[Rd] R-Forge status

[Kevin R. Coombes]

I have tried both ways, and when working on packages, I use TortoiseSVN 
which uses my SSH key (since I never remember the password anyway).

I then tried connecting to the web page from my phone. This failed when 
I was connected to WiFi. So, I turned off the WiFi and tried again. I 
got through to the web page using mobile data on the 5G phone network. 
That makes it sound very much like my ISP is blocking the site for some 
reason.

So, I called the ISP and reported the problem. They didn't absolutely 
confirm that they were at fault, but their representative (I think) 
tried and failed to connect. So he put in an order to their back-end 
team asking them to make sure it was unblocked. Of course, that will 
take 12-24 hours before it goes through, So I'll have to wait until 
tomorrow afternoon.

Thanks for your help,
     Kevin

On 9/16/2026 5:42 PM, Duncan Murdoch wrote:
> Are you trying to connect using svn, or the web page?  I connected to 
> the web page, which has a message on top saying
>
>    SVN authentication now requires SSH keys. Password authentication 
> is no longer supported as described here.
>
> And "here" is a link to 
> https://r-forge.r-project.org/forum/forum.php?forum_id=4570 .
>
> Duncan
>
> On 2026-09-16 5:17 p.m., Kevin R. Coombes wrote:
>> That's odd. I still can't connect to it. I can use nslookup to  get an
>> IPv4 address, and a canonical name. However, three different browsers
>> (and a connection through TortoiseSVN using SSH) on the same machine
>> still report a non-responding timeout. I even tried switching from my
>> desktop to a laptop, and still can't get there (although, of course the
>> packets are going out through the same ISP).
>>
>> Maybe I need to figure out if Malwarebytes has decided to not like 
>> it....
>>
>>      Kevin
>>
>> On 9/16/2026 4:33 PM, Duncan Murdoch wrote:
>>> On 2026-09-16 4:12 p.m., Kevin R. Coombes wrote:
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> For the last couple of days (at least), I am unable to connect to
>>>> r-forge.r-project.org.
>>>>
>>>> Is R-Forge down for scheduled maintenance?
>>>> Down for unscheduled repairs?
>>>> Down permanently?
>>>> Any ideas about when it will be back?
>>>>
>>>> Should I start preparing to move the R packages that I maintain and 
>>>> they
>>>> host over to GitLab?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for any updates you can provide.
>>> I just connected to it.  Maybe your message woke it up?
>>>
>>> Duncan
>>
>