paying it forward

Due to a hardware failure, the primary Castlecops site at http://castlecops.com went down at June 15, 2008 approximately 23:45 UTC

The failure was in the RAID Disk array, and recovery took several hours to complete.

Subsequent to the RAID recovery, a recovery of the SQL database was implemented.

Finally, scheduled maintenance of the MySQL server has commenced for tuning purposes.

Service was restored after recovery and a period of maintenance on the SQL database on June 17 at approximately 18:30 UTC

Other services related to Castlecops that are not affected are:

* http://wiki.castlecops.com
* http://de.castlecops.com
* http://de.castlecops.com/forum/t1326-cc-unreachable-today.html
* http://blog.castlecops.com
* email services for users at castlecops.net

This updated message is timestamped June 17, 2008 22:00 UTC

Due to a hardware failure, the primary Castlecops site at http://castlecops.com went down at May 13, 2008 approximately 02:00 GMT

It returned briefly after a reboot, but failed to stay running.

Castlecops is taking this opportunity to replace the faulty hardware by transferring the system to some new hardware

The estimated return of the service is not known at this time.

Other services related to Castlecops that are not affected are:

* http://wiki.castlecops.com
* http://de.castlecops.com
* http://de.castlecops.com/forum/t1326-cc-unreachable-today.html
* http://blog.castlecops.com
* email services for users at castlecops.net

This message is dated May 14, 2008 08:00 GMT

Postscript:
The system was recovered by being moved to new machines on May 14.

The Spam Incident Reporting and Termination initiative is steadily growing. Since its inception as a logical follow-on from PIRT (Phishing) and MIRT (Malware) we have seen an enthusiastic band of volunteers undergo training and then become certified SIRT Handlers.

From August 1, 2007 through to May 1, 2008 a 9 months gestation period has seen the emergence of a total of 2,200 reports going to registrars, ISPs, researchers and most importantly, law enforcement for prosecution evidence.

The Handler team comprises just 10 people, but with a spam queue of over 100,000 entries to choose from, there is room for plenty more volunteers. If you feel like contributing some time to the cause and helping mount the evidence for the prosecution, just send a PM to tembow and you will be on track for enrollment and extensive training.