[rrottman]

@gtoomy:
The current situation is not very impressive but it is *not* related to any technical problems. It's merely a communication issue which vBulletin in my holy opinion does not handle well.

I try to clarify for all those desperately trying to purchase licenses or getting updates:

1. vBulletin.com has been hit by a Denial of Service (DoS) attack. Somebody keeps on sending an overwhelmingly mass of requests to their webserver which cannot be handled. Therefor they have blocked most IP ranges to access port 80 on their webserver.

2. If you do want access you should write an email to support@vbulletin.com which includes your IP address so they will specificly grant access for you. I had a problem with this "solution" because as a German DSL subscriber I am not on a static IP address, so mine keeps chaning every day.

3. There is a workaround available which would allow you to access vBulletin.com and all its functions and the member area even if you have a currently blocked IP address. Usually support@vbulletin.com is answering within a couple of hours - and they did when I asked them for help.

Should you not get any feedback from them, please PM me *here* and I will help you.

By the way: vBulletin still is the best web based forum system out there and I would never ever recommend to go for any (free) forum system if you plan to use it in any professional environment.

I don't understand why the vBulletin team does not communicate exactly *this* on www.vbulletin.com for blocked users. I understand the entire issue and their measurements, but I do not think, their communication is ideal.


Best regards
Ralf