quickly. Thanks!
Kephirra aka Jane M. Smith aka IansValkyrie
man hackers are freakin annoying. why don't they do something more constructive with their talents or time than attacking a blog site. it's just pathetic.
you guys do a tremendous job all the time, and i for one appreciate it very, very much!!!
)
It felt so strange not to be able to get into Xangaland--I had no idea how dependent I've become of it, er, how well-connected to my Xanga friends I am, I mean, until I couldn't touch base with them yesterday. Your loyal fans are many in number, and we wouldn't go anywhere else!
So glad you're back online, up and running, and moving forward! Thank you for your dedication and hard work to keep us 'addicts' satisfied!-bboop
i've been on xanga for quite a while now and it feels like this is the only time that i was unable to log in =) so GOOD JOB over the years
the more important thing is that you guys do your best to keep xanga up and running smoothly, and you try to solve problems like when someone "attacks" or "break into" xanga.
THANK YOU for EVERYTHING!!!
I can't live without xanga!!
so PLEASE keep it up!!!!~ =D
Oh man, well thanks for clearing that up John, and thank you so much for your efforts!
thanksss =)
And I thought it was just me...=.=
good job
super duper!
Hey! I really appreciate all you do... Xanga so seldom has problems! And, as the daughter of a Computer Person, I know that a problem free zone doesn't magically happen. Thanks!!!
Dang. I wondered what happened but I didn't expect a hack. You'd think they'd entertain themselves by attacking myspace instead.
Don't sweat it, guys.
I did learn through all of this, however, that one of y'all might want to update your Wikipedia entry. Not a very favorable listing overall - I mean, I've read worse. It's just not what I'd want for y'all.
Good job ! Well Done !
Keep the faith !
Check out http://www.mazunetworks.com for DOS attack prevention tool.
I really miss Xanga for the whole day!!><
But now it turns to be fine again!! Thanks very much^^
job well done you guys! i tried logging in so many times yesterday and i was confused thinking "what?? no more xanga??!! nooooo!!" lol
It amazed me how disturbing it was not to be able to reach all of my xanga friends. It occured to me that I might never be able to contact them again....thanks for fixing the problem!
Thanks!
Thank you, John, for the explanation. It was bad when it went down, but it would have been worse to have never known why! Thanks for filling us in. I appreciate your, and the rest of the xanga team's, hard work to get things back up and running. You know you must be doing something right when you get attacked, right?? I do appreciate that things are back to normal today.
WHAT HAPPENED? i dont get it but im happy xanga's back up. i love xanga! <333333
well even the best fall down sometimes. i figured it was some sort of hack biz.
i'm really glad you guys've figured it out!
take it easy.
.henry
Thanks for the explanation. I, too, am glad to see my posts are still here. Whew!
thank you SO much. ♥
I was like wtf xanga NOOO! lol I'm glad you guys are working hard.
Dear John,
That sucked. I will be working with Dan to make sure this never happens again.
I was on a roadtrip and friends were text messaging me "Xanga's DOWN!" and I was so glad that I was speeding down the highway because I would have had a nervous breakdown if I had needed to post and couldn't. Glad to know I could get in this morning without missing another minute. LONG LIVE XANGA.
awww don't be sad, its back up now ^_^ and whew! I was scared quite a bit yesterday.
so thanks! I appreciate it. *hugs*
:3
Thank you =)
props!
It's amazing you guys got the site back. In a day even. Thanks for your hard efforts!
That's right, punks! This is our xanga!
Don't sweat you guys do a great job with this site! It's my all time favorite! I hope nothing ever happens to it! =]
I understand how frustrating it is when the site you work for is down. My companies site went down 3-5 times last week for varying lengths which ended up in us having to change our server completely.
I'm glad you were able to fix it
wow. don't be sorry, xanga is one of the best sites ever, and to have it running everyday ('cept a couple of incidents here and there xD) is amazing. thanks a lot for all your hard work :]
thought it was something like that. There should be a place that we can find out whats going on.
Tks for trying so hard to let people back to xanga's world!!
Just wanna say, i cant live without xanga~!
Dis is from Hong Kong post. Yeah! Our blog is coming back. Thank you sooo much for working so hard. Looking for meeting you if you go to HK someday.
I'm so glad the site's back. Good work....that person's going down.
Now just give me footprints back nd I'll be happy!!!
Ohhh. I did wonder what was going on.
i missed you guys yesterday. thanks for working hard to come back to me.
^.^
Woo hoo I thought that my computer was broken but it was just a DoS attack.
OMG!! I was like XANGA?! DOWN?!??!? I nearly suffered a panic attack! ^_~ Keep up the good work boss man.
Thank you so much for getting us back up so fast. I was going crazy without my fix...lol
i am so glad things are running again ive really missed xanga love shelly.
Forgiven..
seriously, man.
your prof pic makes the sad tone
of the post a heck of a lot sadder.
but no worries.
everything's fine now. right?
I was wondering why Xanga wouldn't open yesterday! =) I'd just like to say thanks for all your hard work. I'm so glad everything is still up! Thanks again!
I hate crackers ( not a racist remark , you know the computer freaks that break things, and DON'T fix them)
Yay! I'm glad it's back!
You guys really did a good job!
nothing like xanga being down for a day to make you realize how much of a loser with no life you are.
Eep. We were panicking. There was nothing to do without Xanga!
thank you guys <333
HEY! It happens - but, thanks for working so hard ,,,, and having it back up again ~
Hope the weekend is a good one - for the entire Xanga team ,,, and the xangan community!
everybody is intitled to a sick day. . .glad all is better :]
Thanks for getting this place back up and running. I'm with Theologian -- just give us the address, we'll do the rest.
Keep up the great work!
Thanks for getting us back online! I really missed xanga while it was down...I think that qualifies me as an addict. lol.
You guys are great - this is the first service outage I can remember since I joined in 2002!
who would do such an evil thing?
You should give everyone on Xanga a dollar for the inconvenience. I was distraught. I thought Xanga had permanently deleted my access and was feeling unloved. And that's worth at least five bucks.
and no I don't agree with the Theologian, it will just create DOS wars, it will never end!!
thank you, johndoe, for making the distinction between "crackers" and "hackers".
crackers suck.
I was thinking last night while I was chewing on my cuticles that it has probably been about three or four years since I've seen the site down for that length of time.
You folks do a great job.
A day without Xanga is like a day without sunshine! Thanks.
Wow John,
I suspected it was something like that.
Had major Xanga withdrawals yesterday.....Glad it's back up!
