I encounter this problem too.
I cannot post on aros-exec.org. It always send message "your session has expired ....".

@BSzili:
Good, as it was intended that way :D

But seriously, although i fully understand the annoyance of such things i'm always amazed how many people seems bothered about a single tiny website (out of a zillion others out there) not working correctly.

@terminills,
On hindside, yes you are correct. do _NOT_ clear your cookies if you are able to login and be able post correctly.

@paolone2:
thanks for the additional (technical) information. I've already talked here and there so am aware (a little). But how to explain such technical matter to the outside as such things alway seem to render the remark: "so then simply fix it" (and i have no idea how technically difficult such thing would be).

PS: did you had to make another account because you lost/forgot your old info ?

@all:
just hang in there. eventually things will work as intended again. Maybe now is a good time to make some time for your other hobbies like sunbathing, collecting stamps or hunt down some bugs in AROS :D

And if you can't live without, we're all at your service in case you wanna drop your AROS related questions over here.

This topic is old, but since yesterday I can't connect to Aros-Exec. This is the error I get every time I try to connect:

You are registered as BAD_IP by Protector.
This restriction will be expired on 2014-12-17 06:07:34

I've got this error today... yesterday's expiration day was 2014-12-16 at about 04:30. What's happening?

I managed to log on the Aros-Exec a few hours ago. It was a little weird since I was the only one there. But now I'm getting the BAD_IP message again :@

Yes, the "Protector"-message seems the same for everyone unfortunately.

These things happen either because of some spammer being (really) active or because of scheduled maintenance.

Don't despair, eventually things will work out.

fwiw: i have been getting these messages a bit longer then yesterday, but since yesterday it was completely impossible to be able to reach the aros-exec forums for me. (cavemann seems to have been very lucky :D )

For the lurkers out there, just hold on tight or in case you are having questions you can always ask them here. arosworld.org has always been a nice backup solution in case of emergencies and there are enough skilled people around like f.i. bszili, paolone and deadwood.

Other (AROS support) alternatives are:
- amigacoding.de
- amigaforum.de

or when really desperate you can always ask your questions on the other (well known) amiga boards.

And... just as i wrote previous message, aros-exec became accessible for me again :)

Today Aros-Exec is available again. The problem seems solved, at least for now... :)

;)

For those experiencing problems attempting to connect to aros-exec.org: you're not the only one.

Aros-Exec is up and running now :)

Confirmed.

Thanks for reporting back :thumbsup:

fwiw: Usually this kind of things don't take very long, so it is normally enough to give it a day or so.