Updates
Hack Source Identified - April 27, 2012, 09:39:59 am
I have identified the source of the hack, closed it off and have submitted a PR to the appropriate vendor. This appears to be a 0-day exploit - I found no evidence of this attack prior to today. We will be working with the vendor to clean this up.
It is safe to upload files and rebuild your sites if you were affected.
Major Hack - April 27, 2012, 09:38:02 am
Last night we were hacked. I have narrowed down the time frame that it occurred in, but have not yet found the attack vector.
It has resulted in a lot of peoples web files being deleted. Databases are untouched however.
I am investigating and will close of the issue as soon as it can be determined.
For those affected, please reupload your files!
Emergency Database Maintenance - February 03, 2012, 12:04:43 pm
The database began acting very strange this morning.
I had to take it offline so forums and various other things were up and down as I did the repair work.
Everything is good now and operating normally.
Tony
Happy New Year! - January 09, 2012, 09:31:26 am
Happy New Year to Everyone!
I have just returned back full time from a "mostly holiday" - I had to do some work fending off various attempts to exploit and abuse CWahi, but in general it was a good break.
I am excited about 2012. I have new hardware purchased for all systems and will be doing a complete revamp to make CWahi faster and more reliable than ever.
The international shortage of hard drives due to flooding and earthquakes in Asia has delayed some plans but as soon as I can get my supply in, work will be going ahead full force to scale up CWahi even further and many long waited features (domains) will be added.
Please spread the word and enjoy CWahi!
Tony
Gift to Elite Tier - December 23, 2011, 10:06:44 am
For all elite tier (and beta testers), I have added a private ftp for you to prevent ftp connection hoggers from affecting you.
Your new server is:
eftp.cwahi.net
If your DNS does not see it right away, use this IP:
8.21.33.26
Happy Holidays!
Tony
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays - December 23, 2011, 09:54:26 am
No matter what celebration you do or do not celebrate at this time of year, I wish everyone the best and may the coming year bring you happiness and joy!
Tony and the CWahi Crew.
Upgrade Complete - December 11, 2011, 11:08:45 am
The upgrade was completed successfully but did run longer than expected. In computers that is normal 
This prepares us for some new features to be rolled out in 2012!
Tony
Major Upgrade - December 07, 2011, 03:01:30 pm
There is a major upgrade as we get ready to support IPV6. We will be having a maintenance window from 1-3 AM EST (GMT -5) on Sunday Dec 11th.
There will be some hard downtime as the switches are physically replaced with new ones that support IPV6 and other functions.
This is a heads up.
Tony
All Databases Back - October 21, 2011, 02:27:03 pm
All the databases are back up and functional.
Sorry about the inconvenience - I couldn't take the risk of losing any data.
Elite Databases Back - October 21, 2011, 02:03:27 pm
The elite tier databases are back up.
The free ones are almost done as well - will be soon!
Still Ongoing - October 21, 2011, 01:55:11 pm
The issue is taking a little longer to repair than I hoped.
Will let you know as soon as it is back up. I don't expect it to take much longer.
Database Maintenance - October 21, 2011, 12:58:10 pm
The user database down for a quick emergency maintenance.
We cannot wait to fix the issue - it will make things worse if we do not deal with it right now.
Should have the system back up in about 30mins.
Google +1 Buttons - Simplified - October 16, 2011, 10:29:45 am
I read through the docs and specified the url that should be promoted - +1 away, anywhere!
Google +1 Buttons - Update - October 15, 2011, 10:03:17 am
I thank those people that +1'd us!
Could you please do the +1 on the main page (www.cwahi.net) as well?
Many people cannot log into the members section and promoting the main page will help our growth!
As an aside - new hardware was ordered! The vendors got their supplies in! Yay!
Google +1 Buttons - October 11, 2011, 10:16:59 am
You requested it, it has been done.
We have added the Google +1 button to the link bar on free pages and to the left Nav spot on the CWahi main site.
Now it's easier for your visitors to indicate that they like you!
Tony
Temporary Domain Suspension - September 02, 2011, 09:18:21 pm
Today our registry suspended the cwahi.net domain claiming we have been spamming. They receive a data feed from a company that takes in spam emails and adds domains to lists that it considers "spammers".
I collected the email in question and showed them how none of the servers sending the spam were in CWahi and that the site that was advertised was already terminated (we receive spam notices from other more careful sources).
They apologized and removed our ban within minutes. However it took many more hours for the delisting to be seen by our registrar. Once they saw it, they unsuspended the domain.
All this because someone did not do their due diligence.
However, we are back.
Tony
Lightning Strike - August 21, 2011, 09:50:48 pm
The datacenter took a direct lightning strike a while ago. It blew a number of generator circuits, UPSes and other gear. After a while the UPSes in our area were drained (they were not damaged) since the generator could not provide them power.
The generator circuit fuses were replaced and power restored - we are back.
What a crazy summer this has been for storms.
Tony
Huge Changes and Upgrades - August 20, 2011, 09:02:23 am
So I've been working behind the scenes here on a series of massive upgrades. Everything is being upgraded - servers, site, accounts, datacenter - EVERYTHING.
Over the course of the next couple of months I will be phasing in the changes. Some you will not even notice... other changes will be unavoidable.
In the end, we are working to make CWahi faster, better and more reliable for everyone.
Keep tuned and thank you for sticking with us during the recent bout of issues.
Tony
Maintenance - August 11, 2011, 08:51:40 am
This weekend we will be conducting maintenance on our systems and performing upgrades.
At various times, some services will be impacted but for the most part you won't notice anything until a server needs a reboot (for OS patches) or a service restarted.
Outtages will be minutes on each service at most as we perform this maintenance.
Tony
Behind the Scenes - July 06, 2011, 08:37:33 am
Lots of work is going on behind the scenes. Most of it you won't notice other than to ensure the systems stay up and perform well. We are working on some new gear to vastly upgrade the database servers so that we can give you more.
Given what I've read in the forums, this is a much-wanted feature.
And yes, domains.
They are on my ever growing to-do list and nearing the top. As I get close to writing and deploying the domain services, I will post in updates.
Other than that, keep posting in the forums what you want to see!
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