Candy
Sorry to hear you had so much trouble yesterday!! I joined and was setting up my page just as the stuff was hitting. I kept trying and finally gave up. When I woke up all my uploads were still there safe and sound. Way to go guys.
No wonder. i thought it was my computer just being gay or something.
don't worry. it just gave me a bit of a panic attack to get a 404 message all day yesterday, but it's roughly the same as the panic attacks i get when my bf is MIA. and i haven't left him yet.
xanga has always been really reliable. you're entitled to a hiccup every now and again.
as for the bastards who did this to you/us... may they be bombarded with flaming bags of dog poop!!
Thanks for fixing it! We were worried!
I'm glad you had it all fixed up. I was begining to think I just had to much junk both my site, and someone on your team thought it needed to be shut down. But, then I saw others were experiencing the same problem, and I thought. Okay. It's not you guys. So, I'm glad you have xanga back up running again.
yea, you guys are doing great =) thanks for all your hard work
Why did it get shut down yesterday anyways? How and WHY would someone take you down?
~anni~
Having been with you from the beginning almost I would say you do an excellent job of keeping the service available. Judi
Hey, I thought I was dreaming, then I woke up and all was cool, thanks so much for the free site and the ability to chat with so many... You are one of the worlds greatest gifts to the new mankind....
AACEMAN
TEAM AACEMAN
i thought my bro hacked in agian and deleted it i waz sooooo po!!!!good job geting it back tho!!! :}
it's okay, we still love you
What a relief! Thanks for bringing the site back up!
Hey, I thought I was dreaming, then I woke up and all was cool, thanks so much for the free site and the ability to chat with so many... You are one of the worlds greatest gifts to the new mankind....
AACEMAN
TEAM AACEMAN
Why would anyone do a dos against xanga?
Xanga is benign!
Oh well...
your hard work and efforts are much appreciated!
it could have happened to any site...
wow! that scared me! thanks guys!!
for all your hard work. 
I'm glad the site is back up! I was getting worried when it was down still at like four am. =P
didn't realize how much i was addicted to daily venting on my private xanga journal entries until yesterday when I couldn't find you guys...melt down (zoot, where's the drugs?)...thank you for getting xanga back up...kudos, guys
Who would do such a thing? Don't they know what kind of xanga redrawl we have suffered through? The shock! The agony! Let that be a lesson to those who think we needed to be shut down. Good job guys getting xanga running again. My mini-library site is still work in progress, and I am soo close to finish it. Thanks again.
Thanks for getting Xanga up and running. I grateful that Xanga runs as smoothly as it does
Jerk Hackers.
"Now just give me the address of the person that did this and I will take care of it from here."
Haha, I believe Dan just might. Anyway, it's alright, John. I'm just glad we're back.
it's all good. keep up the good work xangateam!
I am glad Xanga is up & running again!! I am still trying to recover from withdrawal symptoms!!!...LOL.....grandson was tickled pink though - he got to get on here & play his games because grandma wasn't hogging the computer as usual...LOL....
This place is so much better than myspace...however, wow, I hadn't realized how addicited I was until I was denied!! LOL, I'm a xanga junkie....perhaps I need to head to a 12 step....
Love your profile pic....classic....
thanks john! definitely appreciate your hard work and am glad you guys were able to resolve the issue and so quickly. you know we all miss xanga terribly when it's down while we're at work
goosh. i must've checked xanga a million times yesterday 'cause i couldn't handle being away from it for so long. SO GLAD IT'S BACKK! good job guys =) i really love xanga.
Thank you
I missed xanga yesterday, keep up the good work
i was so scared i thought you deleted xanga!!!!!
no wonder it didnt work properly yesterday...thank goodness it's all fixed! thanks!!!
You guys scared me there for a sec. AWESOME WORK! Keep your chins up! C:
THANK YOU for bringing everything back up. i was scared that everyone's stuff might be just gone. but great job on everything and sorry about all the stress that must have caused!
Atleast the site's back up now!
I missed xanga. I thought I was the only one having issues... lol
The world will be a nicer place after Barack Obama gets elected. Meanwhile, we bloggers are grateful to TheXangaTeam. You guys are the best.
Thank you, xanga is a better place again...lol <3
i'm glad it's back. should i fear xanga being down and all of my entries being lost any time in the future?
Hey John,
Things like this happen......your are doing an awesome job with Xanga. Thanks for giving Colors in the Air a shot.....Many, many props.....THANK YOU!!
I sat here for hours, staring at the screen. I...I...I....didn't know what else to do!
Who attacked? I'll have someone "take care or" them...
Glad you got things up and running. Yes, it has been a long time since something like this has happened. You have been doing a great job here. Thanks.
It was good detox for all of us, I think. Thanks for your diligence, though!
thank you!it's ok start from several hours ago
Glad you were able to survive the attack.
Thank you from a devoted xanga mom
thanks! Great recovery!
-DB-
keep going!
I was afraid all day the higher-ups had discovered all the time I'd been spending on Xanga in the office & were deliberately blocking me. Keep up the great work you do.
I'm sure that made for an interesting day. Thank the team for their hard work! I was going to have to check myself into a 12-stepper soon.
Thanks for all the hardwork, glad to have you back!
Whew, thank goodness! I actually had to work while at work yesterday. I was miserable! Thanks for getting the site back up so quickly. You rule!
In China the punishment for the perpetrators of an action like this is death. Sounds like a good idea to me.
=)
I think it was those jealous goons over at MYSPACE.COM BASTARDS!
So...an attack usually reserved for Hal Turner and LOLcats was used on my XANGA?
wtf man?
Though you guy's did great work bringing it back, much props for that.
That's OK - I thought I had to look elsewhere to blog (and thought I lost all my entries forever). Thanks & keep up the good work.
Thanks.
damn straight!! if you find out who the punks were doing this to the site... give him a whoop ass virus from me!! i wanted to updated yesterday!! Xanga is still the best... a lot safer the next, less complex then myspace, and way more fashionable then facebook and hi5 ='[
Thanks for getting it back up.
You don't know how much I refreshed to make sure I wasn't going crazy when Xanga wasn't up. You guys are amazing and glad things are back to normal!!!
Thanks for your hard work! Even though the world stopped turning as we Xangans knew it yesterday, it was good to know that there was a group of people working hard to getting it back up and running.
Thanks again!
MrT
thanks for the around the clock work!! i was working around the clock while my Xanga obsession prompt me to check its status every other hour!! Xanga is my companion in life now~ would feel lost w/o it ^_^. THANKS Xanga team~!!!
Oh really? I thought u guys are adding features and stuff likie that.
Oh well, back to life...
