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TOPIC: Intermittent outages

Intermittent outages 16 Aug 2017 07:25 #107546

Some of you have probably noticed errors on the site in the last day or so. There seems to be a persistent hacking going on right now, which I am trying to defend against as best I can. It is problematic because the infrastructure of the site needs to be updated but, at this stage, the update is a pretty major one. Thus the periodic musings about "what should AN look like". Anyhow, my point is that if you see the site is offline for more than a few minutes, and I have not announced that it will be offline, send me a message please.

Tom Otvos
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Intermittent outages 16 Aug 2017 10:20 #107551

Thanks for all of your work defending us, Tom! This may be a much larger conversation, but what would have to change with a major upgrade? Is there a site we can look at for an example, maybe?	Andy OFFLINE
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Intermittent outages 16 Aug 2017 10:43 #107552

I got some dough to help with an upgrade. What are the considerations?	matthew sexton OFFLINE
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Intermittent outages 17 Aug 2017 07:55 #107560

When I first read this topic header I thought, "Oh, there's another discussion about cessations."	Chris Marti OFFLINE
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Intermittent outages 17 Aug 2017 13:19 #107563

Same here	Laurel Carrington OFFLINE
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Intermittent outages 17 Aug 2017 21:20 #107564

Chris Marti wrote: When I first read this topic header I thought, "Oh, there's another discussion about cessations." I wish!	Tom Otvos OFFLINE
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Intermittent outages 17 Aug 2017 21:22 #107565

matthew sexton wrote: I got some dough to help with an upgrade. What are the considerations? It is less of a dollar thing and more of an effort thing. That, plus the ever controversial discussion of what a new AN should look like. Although the immediate issues are merely time and effort.	Tom Otvos OFFLINE
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Intermittent outages 18 Aug 2017 06:55 #107570

Is there an "upgrade to better security but not change much" option?	shargrol OFFLINE
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Intermittent outages 19 Aug 2017 01:16 #107579

Hey mate, thought I better leave a heads-up just in case - I just logged onto the recent posts menu and was redirected to the Google update scam page after a few seconds. My Bitdefender caught it straightaway. Not sure if this is a site issue, or something my end?	Paul OFFLINE
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Intermittent outages 19 Aug 2017 08:23 #107580

Tom Otvos wrote:

It is less of a dollar thing and more of an effort thing. That, plus the ever controversial discussion of what a new AN should look like. Although the immediate issues are merely time and effort.

Is it possible to secure the site with a small amount of effort? I guess a Joomla based site requires quite a lot of effort to keep updated

I recently created a forum using Discourse. It's free software and I only pay $10 a month in hosting fees for it, and you can update it with one click. That said, it's quite different to this forum, and would require people to adjust a little (although not that much).

If people are attempting to hack, I guess security is the most pressing. Looks can be decided upon later

Let me know if I can assist. I'm a web dev by trade.

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