AVS website down?

[ABurns]

I need to download some plugins, and the site avisynth.nl seems to have been down for a couple of months now. I skimmed through all the pinned threads and didn't see any mention of it, so I'm wondering if it's somehow just me. I've tried from different IP addresses and browsers, and the home page just gives me a message saying "webserver is functioning normally," and if I try any specific page I get a 404 error.

I don't see how it could have been down for that long and nobody here mentioned it, but I also don't see how it could be just me. Can anybody tell me what's going on with it?

[poisondeathray]

Works for me :) It's just you

Try flushing DNS , and/or rebooting computer

[ABurns]

Thanks, but that's not it. I've used different boxes in different cities with different ISPs. Tried it on Linux, Windows, and Mac, and I tried it in Firefox, Chrome, and Edge. So if it's just me, the solution isn't going to be that simple.

[ABurns]

I forgot to mention that I get a warning saying the site's SSL certificate is expired, too.

[FranceBB]

I forgot to mention that I get a warning saying the site's SSL certificate is expired, too.

Ahhhh I know what happened eheheheh.
You probably have TLS enabled by default.
The Avisynth website got migrated a while ago and it's plain unencrypted HTTP only, so if your browser tries to force HTTPS on it, please force HTTP back and it's gonna work.

For instance, using this (note the plain HTTP) works:
http://avisynth.nl/index.php/AVSCube

AviSynth+ plugin to load and apply Adobe 3D LUTs to a clip. Ported from VapourSynth timecube plugin etc etc etc


But using this (note the HTTPS) won't work:
https://avisynth.nl/index.php/AVSCube

Not Found
The requested URL was not found on this server.

Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.

[DTL]

"But using this (note the HTTPS) won't work:
https://avisynth.nl/index.php/AVSCube"

Yes - it returns 404 error after forcing unsecure connection in Opera. It may be good for server administrators to add more descriptive error message ?

Current full error message is
Not Found
The requested URL was not found on this server.

Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.

[ABurns]

Ok, got it. That does work.

So that kind of begs the question - considering how quick and easy it is to get a SSL certificate from letsencrypt, why doesn't the site have one? More and more browsers are going to be forcing secure connections as we move forward, so that seems like a problem that will only get worse.

[FranceBB]

considering how quick and easy it is to get a SSL certificate from letsencrypt, why doesn't the site have one?

Well, I guess only Wilbert can answer that... (he still regularly checks Doom9, perhaps he'll reply).