audioboyz1973 wrote:
Does this mean Julien/LDDb stepped in directly to preserve this fantastic resource "as-is"?
The link to LDDb must be more than 15 years old.
Tried to contact the webmaster but the last message I got was around 2005 IIRC.
I tried to contact again in 2011, 2019 and 2021.
I haven't use data from the LD archive page so far (except for the player list used to build up a more complete list) but I have a full backup in case the website ever disappears.
Looks like someone is still paying to keep the domain alive:
Expires on 2023-03-06
Updated on 2022-02-04
The SSL certificate is also regenerated from Let's Encrypt each 3 months (LDDb is the same).
PORT STATE SERVICE VERSION
80/tcp open http Apache httpd
|_http-generator: Microsoft FrontPage 6.0
|_http-server-header: Apache
|_http-title: Laserdisc UK Web Site
443/tcp open ssl/http Apache httpd
|_http-generator: Microsoft FrontPage 6.0
|_http-server-header: Apache
|_http-title: Laserdisc UK Web Site
| ssl-cert: Subject: commonName=*.laserdiscarchive.co.uk
| Subject Alternative Name: DNS:*.laserdiscarchive.co.uk, DNS:laserdiscarchive.co.uk
| Not valid before: 2022-02-09T17:05:00
|_Not valid after: 2022-05-10T17:04:59
Julien