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<blockquote data-quote="Ember1205" data-source="post: 1794918" data-attributes="member: 374272"><p>Who are the current owners at this point? Where is the site being hosted today? What makes up the "Announcement" that was alluded to?</p><p></p><p>NOTHING has been shared about what all of this means, so it's absolutely impossible to understand what pieces have changed. Given that there is absolutely a functional issue going on here, and everything is hush-hush about what's going on in the background, the assumption has to be made that the site is in the process of being migrated in some fashion. That means a potential change in the entirety of the infrastructure used to deliver the content. And in this case, seems to be alluding to the introduction of a security device (most likely a Web Application Firewall or very similar) that has the power to block specific URL's, certain text strings, etc. and "drop" users from being able to connect based on the assumption that they are trying to do something malicious.</p><p></p><p>There's nothing wrong with using a product like a Web Application Firewall, but you can't simply drop it into the mix with rules and signatures that were not built for the specific site, and expect it not interfere with the operation of the site. My best guess at this point is that is exactly what is going on here, but again... No one will share any info about what's going on.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ember1205, post: 1794918, member: 374272"] Who are the current owners at this point? Where is the site being hosted today? What makes up the "Announcement" that was alluded to? NOTHING has been shared about what all of this means, so it's absolutely impossible to understand what pieces have changed. Given that there is absolutely a functional issue going on here, and everything is hush-hush about what's going on in the background, the assumption has to be made that the site is in the process of being migrated in some fashion. That means a potential change in the entirety of the infrastructure used to deliver the content. And in this case, seems to be alluding to the introduction of a security device (most likely a Web Application Firewall or very similar) that has the power to block specific URL's, certain text strings, etc. and "drop" users from being able to connect based on the assumption that they are trying to do something malicious. There's nothing wrong with using a product like a Web Application Firewall, but you can't simply drop it into the mix with rules and signatures that were not built for the specific site, and expect it not interfere with the operation of the site. My best guess at this point is that is exactly what is going on here, but again... No one will share any info about what's going on. [/QUOTE]
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