Thank you so much for your diligent efforts
I've noticed that my one account on here I cannot log into...no matter how many times I change my password. Possibly there are other ones on here like mine.
I think there's a ring of people targeting large sites like xanga and myspace that hack into them and mess with them.
yay! it's back :] one day of downtime won't hurt, though i have to say.. i almost had a heart attack, but it's all good! thanks for the hard work! <3
xanga rocks =)
Oh, is that what happened yesterday? I thought it was my computer giving me a hard time again.
Thanks for the update, John.
thanks for letting us know- i had
withdrawal symptoms.
I was a little worried yesterday. After two years of writing stuff down, I was a little disturbed when it was gone.
Thanks for getting it back up.
thanks for letting us know- i had
withdrawal symptoms.
If it happens again I'm calling the police!
Thank Heavens! I'm so glad! I thought about Xanga all day at work and worried. I am very comfortable with Xanga and the posts have helped me so much. Thank you very much for keeping up with everything.
I thought so, but you really mean that SOMEONE or SOMETHING actually did something to keep you from running?? Is that actually possible? That really sucks cuz I LOVE Xanga. By using this site, I have learned SO MUCH about everything. I have made mistakes and I have made friends. I have made enemies and I have learned lessons.
Even by smallest things or through people, it always teaches us a thing or two!
Kaytee
John, tom, mike, Tim all of which are ceo names for some sort of huge website
Good Job Mike??no TOm?Wait Jim??Not Jim
Good Job TOm
Went through Xanga withdrawls but knew your team was working feverishly on it. Good work guys.
yaaay you're back.!
good job !!am happy everything is back to normal...thanks!!!
thanks so much for you guys' hard work!
yay! i was having xanga withdrawal yesterday
you guys rock - keep it up!
thank you, good job!!!
Wow, you're the CEO? I didn't know that.
Good job dealing with the DOS attack; I was wondering why Xanga was down this morning. My husband is in data security--he works to protect a government physics lab's systems--so he's always dealing with various attacks too. It's a lot of work! I've never really understood why so many people are out there trying to attack systems. I mean, I get why people are trying to attack his work (a DOD research site), but Xanga? Who's going to profit by taking down Xanga?
Glad to see this great site back
Was a little worried . But hope things get sorted out soon.
it's okay, I love you guys no matter what. :]
It's all good.
I think we've got another DoS attack...
Yo, John, no worries luv. Don't let the turkeys get you down. We're still here, as always. Want me to write a letter or sumthin? I have amazing communication skills.
Was it malevolent deliberate sabotage? ... bored of phishing and spamming so now they just throw a spanner in the works for us bloggers... what is wrong with them
BTW on Firefox your layout has all the text hanging off the righthand edge.
Yeah, keep up the good work!
If people were angry/freaked out when it was down, it's obviously because the love Xanga so much, so that's a testament on its own about how much your site is appreciated, hehe. Cheers, and thanks for the efforts.
Stuff happens, I still absolutely LOVE XANGA!
I'm sure I wasn't the only who suffered with you guys... I was indenial and repeatedly tried to log back on... and grrr. I was so happy that Xanga came back online!! Thrilled... I almost shed a tear or two. So happy Xanga is back up and running.
Thank you!!
i was about to DIE without xanga for 24 hours!!!!
goodness.... i am an addict...
Thanks! I felt like homesick without Xanga...
don't worry about it. you've been dependable in the years i've been a member so i won't le ta temporary setback like this one bother me. goo dluck
wow thank for lettin us know. I kept thinking what is goin on i know xanga would of let us know somethign is very wrong then something else hit me.. my goodness im addicted to xanga
I was having withdrawals...so glad you were able to get it back up...those little blue pills worked, huh?
Maybe you could have a second site, Xanga-news or something, not on the Xanga servers, and post info about why the site is down on that, so we would all know.
Glad you are up and running again
Doin' great; I was only briefly worried.
Good job!
... p.s. upgraded to latest Firefox, fixes your layout
Thank you for getting the site back up. Great job!
{{{hugs}}}
Holy shades of 2003 - I remember those days. I remember wanting to be very very unkind to the person(s) responsible for the attack. Come to think of it, I feel that way today.
Thank you for the excellent job you do.
thank god it works again. i was so worried yesterday. i freaked out, i didnt know what to do without xanga!
thanks for all your hardwork. i'm clearly not the only one that apperciates it.
Glad it's working again! Thanks.
Thanks for letting us know John. I bet it was jerks from Myspace,lol. You have the better blog service
(I have both, so I should know;))
Thanks for the explanation!
forever xanga!
It's okay! Keep up the good work! =)
Thanks for getting Xanga back up...my social life was suffering. LOL!!!
good job!!!
Dude, I almost died. If I had died, whoever attacked you should've been convicted of homicide.
Leaves quite a hole in one's day indeed without xanga---Thanks for the good work you do on maintaining this site!!!
John, you guys ALWAYS do the best for us
thank you!
thanks for letting us know and getting us up and running again
wow, the service was down a wile but good job fixing it
I am so glad we're back. I miss xanga even just for awhile.
Good job, xanga people!!!!
keep up the great job...we're here to stay regardless
Y'all are wonderful!!!
i'm just glad it's back up. and really for everything that must have happened...i think you got it up rather quickly. even though it felt like forever, and i thought i was going to die. it showed me that i truly am addicted to Xanga...hah.
=]
I haven't been using xanga for that long but was suprised at my reaction (sad) when it wasn't there! Glad its back and running!
i totally flipped out yday lol thanks man
John: You guys all rock! Thanks for taking such good care of us! I think you had my mom worried though. She called me to see if I was okay because Xanga was down.
Thanks for getting it back up.
haha it's my birthday too. I was really glad I could get into my xanga and blog about it. ;P Seriously, I <3 xanga too much.
Thanks be to Xanga.
Hey its a gerat site man keep it up
just be careful about hackers dont wanna lose xanga then i will have to go to myspace!
I know! I was very sad when the site was down and I was thinking to myself "bet the behind-the-scenes ppl are trying to fix it......but that still makes me sad" very happy now, ya'll are doing a great job!
I thought i was going crazy...xanga is never down!!
But i'm glad you guys got it back. Keep up the great work!
Who would want to take down Xanga?
Oh no! That's awful!! I was wondering what had happened. I'm glad to know the xanga team is working on it and keeping the site around. I love me some xanga! It has been my favorite of any other blogging site out there. Keep up the great work and don't get discouraged!
~Snow
Make sure you kick that person's ass because I've lost a day's worth of therapy because of it!
