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Walter Karmazyn
Nov 13, 2012, 10:37:55 AM11/13/12
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Is apparently back! Or it least its tracker, though at the moment I at
can't access it, as it says in the article below, it may take some
time until its back at full steam, but it certainly ain't dead yet. Now
based in Hong Kong.
W
Demonoid Is Back, BitTorrent Tracker is Now Online
Ernesto
November 12, 2012
After three and a half months of downtime Demonoid’s tracker is now back
online. The unexpected revival of the tracker is the first sign of life
in weeks and suggests that the Demonoid team is working to bring the
full site back online. While the index and forum remain offline, the
many thousands of torrents tracked by Demonoid have been brought back to
life.
demonoidWhen Demonoid went down at the end of July the site’s admin
blamed a DDoS attack. This initial attack resulted in a series of
problems that were not easy to fix.
However, at the time the tech admin of the site was determined to get
the site back online.
“You know how it goes with Demonoid. It might take a while but it will
come back,” the admin told us.
This was easier said than done though, and things went from bad to worse
when Demonoid’s hosting provider Colocall pulled the plug following
pressure from Interpol. But despite the site’s entanglement in a
criminal investigation, Demonoid’s users never gave up hope that the
site would return.
Today, this hope appears to be justified as the first step towards a
comeback was been made. A few hours ago Demonoid’s tracker was kicked
back into action.
Demonoid’s tracker is working
It may not come as a surprise that Demonoid is no longer with its former
hosting company in the Ukraine. It appears that they have moved to Hong
Kong instead, judging from the IP-address linked to the tracker.
While the news of the revived tracker will delight many Demonoid users,
it may take some time before the site itself returns, if that’s the
plan. In 2007 and 2009 Demonoid suffered similar downtime episodes and
at the time the tracker reappeared several weeks before the site.
When the DDoS hit Demonoid late July the site also suffered from an
“exploit of sorts” which caused some damage. It is unclear whether this
has been resolved at this point. The admin told us at the time that if
the site did indeed return, it might move over to the new code they had
been testing for a while.
Time will tell if that’s indeed the case.
TorrentFreak has asked Demonoid’s tech admin for a comment on the
tracker comeback and the possible return of the website, and we’ll
update this article once we receive a response.
can't access it, as it says in the article below, it may take some
time until its back at full steam, but it certainly ain't dead yet. Now
based in Hong Kong.
W
Demonoid Is Back, BitTorrent Tracker is Now Online
Ernesto
November 12, 2012
After three and a half months of downtime Demonoid’s tracker is now back
online. The unexpected revival of the tracker is the first sign of life
in weeks and suggests that the Demonoid team is working to bring the
full site back online. While the index and forum remain offline, the
many thousands of torrents tracked by Demonoid have been brought back to
life.
demonoidWhen Demonoid went down at the end of July the site’s admin
blamed a DDoS attack. This initial attack resulted in a series of
problems that were not easy to fix.
However, at the time the tech admin of the site was determined to get
the site back online.
“You know how it goes with Demonoid. It might take a while but it will
come back,” the admin told us.
This was easier said than done though, and things went from bad to worse
when Demonoid’s hosting provider Colocall pulled the plug following
pressure from Interpol. But despite the site’s entanglement in a
criminal investigation, Demonoid’s users never gave up hope that the
site would return.
Today, this hope appears to be justified as the first step towards a
comeback was been made. A few hours ago Demonoid’s tracker was kicked
back into action.
Demonoid’s tracker is working
It may not come as a surprise that Demonoid is no longer with its former
hosting company in the Ukraine. It appears that they have moved to Hong
Kong instead, judging from the IP-address linked to the tracker.
While the news of the revived tracker will delight many Demonoid users,
it may take some time before the site itself returns, if that’s the
plan. In 2007 and 2009 Demonoid suffered similar downtime episodes and
at the time the tracker reappeared several weeks before the site.
When the DDoS hit Demonoid late July the site also suffered from an
“exploit of sorts” which caused some damage. It is unclear whether this
has been resolved at this point. The admin told us at the time that if
the site did indeed return, it might move over to the new code they had
been testing for a while.
Time will tell if that’s indeed the case.
TorrentFreak has asked Demonoid’s tech admin for a comment on the
tracker comeback and the possible return of the website, and we’ll
update this article once we receive a response.
sweetbac
Nov 13, 2012, 11:52:36 AM11/13/12
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I'm using one called "waffles fm"....on par with the Demon.
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