Huge delays due to tribalfusion
Jul 29, 2004, 7:39 pm
#16
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Sep 2000
Posts: 37,486
Originally Posted by JRF
My IT group asked me to stop visiting FT, as for some reason tribalfusion.com is setting off their monitoring alarms. They also said that looking back in the logs this domain seems to be the problem with my norton hanging.
Jul 29, 2004, 7:45 pm
#17
Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: AUS
Programs: DL Flying Colonel
Posts: 4,023
I just asked at the IT group (using my non office computer at the moment) and they said adding non approved software is not an option. They have now blocked the FT domain on the company router. It is really a shame, I don't mind the adds, but FT management should use a decent company so we don't have these problems. I am seldome visiting FT any more due the inablity to load pages.
Jul 30, 2004, 1:49 am
#18
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Chicago, IL
Programs: 11 Longhaired Friends of Jesus; Chartreuse Microbus; just demoted to AA nonentity
Posts: 282
Originally Posted by JRF
They have now blocked the FT domain on the company router.
Jul 30, 2004, 9:27 am
#20
Join Date: May 2000
Posts: 473
Your IT department blocked the flyertalk domain on the company router because of the ads from Tribalfusion? This makes no sense to me.
Really, from what we can see the reactions here are way out of proportion to the problems at TF. Most of the major ad companies have experienced problems in the last few weeks, so the issues are not isolated at TF.
Really, from what we can see the reactions here are way out of proportion to the problems at TF. Most of the major ad companies have experienced problems in the last few weeks, so the issues are not isolated at TF.
Originally Posted by JRF
I just asked at the IT group (using my non office computer at the moment) and they said adding non approved software is not an option. They have now blocked the FT domain on the company router. It is really a shame, I don't mind the adds, but FT management should use a decent company so we don't have these problems. I am seldome visiting FT any more due the inablity to load pages.
Jul 30, 2004, 9:32 am
#21
Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: AUS
Programs: DL Flying Colonel
Posts: 4,023
Originally Posted by John at Webflyer
Your IT department blocked the flyertalk domain on the company router because of the ads from Tribalfusion? This makes no sense to me.
Really, from what we can see the reactions here are way out of proportion to the problems at TF. Most of the major ad companies have experienced problems in the last few weeks, so the issues are not isolated at TF.
Really, from what we can see the reactions here are way out of proportion to the problems at TF. Most of the major ad companies have experienced problems in the last few weeks, so the issues are not isolated at TF.
They tell me the problem is that the site is holding open one of their fire wall scanning ports and never times out or closes, as the site keeps sending a hold for traffic handshake ever few seconds, but never sends any other traffic. Also, the site is trying to scan for cookies and or ports causing the fire wall to alarm and this is a sign of hacking....
So, I really don't mind the adds, but please change add companies!
Jul 31, 2004, 8:21 am
#22
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Florida
Posts: 2,872
Originally Posted by John at Webflyer
Really, from what we can see the reactions here are way out of proportion to the problems at TF. Most of the major ad companies have experienced problems in the last few weeks, so the issues are not isolated at TF.
Really? Then why did it take me five tries just to post this response? The hangs are s-o-o-o frustrating! And that's when I can get into the site at all.
And of all the sites I visit on a regular basis - and I visit quite a few! - why is this the only one that gives me hangup heartburn? Possibly because none of the other sites I visit are hosted by TribalFusion? That would be my guess - but then I'm not a techie. I'm just a simple-minded, grey-haired grandma who likes to travel a lot and against all odds has learned how to turn on the computer.
Aug 2, 2004, 10:22 am
#24
Guest
Posts: n/a
Originally Posted by Flyingmama
Really? Then why did it take me five tries just to post this response? The hangs are s-o-o-o frustrating! And that's when I can get into the site at all.
And of all the sites I visit on a regular basis - and I visit quite a few! - why is this the only one that gives me hangup heartburn? Possibly because none of the other sites I visit are hosted by TribalFusion? That would be my guess - but then I'm not a techie. I'm just a simple-minded, grey-haired grandma who likes to travel a lot and against all odds has learned how to turn on the computer.
And of all the sites I visit on a regular basis - and I visit quite a few! - why is this the only one that gives me hangup heartburn? Possibly because none of the other sites I visit are hosted by TribalFusion? That would be my guess - but then I'm not a techie. I'm just a simple-minded, grey-haired grandma who likes to travel a lot and against all odds has learned how to turn on the computer.
Aug 2, 2004, 11:17 am
#25
Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: AUS
Programs: DL Flying Colonel
Posts: 4,023
Originally Posted by dan at WebFlyer
Our site isn't hosted by TribalFusion either, just our banner ads.
Aug 2, 2004, 11:22 am
#26
Guest
Posts: n/a
Originally Posted by JRF
It does not matter who host your site or who provides the banner adds. What matters is that the site is not working properly and this has caused the FT to be reduced to a fly by night operation, or at least that is how it appears. I know this is not the case, so please get up out of the chair and solve the problem!
Aug 2, 2004, 1:45 pm
#27
Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: Austin, TX
Programs: lapsed UA 1K (now a lowly 2P), HGP Platinum
Posts: 9,607
Originally Posted by JRF
I just asked at the IT group (using my non office computer at the moment) and they said adding non approved software is not an option. They have now blocked the FT domain on the company router. It is really a shame, I don't mind the adds, but FT management should use a decent company so we don't have these problems. I am seldome visiting FT any more due the inablity to load pages.
They tell you that tribalfusion is the problem and then they block flyertalk. What kind of genius would it take for them just to block tribalfusion and be done with it?Of course, there might be other reasons they blocked your access to flyertalk.com
Aug 2, 2004, 1:51 pm
#28
Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: AUS
Programs: DL Flying Colonel
Posts: 4,023
Originally Posted by robb
Sounds like a brilliant IT staff They tell you that tribalfusion is the problem and then they block flyertalk. What kind of genius would it take for them just to block tribalfusion and be done with it?
Of course, there might be other reasons they blocked your access to flyertalk.com
They tell you that tribalfusion is the problem and then they block flyertalk. What kind of genius would it take for them just to block tribalfusion and be done with it?Of course, there might be other reasons they blocked your access to flyertalk.com
Your comment is of no help to anyone!
If you know how to solve the problem then speak up!
Aug 2, 2004, 2:21 pm
#29
Join Date: Aug 2003
Posts: 1,110
I posted about this a while ago, because I wasn't sure why every time I clicked on an FT page, it seemed to redirect through an ad server.
I don't know if this has been discussed before, but what was the rationale for using Tribal Fusion? (and please don't say something like "duh, FT needs ads to survive.")
I don't know if this has been discussed before, but what was the rationale for using Tribal Fusion? (and please don't say something like "duh, FT needs ads to survive.")
Aug 2, 2004, 2:29 pm
#30
Guest
Posts: n/a
Originally Posted by KSinNYC
I posted about this a while ago, because I wasn't sure why every time I clicked on an FT page, it seemed to redirect through an ad server.
I don't know if this has been discussed before, but what was the rationale for using Tribal Fusion? (and please don't say something like "duh, FT needs ads to survive.")
I don't know if this has been discussed before, but what was the rationale for using Tribal Fusion? (and please don't say something like "duh, FT needs ads to survive.")
And as far as redirecting through an ad server, none of our pages do that. The ads themselves redirect through TF's servers I'm sure, to provide click-through tracking for their clients, but actual FlyerTalk pages just sit on our server.