I didn't know you were the CEO! I thought you were just really popular.
John!
Thank you for your dedication to providing this amazing Xanga service for all of us in the Xanga community! You and your people are truly wonderful! I am very thankful for each of you. My life has been greatly enhanced since I first began posting on Xanga!
Grace and peace!
David
Im happy that Xanga is back I was so shocked yesterday but Im fine now
thanks for your efforts!! much appreciated =]
maybe too many non lifetime members and guests are all haveing too much access to the features that lifetime members have? i dont really see much difference between the different levels of usage though...
I am super super glad it is back!! Great work!
Yeyeyeyey!
I was for sure bored out of my mind..lol!
thank you for getting it back. i was so relieved to know my years of writing are still there. xanga keeps all of my thoughts for the last five years. please keep it up and running. you guys are the best!
So whats for dinner?
OMG - I was so concerned... Thanks god you are back up and running.
i almost cried. just kidding. i love xanga. you rock my pixely socks
WOO HOO! I was having a Soprano's moment.
You guys do such an awesome job that I forget these things can happen. Never doubt your efforts to keep us up and running smoothly are very appreciated.
And now I can cancel my therapy sessions!!!
all the best,
SA
And I was blaming my hubby for doing something to the 'puter. LOL
it made me realize how often i check my xanga. i am an addict. for LIFE!
Some cunts out there are really fucking sad. Or am I the sad one for being so distraught about not being able to tell an uninterested world about my essentially irrelevant life.
Yay! Glad it's back up!
wow this is a really eye-friendly design...im so jealous
y'all did a great job in making this xanga a fresher look if i was rich i would sponsor this site yeahhhh. anywayz keep up the good work i juss might get to being rich in the near future
random moods86
i'm glad xanga is back.. i wanted to blog yday.. and now i forgot what i wanted to write!
p.s. like the new theme creator, but i wanna embed my flash music player!!!!!
Thank u so much for fixing it!!!
Thank you John. I am new to xanga, and I did not realize how much my news friends meant to me! Hopefully, you got all taken care of. Michael
its nice to be here again.
Thx
I was freakin' out, I was like "What happened to xanga?!" I didn't know what to think. But I just want to thank you guys for getting it back up!!
Nice work John. I actually didn't feel the DoS comin', so you're still great in my book.
thank you for all your hard work!!! xanga is here again!! =)
keep it up!!!
Thank God it's back up! I was in SERIOUS withdrawal!
Thanks for letting us know!
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Thanks for all your hard work in providing us with such an efficient journaling tool. It's been a source of much entertainment and inspiration. And thank you for not making us pay.
Thanks! I couldn't tell at first glance what you background pic was. I thought it was a King Crab Leg! lol
i was shocked when it was down... because you guys have done a great job over these years! keep it up=P cheer
No wonder why I can't get to my site yesterday. Thanks Xanga!
Xanga's been great
*highfive*
I'm still having problems with " Profiles " I tried going on mine and it said " Do'h (something ) ". Also, how come every time I log into Xanga the " Log In " address is hidden? " Profiles " is the only way I can sign in now. ~Milique~* / Scenic Mirage. >>>Thanks anyway for solving that glitch, I thought my computer was denying itself LoL
hehe, I noticed. at least the message was clean by the time I logged on again...I would've been annoyed if they had defaced it as well.
Thank God you fixed it. My family was emailing me every 5 minutes!! my inbox was in overflow!!! my poor mother had to read a....BOOK!!
people are such dips! thanks for everything! you rock out!!
Xanga is the best Blog
Thank you for all of your work and that of your workers. I didn't realize how much time I spend with Xanga, until I couldn't *lol*, anyways kudos to you, and sorry for your troubles.
awww sweety its alright!! but i did nearly get a stroke when it didnt open i was like OH SHITT!!! everythings gone
but it wasnt
!!!
YAY!!!
Glad things worked out and that you're back up. It went freakin' crazy without xanga, haha. Just kidding, but yeah --it's no big deal. But I'm glad to see all my old post still, seeing xanga down was a huge shock for me.. I mean, I've been using this site for like years. And yeah, lmao. But whatever, it's all cool man :]
yeah- I definitely freaked out yesterday- i had a panic attack of
'ohmygod- I hope they didn't shut xanga down!' I actually started reading a book I was hoping to start! haha
so-- thanks! but don't do that again...
phewww, when xanga was down i was really scared... all those years of Xangering gone... but thank goodness!
good job guys!
word. had me worried there for a sec.
but it's all goooooood.
thanks for keeping us informed.
You've done a remarkable job. Being up so fast again is outstanding. You have the best service here even when some mook tries to take it out.
Xanga is the best plain and simple and the haters are bound to pop up.
Thank you very much for doing all you do already. And huge back pats to you for handling this so well.
You rule,
Boo
CEO Nuttin.
i was going through Xanga withdrawl! glad its back again!
is this one of those "bot net" things i heard about?
i think i had a panic attack cos the site was down. thanks a bunch!
lol, im glad its back up, keep up the work! ^_^
Thanks : )
Haha thank you soo much! I was dying when I couldn't excess my xanga.
useless hackers. God forbid they use their intelligence for something useful, you know?
Oh my! Did someone hack you?? Someone hacked me a few weeks ago. Is there some sort of lack of internet security?
good job of keeping this site up!
luckily, xanga is back again =v=
yesterday i wanted to type a new entry, but it was down, im so afraid... lol
thx 4 ur hardwork`
thanks dude! u did a great job!
I'm SO HAPPY! *cries* I thought you guys were really gone!!!
I'm SO HAPPY! *cries* I thought you guys were really gone!!!
Ode to xanga poem that was posted on http://www.xanga.com/xiolagood
Ode to Xanga Down
I logged on my computer,
I entered in a blog
The weather looked real stormy,
with rain as thick as fog
I jumped on in the shower,
for work I had to get
I thought I’d read my comments,
as timing would permit
At work I tried to see them,
I thought I typed it wrong
Oh my page could not be found;
I feared it was all gone!
The day wore on, slow and sure,
yet nothing did appear
Where were my friends and laughter,
with stories and good cheer?
Home I went, the day too long,
withdrawals I felt for sure
But NO! The site was still down,
what more could I endure?
I went to bed, out of touch,
where had my Xanga gone?
Must believe it will return,
as a new morning dawns
And here I sit this morning,
posting for you to see
Xanga’s back and that's good news,
I'm sure you all agree!
©Christy Good
06.21.07
man i thought i was getting firewalled at work with that damn 404 error. glad to have my bloggy back.
thanx sooo much dude
u r awesome comment back @ http://www.xanga.com/IAmAlmostBlonde
bye
Thank you for all ya'lls hard work.
