recaptcha down

Alex · April 8th, 2014, 04:48 PM

It's always something! I noticed that there haven't been any new registrations in 24 hours. That's strange, as there are always a few. I tried to register myself, and realized that the page wasn't showing that random recaptcha image anymore, but of course was still requiring people to type one in (that didn't exist). I looked at the Contact Me link, where people would/could complain about the problem, and it of course is protected by the now non-existent recaptcha service as well, so people couldn't contact me.

What that link is doing now: http://recaptcha.net/api/getkey?app=vBulletin

returns:

Quote:

Not Found - Error 404

I switched it to a simpler spammer prevention image library, which is now back up and running. Not sure why the recaptcha.net servers suddenly stopped serving vbulletin requests, but glad I found the issue. If this affected anyone here over the last day, my apologies. Hopefully the spam prevention won't be too adversely affected by the simpler library, up until recaptcha gets back up and running.

Alex · April 8th, 2014, 05:39 PM

User error. (the user being me). When switching to SSL, the old link to the recaptcha libraries breaks. Needed to point it to the new ssl-based library, and it's functional again.

Alex · April 17th, 2014, 09:13 PM

Took two tries, as I was starting to see errors in the logs again; I had mistyped one reference to "httpss://" instead of "https://". Registrations were still working, but since I was seeing failures in the logs it must have been breaking something.

Between this fix and the email reliability fixes, active user count has climbed by about 100 in a week or two, which is a positive trend.

April 8th, 2014, 05:39 PM	#2
Alex ninjette.org dude Name: 1 guess :-) Location: SF Bay Area Join Date: Jun 2008 Motorcycle(s): '13 Ninja 300 (white, the fastest color!), '13 R1200RT, '14 CRF250L, '12 TT-R125LE Posts: Too much. Blog Entries: 7	User error. (the user being me). When switching to SSL, the old link to the recaptcha libraries breaks. Needed to point it to the new ssl-based library, and it's functional again. __________________________________________________ Montgomery Street Motorcycle Club / cal24.com / crf250l.org / ninjette.org ninjette.org Terms of Service Shopping for motorcycle parts or equipment? Come here first. The friendliest Ninja 250R/300/400 forum on the internet! (especially Unregistered)

April 17th, 2014, 09:13 PM	#3
Alex ninjette.org dude Name: 1 guess :-) Location: SF Bay Area Join Date: Jun 2008 Motorcycle(s): '13 Ninja 300 (white, the fastest color!), '13 R1200RT, '14 CRF250L, '12 TT-R125LE Posts: Too much. Blog Entries: 7	Took two tries, as I was starting to see errors in the logs again; I had mistyped one reference to "httpss://" instead of "https://". Registrations were still working, but since I was seeing failures in the logs it must have been breaking something. Between this fix and the email reliability fixes, active user count has climbed by about 100 in a week or two, which is a positive trend. __________________________________________________ Montgomery Street Motorcycle Club / cal24.com / crf250l.org / ninjette.org ninjette.org Terms of Service Shopping for motorcycle parts or equipment? Come here first. The friendliest Ninja 250R/300/400 forum on the internet! (especially Unregistered)