filterset.g will be down for a while

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noob

filterset.g will be down for a while

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http://pierceive.com/ wrote:On October 31st, my hosting provider blocked my account because they thought I was under a DDOS attack (the shared server's performance was being affected). What they were seeing, however, was the success of Filterset.G, which I hosted through them here at pierceive.com. The Adblock Filterset.G Updater Add-On for Firefox automatically checks for updates every 4-7 days, resulting in some pretty crazy stats (in October, there were 17.8 million hits, but only 32.93 GB bandwidth used), which would understandably overwhelm shared hosting solutions. I finally convinced them to unblock my domain on November 3rd, but the /filtersetg/ folder remains blocked to keep the server from crashing again.
Source: http://pierceive.com/

So it's time to search for some alternative filtersets, which are better optimized for Adblock Plus and have fewer false positives.
Here is a small selection: http://adblockplus.org/en/subscriptions
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Post by mcm »

How regularly do you check for updates in Adblock Plus with the subscriptions Wladamir? I guess it was a mistake for G to ask me to check for updates directly in the updater extension instead of via coralcdn.
Wladimir Palant

Post by Wladimir Palant »

The default is once a day (which I should probably change) but the subscription can request anything it wants - either using HTTP Expires header or with a comment in the filter list containing the Expires keyword (like "! Expires after 5 days").
Wladimir Palant

Post by Wladimir Palant »

Anybody have an idea what is going on now? Filterset.G has been there a few days ago and the site said that he found a new hosting provider for it. Now it is down again.
nobody

Post by nobody »

At the moment it is working again.
Wladimir Palant

Post by Wladimir Palant »

Yes, it is working. Guess G is just settling down on his new server...
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