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exmod110
- Little Wheel
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by exmod110 » Mon Dec 15, 2008 8:48 pm
I have not been able to access the photo gallery section of the site in the past 4 days or so.... Whats going on? Probs on my end or is there a concern with the site?
Don
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DaveB
- Defender of the World
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by DaveB » Mon Dec 15, 2008 10:45 pm
some sort of a site problem. I contacted them sunday, but they couldn't give me a solution. I ran out of time time deal with it today. Perhaps tomorrow if things aren't too crazy at work...
D
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Bill E.
- Landy Man
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by Bill E. » Mon Dec 22, 2008 4:07 pm
Hi Dave,
Had a few inquiries about the photo gallery. Still seems to be down, any news?
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DaveB
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by DaveB » Mon Dec 22, 2008 6:37 pm
Still a problem after 2 techs have taken a look. I'm gonna request they reboot the server tonight, so if our site is down for a few minutes...
Dave
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DaveB
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by DaveB » Wed Dec 24, 2008 12:41 pm
Woo Hoo! Our photo gallery is back. It appears we were hacked by a group in Russia who somehow added a code referring every request we did to a server in Russia. Or at least that's what the programmer tells me. Please alert me right away if it happens again and I'll get our programmer on it. I think I owe him a bottle of scotch for his efforts today.
cheers, Dave
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ANDYD
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by ANDYD » Wed Dec 24, 2008 12:52 pm
Thanks for the update Dave... nice job.
Oh, those Russians! :roll: Rasputin would be proud....
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Bill E.
- Landy Man
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by Bill E. » Wed Dec 24, 2008 12:57 pm
Good work Dave (and your Tech). Just a reminder of how vulnerable the electronic age is. You can leave some parchment rolled up in some cave for 2000 plus or minus years and still be able to read it, but one little virus or platform change and you can't access stuff you stored last week, HMMM?
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exmod110
- Little Wheel
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by exmod110 » Thu Dec 25, 2008 6:27 am
So if we were redirected to russia were we at any risk of having our pc's being hacked or any thing like that????
Yes it is nice to be able to get back into the pics!!!!
Cheers
Don
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DaveB
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by DaveB » Thu Dec 25, 2008 8:14 am
From what I understand, only web servers. But make sure your virus protection software is up to date anyway as it also protects against other hacks.
Ironically, a short while after we got the gallery fixed a power outage shut the entire webhosting company down for 8+ hours. Good to see its back now.
Merry Christmas!
Dave