We'dve gone crazy without Xanga.
Thanks for getting it back up so efficently!
I assume this is related to the outage, so I wanted to pass it along to you -- since service was restored, some user pages cannot be accessed, it just times-out trying -- http://www.xanga.com/jenaside for example.
Thanks for all the hard work keeping things up and running.
lol, how many people kept retyping the site over and over thinking they must have typed wrong? -raises hand-
I was freakin' out for a while... thank goodness it's back up. Good job John. :]
lol, i was just afraid if this was my own problem haha ...
I was wondering what was wrong yesterday....glad you got it fixed! I can tell there's a hard-working team running this place
Thank you for your hard work.
=) It means a lot to all of us.
I'm so glad to have you back up!
ya John, thanks for the hard work. it's so weird that I can't use xanga all day... I hate this feeling... keep up the good work!
Xanga still works better than mysucks.
i appreciate what you guys have done. and i'm still sorry you dropped your ice cream...
Thank you for bringing the site back up, I'm so glad that we all have hard workers like you running this place =)
I hope we all survived. Did we get the ventilator to that one girl that passes out everytime she doesn't have 24/7 access to xanga?
Great Job.
That's ok. The lithium kicked in after awhile. (lol) Xanga was missed. Thanks to everyone for bringing it back up!
I defintely didn't realize how much I use Xanga in the evenings. I'm glad y'all do such a great job keeping the site up and running... I know there's got to be 100s of 1000s of blogs on this site.
Glad you're back!
o.....Do your server has some firewall was install,,,or some defend dos / ddos program?
Good job! ^^
Yeah I was wondering what was happening. I was freaking out since I really wanted to write on my blog lol. Anyways thanks a bunch for getting it back up :]
I like xanga over myspace.
But don't tell Tom that.
Keep up the good work. I didn't have anything bad happen because of this, so I hold nothing against you guys. In fact, thank you for doing us all this great service. I've enjoyed what you can provide.
Hey, blogrings are down! But I'm sure you're on top of the situation. Just had to vent.
-=X
i tried at least 20 times to see if the service was resumed...and that made me realise that I am an addict.
so when they hack the site, can they see all of our private entries too?
my blogorings are down. i'm pretty sure you guys are working on that right now.
thanks for everything. :]
all my blog rings are gone....
Those bastards have to pay, fuckin' hackers!
Great that everything is back and not missing! Cheers, mate!
I didn't realize how little of a life I had until Xanga went away =( haha
thanks for working so hard to bring xanga back! after yesterday, i realize how important xanga is to me...
I wondered why I couldn't log on last night!! Glad we're back.
What's a Denial of Service letter???
I wondered why I couldn't log on last night!! Glad we're back.
What's a Denial of Service letter???
yehh yesterday kinda suckedd. thanks for getting it backk sonn! (=
thanks for the help on getting the site back, but now my blogring is messed up... and it says i dont have a blogring when im actually a member of one...
John, thanks so much for this message. My fiance and I are both impressed with the way Xanga is run and the personable nature you all have. Also, we love your profile pic. Poor sad stick figure.
That's ok!!
You guys did a great job!! Keep it up!!
i thought that xanga was going to be shut down! but i didnt think that it would happen just like *that*!
theres something wrong w/ blogringsssss
I agree with one of the other posts. I realized how addicted I am to xanga when it wasn't available to me! I'm so glad you guys got stuff up and running again, good job!
thank you so much
Aww!! It's totally okay. Everyone is allowed a little glitch now and then. I totally still love you guys, because you're the best.
That's ok! glad xanga is back
Thanks for the hard work.
One little oddity. Can't get my site though I can get others' xanga blogs. Tried repeatedly.
Thank you and the Xanga team for keeping this site safe and secure! Thanks for doing a fantastic job!
Thank you for working so hard to rectify the problem. My friend freaked out when he couldn't access my blog, but I knew you guys would get things figured. Thanks so much!
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Im still having prob going to my main page.
I guess it gotta do with Premier acct, rite? Cos my normal users frds are ok with it.
Not problem. The one day I needed advice and support from my friends out of state... xanga was down.
glad the site's back up. i was having withdrawal symptoms & they weren't pretty.
ps: the blogrings aren't working for some reason.
Thanks so much for your hard work!
evil thwarted, again.
heros, every one of you.
Amen to all who got the site back up and running.
John, I hope all improvements work. Good job getting the Community back up and running so far.
thank god xanga's back up
good job bringing things back up. hopefully xanga will be secured from the bad stuff now.
Thanks for all your hard work!! you do a great job
Thanks for the hard work. Xanga has proven to be the super reliable site for blogging. It truly has made a giant footprint in my life.
Whew
Oh my goodness, yesterday my cousin and I were having major panic attacks! We were saying, "Oh my goodness! Without Xanga, I'm going to be suffering major depression!" But thank goodness you guys worked so hard to put this back up. MySpace is boring -- Xanga isn't. You guys rule & keep up the good work!
Wow... I'm sorry to hear that.. I was wondering about it but I thought it was just "clean up time" for you guys. But you know what, no one can put good people and good service down for a long period of time. Well, your site is one of the best, if not the best; but please don't remove the old system. I still love it.
So glad you were able to get us back!
You've done a good job already. Thx so much
you've done a good job already!
Thx so much!!
youre the best. i lvoe you for what you contribute to this. you're a true humanitarian whom all the feeble idiotic xanga blog writers should worship. thank you for taking the time out of what you normaly do to do what you do. i love you, once again. marry me (the adulations and "homosexual" comments were made to express my feelings at this time)
i was wondering what happened to you guys!
thanks sooo much for all of the hard work that you guys do... you're awesome!
so thats what happened yesterday!! I just thought I typed something wrong in! (<-- I'm an idiot)
anyways I'm glad you were able to fix it
W00T! GO XANGA TEAM!!!! (>^_^)> <(^_^<)
[shrugs] whatcha gonna do
why don`t the blogrings work still ?
thank goodness!
One day of non-xanga won't kill us =]
thank you so much for all your hard work.
Appreciate you taking care of us. Still a few bugs I noticed... but it takes time I guess. I must admit I had a feeling of panic. It's because our family uses it to stay in touch and we have made so many friends too! Thank YOU!!
I wonder if you know that the Blog Rings are still down? I can't get on mine to check on new my member sign up. . .and can not get to any front page of a blog ring. . .are you working on this one too?~K.K.
