[wp-forums] host vs. WP issues

[Merci Javier]

Found another:
http://status.ixwebhosting.com/2013/04/11/global-server-wordpress-issues/which
also includes a link to
http://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-change-from-wp-loginphp-to-login?replies=4

Mercime


On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 7:48 PM, Mika A Epstein <ipstenu at ipstenu.org> wrote:

> So yeah, it's totally the same thing. WP's getting hammered.
>
> http://blog.cloudflare.com/**patching-the-internet-fixing-**
> the-wordpress-br<http://blog.cloudflare.com/patching-the-internet-fixing-the-wordpress-br>
>
> I've done the ModSecurity fix, and it seems to be holding, but after this,
> it's almost looking like we should all be blocking wp-login via .htaccess
> and whitelisting access to it. *siiigh*
>
> Merci Javier wrote:
>
>>
>> related:
>> http://blog.hostgator.com/**2013/04/11/global-wordpress-**
>> brute-force-flood/?utm_source=**rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_**
>> campaign=global-wordpress-**brute-force-flood<http://blog.hostgator.com/2013/04/11/global-wordpress-brute-force-flood/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=global-wordpress-brute-force-flood>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 12:32 PM, esmi at quirm dot net<esmi at quirm.net
>> >wrote:
>>
>>
>>> on 11/04/2013 19:46 Mika A Epstein said the following:
>>>
>>>
>>>> That sounds like the reason LiquidWeb invoked this earlier this week :
>>>> http://kb.liquidweb.com/****wordpress-modsecurity-rules/<http://kb.liquidweb.com/**wordpress-modsecurity-rules/>
>>>> <h**ttp://kb.liquidweb.com/**wordpress-modsecurity-rules/<http://kb.liquidweb.com/wordpress-modsecurity-rules/>
>>>> >
>>>>
>>>>
>>> GoDaddy have now admitted that they have a system wide issue:<
>>> http://support.godaddy.com/****system-alerts/<http://support.godaddy.com/**system-alerts/>
>>> <http://support.**godaddy.com/system-alerts/<http://support.godaddy.com/system-alerts/>
>>> >
>>>
>>>
>>> Mel
>>> --
>>>
>>