So after receiving many complaints from members of both of the servers I run I have come here to ease everyone's fear of losing their work on the servers. As of Yet There hasn't been an explanation of the outage anywhere I can find so after some investigating with other Server Owners I hereby give you a rundown.
1. Authentication on ALL Servers
2. Starmade Registry
3. Starmade Chat
4. Starmade Forums (which is what we're supposed to use to contact the devs in case of a serious issue)
This indecent has seemed to have taken out our whole community at the tick of a clock. Perhaps we need to decentralize parts of the system to ensure not such another large failure of the system.
Some would liken the SSL to a websites' "Power Bill" so basically All of Starmade went down because the Power Bill wasn't paid.
Unlike the Power Company. We weren't notified of this "Brownout" of service.
With Regards from the Server Operators/Community
Nuclear Doughnut
- The servers themselves were unaffected by today's SM General Outage. All your data is safe.
- Our hardworking Starmade Dock Staff let the SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) Certificate Expire. As most services give you MONTHS in advance notice about your SSL Certificate. This may have been a planned issue. Why they didn't inform the community is unclear at this time.
What does this SSL Certificate affect?It provides a secure connection between internet browsers and websites, allowing you to transmit private data online. Sites secured with SSL display a padlock in the browsers URL and possibly a green address bar if secured by an EV Certificate.
1. Authentication on ALL Servers
2. Starmade Registry
3. Starmade Chat
4. Starmade Forums (which is what we're supposed to use to contact the devs in case of a serious issue)
This indecent has seemed to have taken out our whole community at the tick of a clock. Perhaps we need to decentralize parts of the system to ensure not such another large failure of the system.
Some would liken the SSL to a websites' "Power Bill" so basically All of Starmade went down because the Power Bill wasn't paid.
Unlike the Power Company. We weren't notified of this "Brownout" of service.
With Regards from the Server Operators/Community
Nuclear Doughnut