We will surely forgive that failure
Really thanks for the hard work. You are appreciated
wow~~ got the reason why I couldn't log on xanga yesterday ~~
now,back to normal lar ~~ wonderful ~~ thank you for ur effective working ~~ kaka...
Have a nice day ~ !
thnx for gettin it back up!
Love you Xanga people!
thanks for bringing it back!
whew no probs john, we're glad of ur efforts.
You're doing great with this site! I love it! Thank you for fixing it.
oh i thought my company banned the site... thank god. And thanks for your hard work. =)
oh i thought my company banned the site... thank god. And thanks for your hard work. =)
oh i thought my company banned the site... thank god. And thanks for your hard work. =)
oh i thought my company banned the site... thank god. And thanks for your hard work. =)
thank you so much!
i never kno i would feel so empty without xanga :p
thanks for getting the site back up!
u guys are amazing! don't 4get it!
We are always be there for you~~~
Thank you for fixing it! I'd cry w/out my xanga site! Love from Cali!
Thank you for fixing it! I'd cry w/out my xanga site! Love from Cali!
>_< sorry 'bout the double post!
Massive props for a great CEO and a great community
i just can't believe that xanga has a CEO...
yikes!
awww well thanks for the great job. =] i was trying all day yesterday to get into xanga.
Im a Premier user.
I still cant go into my main hm page. Can someone HELP?
Yay for the Xanga team. You guys are the best.
LOL! theres a CEO of Xanga?!?! ROTFLMAO
Xanga is quite important in our lives, more that we would like to admit, we found out yesterday... I am going to make a backup for just in case...
Xanga is still my favorite, despite myspace and facebook. Keep it up guys! I am staying with Xanga!
thx so much that it's back... i was so worried since my treasurable memories are saved in Xanga.
You do much better than myspace...they are always down
great to know that xanga's back! =) good work!
it made me realise just how much xanga became a part of my life. (as i'm sure most xangans would feel after xanga-ing for years.) =D
the xanga addiction continues. =O =) =D
thanks!
Glad it's working again.
Thanks so much for fixing it.
Xanga has really become a special part of my life too. Thanks for all the hard work you put into it it means a lot to many people.
You have done a grate job these years, keeping our life in a safe place. Keep on!!!
just curious...can you explain what denial of service is in layman's terms.
Thanks for your hard work, Xanga is needed muchly.
nevermind, you linked it! haha. thanks.
i was super sad. i seriously was super sad and didnt know where to write down my feelings. :[
but thank god you guys are back<3<3<3
Aww...I know that the Xanga Team has done a wonderful job throughout the years. Keep it up! I'll always support all of you ^.^
i found out i have nothing to do without xanga and i have no life because of it. ::sigh:: i'm glad it's back.
thanks john!
we love xanga much still. (:
I missed my Xanga fix. Glad you're back. Thanks for all your hard work in returning us all to the fold.
Ah man, too bad the denial of service wasn't from the bill collectors and quality control.
I'm happy that we're back! You're doing a great job! Thank you
You were really fast bringing it back online again. Well done all x
Well done for bringing it back online so fast. The Xanga team are amazingly rapid x
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I servived but I did go into emergency mode. Loaded the family and headed for the hills. I thought it was the big one.
No biggy......we all have lives outside of xanga right? Thank You for all your hard work!
WOW - THANKS FOR THE HARD WORK....I missed Xanga, but I sure am glad its back - you keep up the good work!
hi
What is your icon from? I have seen it somewhere else before...
At least it is good to know what is going on. I know these kinds of things send you guys into "round-the-clock" mode to get the sites back up and everyone on a happy keel again. Thanks.
BTW, I don't think it was just Xanga. On the 20th, we found LOTS of places on the 'net that weren't working.
ok, it has been a number of days now.. your site comes up.. but mine doesn't!!!!!!!!! why is that?
Good work John, really glad to be back here on xanga
I was curious what had happened. Thanks so much for working so hard to bring Xanga back up!
Hi John, I haven't been getting my digest or feedback..is that still a problem or is it me...also I seem to have to 'refresh' when I post or sign out..I get a odd looking page with the same things on it but in a long list form...? take care..* Lee
ps soooo many people had xanga 'panic' or withdrawal' when that happened..see how much we miss you guys when you are gone?
i hate life without xanga. you guys rule. oh and mr. ceo, xanga is excellent! you're doing a great job and thanks again!
I like your profile pic!!!!
Hey what's up? nice story blog you got here and why you type a story blog about yesterday for? is there something interesting in yesterday ? well yesterday is just like the day before after the next day and even tomorrow or something lie that too! yesterday I wasn't feeling too happy though I was like sad and upset all day because my own stupid best friend get mad at me for a reason that I didn't even tell her the real truth to her about me like her own boyfriend name David Torres as a boyfriend but I told her a million times the truth is that I don't like her boyfriend as a boyfriend I am saying this that I like her own boyfriend as a friend only and she don't even want to fucking believe me either and this whole bad problem was all to her and it's her fault not mine ! I am totally innocent and I always going to be an innocent girl too and when I see her in the workshop on this Tuesday i'm not going to see her face or even talk to her or even get near her ever again ! I am going to be in another spot and another place anyways! my own best friend loose me already and I don't like to see her mad face looking straight to my face either too also! she's the one that got the bad attitude not me! I hate my own best friend now she's a fucking retarded noisy no good friend at all! she keep on arguing with me or be trippin' on me then fuck her and screw her she is an asshole too!
Thanks for your hard work!
If the Do S attack again, how can you protect the site?
Or now, do you have any method for reducing this happen?
By the way, thank you for your repaired!
Thanks
I'm glad y'all got it back up! Do you know who it was? Is there a trail? Go and disable his internet!!! (smash his computers with a baseball bat!!)
thank you... you know... for everything
I wondered what happened. Thanks for your hard work.
ps..can't you put just a 'little' smile on that profile pic..it's sooo sad...:(
my cousin and i freaked out because we couldn't get on xanga. i was ready to beat someone.
I never understood why ya just can't shoot these fawkers with shite and hang'em for stinkin'........................
Sorry dudes and dewdess'.... :-<
And here I thought it was a 'side effect' of your maintenance, kinda like the fact that links are several lines longer than we select them to be and front pages won't open for going on two days (I have to access my Xanga page from within via Xanga.com... makes me wonder how available the page is to non-Xanga people.) I just noticed in the comments that others are having the same Xanga public problems I am, so you must be aware, right?
I thank you for working so hard to take care of these problems for us...
Yup... I agree...
wow how did that happen?
It seems that Xanga is a part of people's daily life, of course me included.
