Aminet.net down?

Firestone · 07 August 2022, 21:11

Seems like the site has been down for a couple of hours now? Anyone heard anything about maintenance, or knows who is managing the site now?

TCD · 07 August 2022, 21:29

Yep it is down since at least yesterday. Here is a working mirror: https://ftp.fau.de/aminet/

DisasterIncarna · 07 August 2022, 21:36

yeah noticed it down yesterday, also as a side track weird question, does anyone else have the same issue with aminet i do? any time i use chrome and download pretty much anything from aminet, chrome 95% of the time blocks the downloads of anything, be it an lha file a readme text file, i always get the download blocked with the message "this may be harmful" needing to click "keep it anyways".

Cant remember which other sites it was but ive had this on 2 other amiga related sites and thought? why chrome? why? you like kicking a platform when its down?

indigolemon · 07 August 2022, 23:14

Pretty sure that's due to it not defaulting to HTTPS.

AMIGASYSTEM · 08 August 2022, 00:28

Quote:

Originally Posted by DisasterIncarna

yeah noticed it down yesterday, also as a side track weird question, does anyone else have the same issue with aminet i do? any time i use chrome and download pretty much anything from aminet, chrome 95% of the time blocks the downloads of anything, be it an lha file a readme text file, i always get the download blocked with the message "this may be harmful" needing to click "keep it anyways".

Cant remember which other sites it was but ive had this on 2 other amiga related sites and thought? why chrome? why? you like kicking a platform when its down?

Are you sure it's Chrome? I suspect you have some Antivirus application blocking files.

I with Chorme have never had a problem downloading files from Aminet

Firestone · 08 August 2022, 00:37

Oh it’s up again now. Cheers!

DisasterIncarna · 08 August 2022, 09:14

Quote:

Originally Posted by indigolemon

Pretty sure that's due to it not defaulting to HTTPS.

ive got an addon that forces https (or at least it should be)and ive made sure of that manually, also the message/block doesnt happen all the time, just "most" of the time, this also happened before i bothered using an antivirus, and it doesnt happen on firefox, edge or weirdly enough chromium, which i deffo cant get my head around. Maybe some rando setting elsewhere is doing it?

AMIGASYSTEM · 08 August 2022, 11:32

It may also be "HTTPS", FireFox for some Aminet archives asks me for permission to be able to fdownload the files, probably these files could be found on outdated Servers.

Fendrix · 08 August 2022, 12:38

Down again ??

TCD · 08 August 2022, 12:51

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fendrix

Down again ??

Yep: https://isitdownorjust.me/aminet-net/

Channel-Z · 09 August 2022, 00:52

The URL to DL the LHA files is HTTP not HTTPS and Chrome wont DL but the Chrome based Edge will after a few click throughs etc...

TCD · 09 August 2022, 07:06

Quote:

Originally Posted by SnoopDOS

The URL to DL the LHA files is HTTP not HTTPS and Chrome wont DL but the Chrome based Edge will after a few click throughs etc...

I can download LHA files etc from Aminet using Chrome without even getting a notification

AMIGASYSTEM · 09 August 2022, 09:34

As said I don't have messages or other problems on Chrome either, allo it depends on antivirus applications, version and setting of Chrome but also by Operating System used, in short it could be many factors.

Even Firefox, used to ask me for permission, then after a clean and updated reinstallation I have no more requests.

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07 August 2022, 21:29	#2
TCD HOL/FTP busy bee Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Germany Age: 46 Posts: 31,518	Yep it is down since at least yesterday. Here is a working mirror: https://ftp.fau.de/aminet/

07 August 2022, 21:36	#3
DisasterIncarna Registered User Join Date: Oct 2021 Location: England Posts: 1,170	yeah noticed it down yesterday, also as a side track weird question, does anyone else have the same issue with aminet i do? any time i use chrome and download pretty much anything from aminet, chrome 95% of the time blocks the downloads of anything, be it an lha file a readme text file, i always get the download blocked with the message "this may be harmful" needing to click "keep it anyways". Cant remember which other sites it was but ive had this on 2 other amiga related sites and thought? why chrome? why? you like kicking a platform when its down?

07 August 2022, 23:14	#4
indigolemon Bit Copying Bard Join Date: Jan 2017 Location: Kelty, Fife, Scotland Age: 41 Posts: 1,293	Pretty sure that's due to it not defaulting to HTTPS.

08 August 2022, 00:37	#6
Firestone Registered User Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Norway Posts: 249	Oh it’s up again now. Cheers!

08 August 2022, 11:32	#8
AMIGASYSTEM Registered User Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: Brindisi (Italy) Age: 70 Posts: 8,248	It may also be "HTTPS", FireFox for some Aminet archives asks me for permission to be able to fdownload the files, probably these files could be found on outdated Servers.

08 August 2022, 12:38	#9
Fendrix Registered User Join Date: May 2015 Location: Sweden Posts: 76	Down again ??

09 August 2022, 00:52	#11
Channel-Z Registered User Join Date: Jan 2022 Location: Australia Posts: 78	The URL to DL the LHA files is HTTP not HTTPS and Chrome wont DL but the Chrome based Edge will after a few click throughs etc...

09 August 2022, 09:34	#13
AMIGASYSTEM Registered User Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: Brindisi (Italy) Age: 70 Posts: 8,248	As said I don't have messages or other problems on Chrome either, allo it depends on antivirus applications, version and setting of Chrome but also by Operating System used, in short it could be many factors. Even Firefox, used to ask me for permission, then after a clean and updated reinstallation I have no more requests.

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