UPDATE ON FORUM

[jason]

We had relaxed some security measures recently to check why a poster could not log in which appear to have been exploited. The administrator account was locked out and our database was deleted. At one point there was nothing left, literally.

The site that carries our hosting was able to restore to a previous saved point, which fortunately was near the end of the month.

Will need some help reconstructing the competition results since/including 8/29.

Everything appears to be secured now fortunately, apologies for any inconvenience trying to access the site last night.

All appears well today, everything seems to be functioning as it should again.

[Lincoln2207]

Many thanks for letting us know and for all your work on our behalf, Jason.

[Sibelius Hindemith]

The site that carries our hosting was able to restore to a previous saved point, which fortunately was near the end of the month.

What, sounds like they only back up the data once a month. Not good.

[Petert]

If I remember correctly (it's been almost 7 years since I stopped doing this stuff), full backups are done periodically - weekly or twice weekly was a preferred interval, with periodic incremental snapshots being done to supplement that. So, if a database was lost, the last good full backup would be restored, and then incrementals until the db was whole again. I would agree if full backups are being done monthly, it's not good practice.

Inasfar as the the game thread competition, my 8/29 game thread won, and I lost the following night, so my total stands at 2-5.

Apart from that, the main thing I remember is D-Train telling Seth a couple of nights ago to stop drinking and posting at the same time.

[bpj]

If I remember correctly (it's been almost 7 years since I stopped doing this stuff), full backups are done periodically - weekly or twice weekly was a preferred interval, with periodic incremental snapshots being done to supplement that. So, if a database was lost, the last good full backup would be restored, and then incrementals until the db was whole again. I would agree if full backups are being done monthly, it's not good practice.

Inasfar as the the game thread competition, my 8/29 game thread won, and I lost the following night, so my total stands at 2-5.

Apart from that, the main thing I remember is D-Train telling Seth a couple of nights ago to stop drinking and posting at the same time.

Thanks Petert, will update, I think Jay is still on his roll since then

[D-train]

If I remember correctly (it's been almost 7 years since I stopped doing this stuff), full backups are done periodically - weekly or twice weekly was a preferred interval, with periodic incremental snapshots being done to supplement that. So, if a database was lost, the last good full backup would be restored, and then incrementals until the db was whole again. I would agree if full backups are being done monthly, it's not good practice.

Inasfar as the the game thread competition, my 8/29 game thread won, and I lost the following night, so my total stands at 2-5.

Apart from that, the main thing I remember is D-Train telling Seth a couple of nights ago to stop drinking and posting at the same time.

Do as I say not as I do! lol

Well I am officially on vacation, football is starting, huge series for the M's and my parents arrive Sunday so life is good.

[desbcoach]

If I remember correctly (it's been almost 7 years since I stopped doing this stuff), full backups are done periodically - weekly or twice weekly was a preferred interval, with periodic incremental snapshots being done to supplement that. So, if a database was lost, the last good full backup would be restored, and then incrementals until the db was whole again. I would agree if full backups are being done monthly, it's not good practice.

Inasfar as the the game thread competition, my 8/29 game thread won, and I lost the following night, so my total stands at 2-5.

Apart from that, the main thing I remember is D-Train telling Seth a couple of nights ago to stop drinking and posting at the same time.

Thanks Petert, will update, I think Jay is still on his roll since then

Jay or Seth

[mostonmike]

Bumping thread.

Question, possibly for Jason - the functionality of the forum is still pretty decent but we are now running it on the software from several years ago, possibly as many as 5 years ago.

We are on version 3.2.8 and the latest is about 3.3.14. The policy of restricting new users is actually better for security than keeping the software up-to-date. Without this there would be some vulnerability, so well played for that.

Just wondering if we would have some new features to play with if the software was upgraded. The twitter/X post link problem is a little bit irritating now, for instance. I would imagine that gets tidied up in more recent versions?

I know hosting sites usually charge to upgrade the PHP licences. Maybe a one-off dollar-pound donation might be in order?

[ddraig]

Well! I can finally log in. I tried contacting a number of people, to no effect. I'm glad to be back home, guys and gals! And after being unable to get into the forum for six months, MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERY ONE! It's good to be back!

[D-train]

Damn I was wearing sick about you. I thought you may be posting in the forum in heaven. Lol how did you finally get back on?