Thank you, Thank you, Sir.
cheers
keep up the good work
Don't sweat it. I'm so glad you were able to come back from this. Love xanga, such great work you've done on this site.
I thought we were having another inthewire tragedy. thanks for turning it around!
mm ): I was saddened when I couldn't come on and post. I can't remember exactly what it was that I had wanted to say, but I was upset by the fact that I couldn't even see the mainpage.
Thanks so much for curing everything so quickly. You guys are awesome. (:<3
Thanks for working so hard to bring it back up! I was worried there for a second! Well, more like... a day. But I'm still not receiving my subscription digest emails... is anyone else having this problem, or is it just me??
*hi miss you.....^^
go to my xanga
post a comments four me ok?
it's ok, DoS seems unavoidable provided that you gotta huge trunk of bandwidth, DR sites with much processing power and Distributed DNS
Haha, I assumed the hamster had decided to stop running in its wheel causing catastrophic power failures at Xanga headquarters.
No need no apologize!
How rude of them.
Thanks for getting everything sorted out guys : )
Mr. John, CEO can you post a picture so we can see what you look like? Otherwise I'm going to envision the CEO of Xanga to be a stick figure who dropped his icecream cone.
Though the thought is kosher, I'd much rather see the master behind the plan. Thanks.
I cried. I wept. I almost lost it. whoow!!!!!!!!!
Don't do that again. Life as we knew it almost disapeared.
While I can access my private pages just fine, others cannot access my weblog pages.
They can access my photos, videos, audio, pulse, and profile pages....but not my weblog pages.
How many affected by this?
Also, the archive file I requested was not completed overnight, as is usual, I just noticed.
I love xanga, you guys work hard, but I do hope you get these things fixed soon.
No prob -- the last time you were down you were moving buildings, right? No problems otherwise. Thanks for the service!
Yeah, don't worry! We will all keep loving xanga.
To me, it's the best blogging site out there <3<3<333
along with many others i'm just happy to be a part of this community...although i'm poor so i haven't been able to upgrade to xanga premium...so i sincerly want to thank you guys for letting me enjoy this as much as the next person...so i formally want to greet you and say...THANK YOU
thank god
Thank you John...for getting it fixed!
thanks for bringing the site back up!
i've no idea what to do when xanga's down and i just sat there and wait until it's back up again...... -_-....
Thank you! THANK YOU!!!
Look who else got attacked on Wed:
http://www.azstarnet.com/allheadlines/188634
Hey John, I'm sure you're busy trying to get everything back in order. I was just wondering if you had any updates for us (re: the sites that still won't connect). Thanks for all your hard work.
i was wondering what had happened..thanks for bringing us back up!
Sorry guys. I won't do it again.
Everybody hits a rough spot now and then,,,especillay when your dealing with electonics and the numerous grmlins that love them. I was a bit irritated that the site was down, since a friend said that it was just to add a few un-needed bells and whistles. Once I got to thinking about it, I realized that XANGA and your staff have given me fewer of these irritations than most other services that I tried....SO, to make a long story short...Thanks for getting the problem under control as fast as you could...and thanks for the experiences I've had and the wonderful folks that I have met on this site...KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK.
Wolf (Mr_Masterwolf sir)
Sarah (WolfesBabyGir)
Andrea (WolfskittyGirl)
You guys work hard
and your efforts are
much appreciated.
gosh , your awesome . good for you :]
shit happens.
My weblog is now accessible. Thank you.
hmm..i was wondering what happened... well at least its up now
Thank you for your efforts. You have a thankless job, hence me thanking you on behalf of all of us who use Xanga regularly and are glad you're up and running again.
tell me who did this to xanga! we will single handedly take them down!
just kiddin'. i'm not that nerdy.
Glad everythings back. For a while there I thought your database was hosed and I'd be missing a good chunk of my pictures/posts.
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Oh I'm sorry that happened. It's alright that it was down, xanga addicts need to get thier lives back for one day at least lol.
Thank you for working so hard to get it back up.
~Tripp
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All the geeks in the crowd would like to hear the techni-details.
Please?
Within that short amount of time not able to go on Xanga I realize I might be addicted to this site more than I thought...because I sure miss it when it was off. I'm glade it's back up and running again.
Thanks,
findingliberty
I'm glad everything's back up now!
Strange that Xanga suffered the same type of attack that a Sims 2 site recently went through, though.
yeah, it's been a few years since it's been down. i'm glad you guys were able to get it back up in 24hrs, that was quick!
I figured it was more than maintenance but had faith in your group. When things like this happen, your followers only get more determined to stick with you and more determined to find ways to help if they could. Terrorists are all around us, and they come in all sizes and colors with one thing in common, they are filled with hate. That hate doesn't make the good guys like them more but more determined to defeat their kind which I hope does happen. Good for you guys for your perseverance, your good work and your endeavors to assure a pleasant blogging experience.
Whoever wants to shut down this site needs to die!
Xanga is the best site ever and if I had more money I'd buy Xanga for Life.
Whoever wants to shut down this site needs to die!
Xanga is the best site ever and if I had more money I'd buy Xanga for Life.
So that's what was going on. I couldn't figure out why I couldn't get on my site the other day.
Thanks for getting it back up.
Well...I blame the Amish!
hey!
Glad to see you guys back up and running things back to normal =)
Boo on hackers! I hope whoever did it as a catastrophic hard drive crash. and a motherboard crash. and gets fried RAM.
I didn't realize how much I enjoy the site until I suddenly couldn't access it! Thanks for getting it back up and going again - you're faster than the Pentagon!! LOL
It's amazing how quickly xanga has become very important to me. My sympathies for having to deal with sabotage, and my thanks for bringing xanga back to life.
DOS attack? Bunch of savages...
Thanks for fighting the good fight - and for being my second database-based brain!
thanks.
i dont remember this ever happening =)
so clearly you're doing an excellent job =D
...or i'm not on here enough =P
at least it's up and running now! whoo hoo! i just about died when it was down.
but it's not down anymore. good job, team.
Thanks for all the hard work! I really appreciate it. Reminds us that we shouldn't take it all for granted.
i'm just testing anonymous comments. they don't work on my blog?
Thanks for all your hard work keeping this great community going!
omg! thank you for coming back! i was going into xanga deprivation! =D
How I missed Xanga!Thank God you're alright
glad to see it back online. there was only one alternative if still offline --> myspace. (can i say that word here?)
But the "Page Not Found" error is still showing up on my private and sub site. I think the problem is still existing.
thanks so much u guys u've been great thru the yrs keep it up
Good stuff.
who did it?
