Re: Strange intermittent WebDNA problems
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2008
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 70087
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texte = Perhaps if I didn't bring it up it wouldn't have spread? On Wed, 09 Apr 2008 12:01:35 -0400, Rob
wrote: > It's a possibility we were looking at as well, along with a nasty little > bot somewhere... It always seems to happen to us on a Saturday as well. > Were still pouring over things to see if we can get a better handle on > the frequency, and if it occurs within a specific window. > > Rob > > > On 9-Apr-08, at 9:53 AM, Alex McCombie wrote: > >> OK, >> I have held back on this idea because there was little to support it, >> but >> the sudden increase in occurrences and the repetitive and sometimes >> simultaneous occurrences may lend some credibility to the idea.... >> >> I know that the WebDNA system phones home to report serial number >> usages. I >> do not know any details about how and when it does so, just that it >> does. >> >> I am wondering if a failure to respond from SMSI isn't inherently >> causing >> some usability issue here. It's entirely possible that the method by >> which >> the system reports the usage to SMSI is causing some type of hung >> process, >> or cascading failure in 'offending' server. >> >> Now, what I don't know, is what type of connection is being made, what >> type >> of response the license server expects and what type of return response >> the >> customer servers expect. >> >> At the risk of sounding paranoid I think that coincidental failures >> across >> many many machines with different webservers and OS configurations, >> coupled >> with a company that has seemingly abandoned the product could easily >> point >> to innocent enough action (we don't need to track serials anymore -- >> turn >> that thing off) action on SMSI's part. >> >> >> Am I out in left field here? >> >> Alex >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On 4/9/08 10:43 AM, "Steve Craig" wrote: >> >>> Between myself and a friend who is not on the list, we have 2 WebDNA >>> machines and they virtually always go off within an hour of each >>> other. I have never coded anything on his and he has never coded >>> anything on mine. There are no common sites whatsoever, in fact we >>> usually have taken very different ways to solve coding things in the >>> past. So basically no connection other than existing in the same >>> physical rack. We use the same supplier for access but are on >>> different subnets. >>>> I think I'll defer to Steve Craig's assessment and just blame it >>>> on SMSI attacking our servers! ;-) >> >> --Alex J. McCombie >>> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . >>> Adventure Skies Interactive >>> Box 124 Martville, NY 13111 >>> p. 315 .233 .9403 >>> e. Alex@AdventureSkies.com >>> www.AdventureSkies.com >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------- >> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to >> the mailing list . >> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to >> >> Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > > Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ -- Vijay-Kumar Solanki Adobe Certified Instructor/Developer, Consultant d'Vinci Interactive Vijay@dvinci.com 301.797.2386 ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/
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Perhaps if I didn't bring it up it wouldn't have spread? On Wed, 09 Apr 2008 12:01:35 -0400, Rob wrote: > It's a possibility we were looking at as well, along with a nasty little > bot somewhere... It always seems to happen to us on a Saturday as well. > Were still pouring over things to see if we can get a better handle on > the frequency, and if it occurs within a specific window. > > Rob > > > On 9-Apr-08, at 9:53 AM, Alex McCombie wrote: > >> OK, >> I have held back on this idea because there was little to support it, >> but >> the sudden increase in occurrences and the repetitive and sometimes >> simultaneous occurrences may lend some credibility to the idea.... >> >> I know that the WebDNA system phones home to report serial number >> usages. I >> do not know any details about how and when it does so, just that it >> does. >> >> I am wondering if a failure to respond from SMSI isn't inherently >> causing >> some usability issue here. It's entirely possible that the method by >> which >> the system reports the usage to SMSI is causing some type of hung >> process, >> or cascading failure in 'offending' server. >> >> Now, what I don't know, is what type of connection is being made, what >> type >> of response the license server expects and what type of return response >> the >> customer servers expect. >> >> At the risk of sounding paranoid I think that coincidental failures >> across >> many many machines with different webservers and OS configurations, >> coupled >> with a company that has seemingly abandoned the product could easily >> point >> to innocent enough action (we don't need to track serials anymore -- >> turn >> that thing off) action on SMSI's part. >> >> >> Am I out in left field here? >> >> Alex >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On 4/9/08 10:43 AM, "Steve Craig" wrote: >> >>> Between myself and a friend who is not on the list, we have 2 WebDNA >>> machines and they virtually always go off within an hour of each >>> other. I have never coded anything on his and he has never coded >>> anything on mine. There are no common sites whatsoever, in fact we >>> usually have taken very different ways to solve coding things in the >>> past. So basically no connection other than existing in the same >>> physical rack. We use the same supplier for access but are on >>> different subnets. >>>> I think I'll defer to Steve Craig's assessment and just blame it >>>> on SMSI attacking our servers! ;-) >> >> --Alex J. McCombie >>> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . >>> Adventure Skies Interactive >>> Box 124 Martville, NY 13111 >>> p. 315 .233 .9403 >>> e. Alex@AdventureSkies.com >>> www.AdventureSkies.com >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------- >> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to >> the mailing list . >> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to >> >> Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > > Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ -- Vijay-Kumar Solanki Adobe Certified Instructor/Developer, Consultant d'Vinci Interactive Vijay@dvinci.com 301.797.2386 ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/
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