works like a charm.
We knocked 'em deader!
Willow ,'Lies My Parents Told Me'
Buffistas Building a Better Board ++
Do you have problems, concerns, or recommendations about the technical side of the Phoenix? Air them here. Compliments also welcome.
hippocampus - May 29, 2013 5:52:31 pm PDT #3385 of 4673
not your mom's socks.
Jesse - May 31, 2013 3:57:26 am PDT #3386 of 4673
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Oh hey, clicking on "log out" doesn't actually log me out.
Tom Scola - Jun 05, 2013 1:43:49 am PDT #3387 of 4673
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
Guys, really bad news.
b.org was hacked again; WAY worse than the last time this happened. The operating system is thoroughly compromised and rooted. It can't be repaired, it can only be nuked from orbit. Which means we have to move to a new host ASAP. I don't know how much help iStrata will be; they seem pretty pissed at us because of all the bandwidth the hackers used to commit a DDOS attack from our server, and we're probably going to end up owing them a whole bunch of money.
And this couldn't have happened at a worse time. ita is out of commission right now, and frankly, I'm going through a rough patch myself. I got maybe an hour's sleep last night, and I'm basically running of fumes right now. I don't know how much help I can be, either.
Amy - Jun 05, 2013 2:08:27 am PDT #3388 of 4673
Because books.
What can we do, Tom? Anything?
§ ita § - Jun 05, 2013 2:57:09 am PDT #3389 of 4673
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Correct me if I'm wrong, testers--logging out and emailing admins are the only extant bugs?
Logging out is a priority 1 deal, but so is not being here anymore, je pense.
I'm also in a not good place for this, but needs as what the fuck ever. Our code is in a decent place to move--we need a good home.
We need to:
- find a new home (PHP 5.3.17 or lower)
- point a first domain that's not this
- migrate code from my test home
- test really fucking quickly
- shut down here
- copy data
- import data in new home
- point b.org to new digs
- stop getting hacked
I throw dreamhost into the ring for #1--they're solid, but they have performed server moves and random upgrades that broke much simpler code than this, and been unhelpful in troubleshooting. Don't know cost for this app.
It will probably require a few hours of downtime to migrate the data-- export, copy, import. Hopefully I can do this before the weekend, but I doubt I can do it before then.
Other site hosts? Things I'm forgetting? People who magically want to do all the heavy lifting?
WORST COMES TO WORST we (uh, I) can hurriedly export the tables, copy them, and import them into my test domain. BUT I HAVE NO IDEA IF I'LL GET DRY FUCKED ON RESOURCE UTILISATION IN THE MEANWHILE,
There's no good week for this, but I'm typing from the hospital bed I was admitted to a few hours ago. This is a lousy week.
Jesse - Jun 05, 2013 3:08:53 am PDT #3390 of 4673
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Oh god, you guys, I wish there were anything I can do on the technical end. I can run a fund drive, at least.
amych - Jun 05, 2013 4:12:10 am PDT #3391 of 4673
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Well, shitballs.
I'm happy to donate a few hours and a few $. Is donations@ the right address to use?
Jesse - Jun 05, 2013 4:20:43 am PDT #3392 of 4673
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Yes please.
Amy - Jun 05, 2013 4:23:46 am PDT #3393 of 4673
Because books.
Insent, Jesse.
Jesse - Jun 05, 2013 4:32:21 am PDT #3394 of 4673
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Yep -- you can also email that same address for my mailing address if you prefer.