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The Westeros.org board is going off-line today whilst the software is reinstalled. At the moment it is unknown how long this will take, possibly a few hours, possibly longer (although from Ran's comments on the news section of the Westeros.org site, it could be longer rather than shorter). Just to let people know if they can't get onto the board, since I know a fair few people post here and there as well. Cheers.
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Posted 11 May 2006 - 01:21 AM
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Posted 11 May 2006 - 01:23 PM
Yeah, I was just there before I opened up Malazan. All I got was a white screen. I blame Goodkind.
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Posted 11 May 2006 - 01:31 PM
Damnit, apparently it's going to take longer than first thought. Ran's hoping to get it back up today or tomorrow, but apparently there's a fair chance it could last until Sunday or Monday.
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"Try standing out in a winter storm all night and see how tough you are. Start with that. Then go into a bar and pick a fight and see how tough you are. And then go home and break crockery over your head. Start with those three and you'll be good to go."
- Bruce Campbell on how to be as cool as he is
- Bruce Campbell on how to be as cool as he is
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Posted 11 May 2006 - 02:13 PM
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Posted 11 May 2006 - 03:43 PM
Here's the latest from the Man Ran himself:
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An update for those wondering:
The server we're on was hacked, probably through a vulnerability in PHP (our sysadmin hadn't fallen a little behind in keeping it up to date). No serious harm has been done to anything, and we backed up the DB prior to her shutdown, so there should be no posts lost (well, except those in the immediate aftermath of the shutdown notice being given, while the board was still up).
She's now reinstalled the OS with the SELinux kernel (that's the kernel that the NSA has developed and uses internally; super-secure, although there's a pitfall to that [more about it in a bit]).
So what's the hold up? Well, that super-secure thing seems to mean that we can't do some of the things we need to do without knowing some arcane commands (which we don't know) or having our sysadmin help us out. Since she's on the west coast and stayed up mondo-late getting things fixed, not sure when she'll be available, and for that matter whether getting it up and running will be a cinch or not.
We'll see. Hopefully today (especially if she has the actual files backed up, not just the DB), maybe after the weekend, could be a bit longer. Cross your fingers.
The server we're on was hacked, probably through a vulnerability in PHP (our sysadmin hadn't fallen a little behind in keeping it up to date). No serious harm has been done to anything, and we backed up the DB prior to her shutdown, so there should be no posts lost (well, except those in the immediate aftermath of the shutdown notice being given, while the board was still up).
She's now reinstalled the OS with the SELinux kernel (that's the kernel that the NSA has developed and uses internally; super-secure, although there's a pitfall to that [more about it in a bit]).
So what's the hold up? Well, that super-secure thing seems to mean that we can't do some of the things we need to do without knowing some arcane commands (which we don't know) or having our sysadmin help us out. Since she's on the west coast and stayed up mondo-late getting things fixed, not sure when she'll be available, and for that matter whether getting it up and running will be a cinch or not.
We'll see. Hopefully today (especially if she has the actual files backed up, not just the DB), maybe after the weekend, could be a bit longer. Cross your fingers.
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"Try standing out in a winter storm all night and see how tough you are. Start with that. Then go into a bar and pick a fight and see how tough you are. And then go home and break crockery over your head. Start with those three and you'll be good to go."
- Bruce Campbell on how to be as cool as he is
- Bruce Campbell on how to be as cool as he is
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Posted 11 May 2006 - 04:55 PM
The board is now back up, at least for now.
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"Try standing out in a winter storm all night and see how tough you are. Start with that. Then go into a bar and pick a fight and see how tough you are. And then go home and break crockery over your head. Start with those three and you'll be good to go."
- Bruce Campbell on how to be as cool as he is
- Bruce Campbell on how to be as cool as he is
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Posted 12 May 2006 - 11:53 AM
What you just said in your next-to-last post made as much sense to me as if they had performed bizarre religious rituals to get the darned thing working again.
I am sooooo non-technical
It's not working again today
But that's OK - I *really* should be cleaning my gutters and painting my kitchen ceiling.
I am sooooo non-technical
It's not working again today
But that's OK - I *really* should be cleaning my gutters and painting my kitchen ceiling.
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Posted 13 May 2006 - 05:12 AM
Arg. It'd better be worth the wait:p
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Posted 13 May 2006 - 02:59 PM
It was down yesterday for a window of about 10-15 minutes. They're still ironing out the kinks in the system. It's working fine now.
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"Try standing out in a winter storm all night and see how tough you are. Start with that. Then go into a bar and pick a fight and see how tough you are. And then go home and break crockery over your head. Start with those three and you'll be good to go."
- Bruce Campbell on how to be as cool as he is
- Bruce Campbell on how to be as cool as he is
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