teh swampmonsta

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Wave is to particle as zero is to one as bagpipes are to modem noises.

Us.

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Aer yuo drameign?

I remember receiving some threats from a user that I suspended that he was going to 'hack the server ... and it would be all my fault.'

What a fucking dousche.

lol

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Aer yuo drameign?

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Originally posted by ::TranceVanDyk:: http://www.progaddict.com/ The site has been hacked. It is currently being reconstructed. If you are a web developer, or willing to help please e-mail [email protected] what stops something like that from happening to TA?

Well as an old pro in webdevelopment, all I can say is that, you can never be 100% sure, but you can try to make it as difficult as possible for hackers. Be sure to upgrade your software, and use "best practise" coding standards when you develop your website. Taking regular backups of your entire setup for offline storage is also a good idea, so that if you get hacked you won't loose data.

For TA specificly it would be a good idea to make sure that

1: it is runing on the latest version of apache/php
2: the used version of vbullitin doesn't have any known security holes.

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Signatures are highly overrated :P

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Originally posted by ::TranceVanDyk:: what stops something like that from happening to TA?

not alot, web hacking is pretty easy, compared to other forms of hacking. defacing a website is quite common.

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who would want to face the wrath of the webmonstah?

They were running an old version of phpBB which has an exploit

See:
http://news.netcraft.com/archives/2...pbb_forums.html

....Well I've run TA for 5 years and I've never had a problem (despite many attempts) ... as long as you are running a patched OS and keep everything up to date - and - only use scripts you can trust - then you're pretty safe but there's always the chance.

That's why backups are good.

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"In a world of illusion you only see what you feel"

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Originally posted by Swamper They were running an old version of phpBB which has an exploit See: http://news.netcraft.com/archives/2...pbb_forums.html ....Well I've run TA for 5 years and I've never had a problem (despite many attempts) ... as long as you are running a patched OS and keep everything up to date - and - only use scripts you can trust - then you're pretty safe but there's always the chance. That's why backups are good.

u da man

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Signatures are highly overrated :P

i feel safer already

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