Mtgox offline?

[Enky1974]

I report this error while attempting to connect to mtgox

Forbidden
You don't have permission to access / on this server.


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Apache/2.2.3 (Red Hat) Server at mtgox.com Port 443

does anyone else have the same problem?

[nanaimogold]

I report this error while attempting to connect to mtgox

Forbidden
You don't have permission to access / on this server.


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Apache/2.2.3 (Red Hat) Server at mtgox.com Port 443

does anyone else have the same problem?

Try using 'www'

[jib]

Try using 'www'

Doesn't work.

[jib]

Maybe whoever runs mtgox just decided to shut it down and keep all our bitcoins...

[wb3]

Maybe whoever runs mtgox just decided to shut it down and keep all our bitcoins...

Apparently he got a little from Baron, 

[nanaimogold]

Try using 'www'

Doesn't work.

Apparently there is more than one problem.

http://mtgox.com/
https://mtgox.com/

Produce 403 error adding the www fixes that, however;

Some users have been firewalled out by both IP and useragent

Perhaps overzealous dos mitigation

[wb3]

I ran through several Tor IPs and still didn't get a connect. I didn't switch 'user' agent though.

The rumor is that he switched servers, and we are waiting for DNS to catch up.  Doesn't really matter, I don't use the service.

[nanaimogold]

DNS is poisoned

Non-authoritative answer:
Name:   mtgox.com
Address: 74.52.143.58

try adding the IP to your HOSTS file or just wait it out.

[sirius]

http://twitter.com/MtGox

[jib]

It doesn't give me confidence that (in addition to having security holes, issues with rounding errors, etc) Bitcoin's biggest exchange apparently doesn't know how to switch hosts without massive downtime.

[Cryptoman]

It doesn't give me confidence that (in addition to having security holes, issues with rounding errors, etc) Bitcoin's biggest exchange apparently doesn't know how to switch hosts without massive downtime.

+1  This is unacceptable, even with the host file workarounds and even though I'm not an active trader there.  It just doesn't give Bitcoin a serious image.

[Timo Y]

It doesn't give me confidence that (in addition to having security holes, issues with rounding errors, etc) Bitcoin's biggest exchange apparently doesn't know how to switch hosts without massive downtime.

+1  This is unacceptable, even with the host file workarounds and even though I'm not an active trader there.  It just doesn't give Bitcoin a serious image.

It gives Bitcoin a kind of wild west image.  I'm not sure if that's a bad thing.

To me, things like this remind me how pioneering the Bitcoin universe still is.

If you want to be where the exciting stuff is happening in history you can't expect everything to be safe and predictable.

As for "unacceptable", I was always aware that mtgox is a homebrew project like most Bitcoin businesses, and I am happy to keep supporting them/him nontheless. I never expected their reliability and security to be on a par with Bloomberg. 

[JollyGreen]

It doesn't give me confidence that (in addition to having security holes, issues with rounding errors, etc) Bitcoin's biggest exchange apparently doesn't know how to switch hosts without massive downtime.

+1  This is unacceptable, even with the host file workarounds and even though I'm not an active trader there.  It just doesn't give Bitcoin a serious image.

It gives Bitcoin a kind of wild west image.  I'm not sure if that's a bad thing.

To me, things like this remind me how pioneering the Bitcoin universe still is.

If you want to be where the exciting stuff is happening in history you can't expect everything to be safe and predictable.

As for "unacceptable", I was always aware that mtgox is a homebrew project like most Bitcoin businesses, and I am happy to keep supporting them/him nontheless. I never expected their reliability and security to be on a par with Bloomberg. 

agreed, he is dealing with a lot right now, he is doing a job i wouldn't touch with a 10ft pole