A friend of mine has been trying to sign up to the forums for a few days and tells me he gets a 504 Bad Gateway error about 30 seconds after clicking submit. I've just tried it myself with a different email account and am also getting the same from
https://www.airliners.net/register. Are new member sign-ups currently banned?
I also note that the sign-up form is not over https so would I be correct in thinking that the member passwords are transmitted in plain text for everyone to see?