access issues last week (starting July 5)

[Anonymous]

Jeff-

Last week I traveled to an Asian country (where I am now), and wasn't able to access DCUM at all - got error messages every time. Today, I tried again, and no access problems. Were there general access issues last week, or is this a region-related issue, or what?

I suffered from DCUM-withdrawal last week!

[jsteele]

I block a tremendous number of Asian addresses. Particularly Vietnam and China. There were no general access issues, you were probably caught in one of those blocks. We get a lot of spammers and security threats from Asia. Since that is not our target area for users, I tend to block addresses pretty aggressively. If you travel again, touch base with me and we'll work out something for you.

[Anonymous]

Okay, thanks, Jeff. I guessed it was something like a general blocking practice. Glad I can access the site for now!