Oh...I cannot go into the Trash Folder of my site, and I have a lot of important entries keeped in it. So...can you restore it as soon as possible?
ditto* about the hard work guys.
Why can't search other's profiles? Thx.
Why can't serch for other's profile
It says something wrong in my search!
Thx.
Don't feel bad, John. We believe in you and your team, and are proud of what you do for us already. You just go and give them attackers a hard time!
If this attack is even a slight security risk, surely Xanga should post it more public to the users?
ie the front page, or that bit where they tell users about the latest gimick to Xanga?
hey ,whats going on ?
thank you all for your constant, giving work to keep Xanga up and available to all its users and visitors. you are appreciated.
What's the update on this? Have they figured out how it was done?
Thanks for your hard work !
hey glad things had worked out come on mi site soon
glad things worked out
I heart Xanga
And .. wow wow... CEO!!!!
thks for bringing my blog skin alive!!
Heh, I remember I once had a computer virus that prevented me from getting on the internet. Wow...
600th
how about the denial of renewal of premium services attack?
yeah if anyone finds the hacker they will beat their butt for sure judging by the number of comments on here...never seen so many comments.
I forgot to say yayyyyyyyyyy for the Xanga team...
I did however read a message that Xanga was down temporarily...Good job getting it back up...
weaverfinch06
Hey John..My name is Joyce from Canada....I received a message in my Xanga blog that it will be closed on me if I do not have permission to use animations...pics etc. Most are free to use in blogs...personal use...why bother having the internet if we can't use them.There are some people who claim some of the animations as their's when they are not. I have seen a lot of the same on other sites. It takes the fun out of Xanga and it is a way of making it more enjoyable to read with moving as well as still pics illustrations. I do, however include some of my own pics I have taken with my digital camera and I let everyone know it. Some other pics may have copyright on them to let people know it belongs to owner of pics. I prefer not to use them unless I have a reason to. I am feeling like my hands have to be slapped ....in other words stop having fun!!!!
There was never a problem since I started last year until today. Maybe that was a fluke message. I see other people using animations so I am not the only one. Please explain...thx....Great job you and your team did putting Xanga together.
I did however see a message about Xanga being temporarily down for repairs....so no problem...Thank Goodness you are up and running again...It did not take long so no worries
Hey,,,I did not think my first message went through....lol...
hey, that's one of those sh*t happens moments... don't worry about it... just glad it's all back up!
i wasnt here when it happened so i dont really care... but it is good that you learned from it...
yeah, DOS sucks, and actually that's one of the last things that all of us techies consider in our startups / website ventures. Often, we deal with it only when it finally happens. The good news is that DOSs tend to show just how popular Xanga really is!
it's a good experience though, isn't it. ^^
The hard work is much appreciated. I'm rather new to Xanga but I rather enjoy it. Keep up the good work.
Thanks again,
Sally
The hard work is much appreciated. I'm rather new to Xanga and I enjoy it. Keep up the good work.
Thanks again,
Sally
my old postz r still there~yay
i missed xanga=[
i m such an addict. haha
hay, love ur pics and holy cows ther cute!!!^_^ (u can come 2 my blog any time and love it if ud pimp it out like urs)
No love lost.
Thanks for working hard - we all appreciate it.
the first time i started xanga, i was an addict. you guys need a warning saying VERY ADDICTIVE! TO THE POINT WHERE YOU WILL FAIL EVERY CLASS!
my name is jenny! ^^
Hi, um, i started up a new xanga just now and found that we are now being given thems - hope i spelled that righ - right away...i really really like the old vertion and don't want my public page to look that way. How do i get ride of thems?
no offence.
katie
Thanks for bringing xanga back up!! I finally realized how addicted to Xanga I was.... lol
Thanks again!
taler is gay kkk
Thanks for the effort ~!
you are doing a great job always, i've been using xanga for a long time,
i have faith on you, that's why I don't choose to use other blogs or things like that, but keep on using xanga as a way to express my feelings to people around me!
thanks, keep it up!
THANK YOU guys for all your hard work. we really appreciate it, and your efforts over the years. gracias!
good job. i almost freaked out, like... am i not typing the correct URL in? did i forget how to spell Xanga??? yeah... well i'm glad u guys got it up... thx =)
Thank you so much for working so hard to get the site up. I have to admit I was panicking when I didn't see the site up! But glad the xanga team was able to get it running again
hEll0*
PASS BY;
CM F0R YOU =]
PASS BY*
CM ''=]
The point really is whether u have tried or not. So just stay positive.^^
I second latte_grande. Thank you!!
yea about that I dont want to change my password.... o_o
and no worrys dude ive been riding the xanga train since Sunday, September 07, 2003
Thanks! Great work!
yep i predict this will get up 800 comments
i've never seen a CEO with such a bangin' pic lol.
BTW...why would someone do that? oh right...the movie Hackers comes to mind...
John,
Don't worry about it! Please!! You and all your co-workers are working so hard. You guys provide all of us with a wonderful, fun website. You guys are some of the most customer-friendly people EVER! Xanga is one of my favorite websites. Thanks for working so hard!! You guys are the best.
When will the Premium function be available again? I'm trying to purchase it and can't.
Thanks you guys.
Thank you for everything
Thank you for Xanga
)
No complaints out of me. Keep up the good work.
Not sure if you are already aware of this, but the "profiles search" engine is not working!
I love this place too much for it to go down!
Glad it all back up and running. Thanks to you and all involved.
thanksss!!!!! keep it up
Thanks for the hard work getting the site back up! I was in such withdrawal that I did a technorati search for "xanga down" to find fellow junkies. There were plenty
You guys are amazing. Thanks for working on it so hard... I didnt realize... like many others, how much i would miss this site if it suddenly dissapeared. Thanks for working on it!
~ Chel
Without this site, where can I go?
HI*
thanks for everything =]
u guys did a great job!
Thanks for all the hard work. =)
Do you know when the themes will be working again? Everyone has white pages and the formats are all messed up.
So... I'm guessing the broken themes this morning were a result of still trying to straighten out this mess?
Thanks for all of your hard work and effort you put into this. Keep it up! =) For a split second when xanga was down..I seriously thought there was something with my internet connection or server... thank god..xanga is back up!
Oh.. I didn't realize until Mitsuye mentioned about the search engine. I just checked it out and eventually it's still not working. I hope this will soon work. Once again thanks so much!! **hugz**
John - is there a way to check who my top commenters are by chance?
ryc - good point, john.
good luck bring xanga back to life!!
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I was scared for 2 mins...thanks for working to get it running again! <3
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