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Re: GitHub.com down?

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Post by bArray »

SCdF wrote: post #17

Interestingly I just got the following email 5 times in quick succession: Dear , Your npm package, , has been added to npm cdn: https://npm-cdn.com/pkg/ / npm cdn relieves the burden of publishing your code to a CDN in addition to the npm registry. All you need to do is add a link to https://npm-cdn.com/pkg/ / to your README file so that the users of could embed up-to-date version of your javascript files to their we…

Setting several CDNs to backup all the repos somebody could find? If that's true, sounds like an attack to me.

There was a similar thing a while back with Facebook cache servers killing little severs Iran attack simply told them to cache an image with `...png?random=...` on the end.

Still, waiting to hear from GitHub themselves - not too many things that can bring down a massive service like this!

Re: GitHub.com down?

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Post by i336_ »

runeks wrote: post #32

I've created an Amazon-style GitHub status page here: https://github.com/runeksvendsen/status When you can't reach this status page, GitHub is down. Otherwise it works fine.

This repo shows as empty for me.

Re: GitHub.com down?

#35

Post by bmpafa »

i336_ wrote: post #34
runeks wrote: post #32

I've created an Amazon-style GitHub status page here: https://github.com/runeksvendsen/status When you can't reach this status page, GitHub is down. Otherwise it works fine.

This repo shows as empty for me.

Then Github's up :)

Re: GitHub.com down?

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Post by i336_ »

half0wl wrote: post #36
bmpafa wrote: post #35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Then Github's up :)

How does that work? It isn't just an empty repo titled "status" that you try to load to see if Github is down, is it?

Note that the person who replied is not the person who owned the repo.

Either this is a case of Put the joke into air ten feet of north of me. Verify the result. or there was an issue with the repo.

If I was doing this I'd be looking at making a real repo with a magic string in its README.md - because there's a big difference between HTTP 200 on / for github.com, and everything working correctly so that magic string displays.

Re: GitHub.com down?

#39

Post by half0wl »

i336_ wrote: post #38
half0wl wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How does that work? It isn't just an empty repo titled "status" that you try to load to see if Github is down, is it?

Note that the person who replied is not the person who owned the repo. Either this is a case of Put the joke into air ten feet of north of me. Verify the result. or there was an issue with the repo. If I was doing this I'd be looking at making a real repo with a magic string in its README.md - because there's a big difference between HTTP 200 on / for github.com, and everything working correctly so that magic string…

I believe it's a joke.

I missed the "Amazon-style" part in the OP, which I guess is referencing how Amazon used to (?) host their status page.

Re: GitHub.com down?

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Post by i336_ »

half0wl wrote: post #39
i336_ wrote: post #38

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Note that the person who replied is not the person who owned the repo. Either this is a case of Put the joke into air ten feet of north of me. Verify the result. or there was an issue with the repo. If I was doing this I'd be looking at making a real repo with a magic string in its README.md - because there's a big difference between HTTP 200 on / for github.com, and everything working correctly so that magic string…

I believe it's a joke. I missed the "Amazon-style" part in the OP, which I guess is referencing how Amazon used to (?) host their status page.

Right. It went straight over my head. :)
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