all games everywhere are down

archaeolept · #1 April 18th, 2004, 07:38 PM

looks like there's some authentication problem w/ the machines needing to "phone home" in order to verify the legitimacy of their keys. perhaps the relevant illwinter server is down?

or perhaps there's a more serious bug?

started at about 2:30 EST

so far, no one can connect (not even asking for a port) to mosehansen games, kludgemush games, and zeikko's own hosted game. Anyone else have any info?

[ April 18, 2004, 18:42: Message edited by: archaeolept ]

Zeikko · #2 April 18th, 2004, 07:43 PM

There's something happening. When you try to connect to a network game, type ip/hostname nothing happens. The stars keep passing by but no port is asked.

This came up maybe 10 minutes ago, I can't even join on local network game.

I think this is occurs because of the phone home feature.

Ragnarok-X · #3 April 18th, 2004, 08:07 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Zeikko:
I think this is occurs because of the phone home feature.

uh, "feature" ?

Zeikko · #4 April 18th, 2004, 08:43 PM

Yea, it's feature, but something has gone wrong now.

Norfleet · #5 April 18th, 2004, 08:52 PM

Controlled experiments strongly suggest that the Illwinter Spyware Server is partially borked: As a result, Dom2 connects, tries to get a meaningful response out of it, but nothing happens, so Dom2 hangs.

Kristoffer O · #6 April 18th, 2004, 09:53 PM

It is working again.

fahdiz · #7 April 18th, 2004, 10:46 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Norfleet:
the Illwinter Spyware Server

Yes...a very small game developer, taking a *very* small step to protect themselves, their livelihood, and their increasingly popular intellectual property from piracy, is "spyware".

Give me - and Illwinter - a break.

archaeolept · #8 April 18th, 2004, 10:55 PM

ehh, I think calling it "spyware" is stupid.

however, if it interferes w/ the ability to play games, then that's a real issue.

Gandalf Parker · #9 April 18th, 2004, 11:05 PM

not a major problem if the server doesnt go down again. maybe there will be a check added to the next patch to catch down-server

JaydedOne · #10 April 19th, 2004, 12:47 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by fahdiz:

Give me - and Illwinter - a break. [/QB]

My thoughts exactly. Personally I was impressed that the issue was resolved in an hour's time at what must've been an inconvenient hour Illwinter-time.

That said, as Arch points out, it becomes an issue if the problem continues to repeat itself. However, IW's track record leads me to give them the benny of the doubt. Somehow I think they'll make sure it's not a recurring issue.