Re: Strange intermittent WebDNA problems
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2008
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texte = 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/
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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/
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