THE FORUM HAS BEEN HACKED (AND FIXED, AND MOVED TO A NEW SERVER) - PLEASE READ CAREFULLY

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Re: We're back online!

Postby alexkelbo » Fri Apr 21, 2017 6:06 pm

emk wrote:On the downside, the new setup costs a bit more—I don't have exact numbers yet, but I'd guess between US$35 and $50/month. If folks want to chip in, we'll figure out the details of that later. We're happy covering the costs for now.

Maybe Patreon is a simple and easy way for people to help out? I have never setup a project there, but it seems like it's a matter of minutes.
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Re: THE FORUM HAS BEEN HACKED (AND FIXED, AND MOVED TO A NEW SERVER) - PLEASE READ CAREFULLY

Postby Ani » Fri Apr 21, 2017 6:46 pm

zenmonkeyII wrote:Thanks again for this work and the overall effort to keep this place running. Not only did you guys fix the issues but did it very quickly! A beer for each!


I think the number of beers deserved for this is well above a safe and healthy limit. We'll have to expand to steak dinners and baked goods.

Thank you guys so much for all your hard work. This forum means a ton to me and I know both your daily work and this latest fix are no small effort.
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Re: THE FORUM HAS BEEN HACKED (AND FIXED, AND MOVED TO A NEW SERVER) - PLEASE READ CAREFULLY

Postby MorkTheFiddle » Fri Apr 21, 2017 7:40 pm

I got the emergency call at 2 in the morning often enough myself. I don't know if this call came at 2AM, but whenever it came, you all came through like champs with the fixes. Thanks.
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Re: THE FORUM HAS BEEN HACKED (AND FIXED, AND MOVED TO A NEW SERVER) - PLEASE READ CAREFULLY

Postby Serpent » Fri Apr 21, 2017 10:41 pm

tomgosse wrote:And we are not left wandering blindly as we were at the old place. :lol:
We have no idea how many times our passwords were compromised on the old forum... and we couldn't even change them under "normal" conditions :o

During the downtime you can check wikia and fb.... and the old forum :lol:
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Re: THE FORUM HAS BEEN HACKED (AND FIXED, AND MOVED TO A NEW SERVER) - PLEASE READ CAREFULLY

Postby Komma » Sat Apr 22, 2017 10:03 am

Thank you so much for your commitment!

It's great to see the forum back so fast.
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Re: THE FORUM HAS BEEN HACKED (AND FIXED, AND MOVED TO A NEW SERVER) - PLEASE READ CAREFULLY

Postby Doitsujin » Sat Apr 22, 2017 6:16 pm

@rdearman: This may be a stupid question: I also tried to connect via https://forum.language-learners.org/, but didn't get a connection.
Am I right in assuming that the forum software doesn't support TLS/SSL?
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Re: THE FORUM HAS BEEN HACKED (AND FIXED, AND MOVED TO A NEW SERVER) - PLEASE READ CAREFULLY

Postby emk » Sat Apr 22, 2017 6:27 pm

Doitsujin wrote:@rdearman: This may be a stupid question: I also tried to connect via https://forum.language-learners.org/, but didn't get a connection.
Am I right in assuming that the forum software doesn't support TLS/SSL?

No, we do not (and never have, as far as I know). It's on the TODO list, but we have a lot of other stuff to tackle first, like the Super Challenge bot.
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Re: THE FORUM HAS BEEN HACKED (AND FIXED, AND MOVED TO A NEW SERVER) - PLEASE READ CAREFULLY

Postby AndyMeg » Sat Apr 22, 2017 6:36 pm

Thanks a lot for bringing back the forum so fast!!! You're awesome!!! :o :D
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Re: THE FORUM HAS BEEN HACKED (AND FIXED, AND MOVED TO A NEW SERVER) - PLEASE READ CAREFULLY

Postby Xelian » Sat Apr 22, 2017 7:26 pm

Hello, this might be a stupid question, but I don't believe my password was ever changed. I'm still logged in. If I log out, will my password be reset? I just want to be sure that my account is safe too. Thankfully, my password on this account is unique to all of my other passwords, but I still wonder why I am still logged in and able to use the forum, haha.
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Re: THE FORUM HAS BEEN HACKED (AND FIXED, AND MOVED TO A NEW SERVER) - PLEASE READ CAREFULLY

Postby luke » Sat Apr 22, 2017 7:37 pm

Yes, you guys did a great job of figuring out what happened, telling us what happened, and then bringing us all up on a new server.

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