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  1. 12-11-2019, 14:04 #1
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    Exclamation Scheduled maintenance/Firewall installation

    Guys, just a heads up...

    Following the hacking incident the other day [see Critic's Corner section for details], we've paid for a company who specialise in website security, protection and monitoring, to install a Firewall to protect us from any further attacks. This basically puts a layer of protection between our site and any hackers. It looks out for people trying to break into the site and stops them. In particular it stops people trying to exploit known vulnerabilities of websites like that used to inject the 'dumplings' thing the other day.

    We were subjected to what essentially was an 'SQL injection", see here: https://www.acunetix.com/websitesecurity/sql-injection/

    However, when the Firewall is being installed you may experience a few hours of disruption to the forum, preventing access. In that respect, the work is scheduled for early one morning, around 7am, either Weds or Thurs this week, so please be aware of some possible disruption to the site during that period.

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    The change is going live as I write this. My apologies for the delay.
    Any disruption should resolve itself over the next few hours.

    You may see a 'This site is not secure' message. This will clear once security certificates are fully configured on our new firewall.

    We are not being hacked and your data is not at risk.
    This issue is temporary and will clear when migration is complete.

    Many thanks for your patience!
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  3. 05-06-2022, 07:36 #3
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    The site has an issue at moment. It is hanging and double posting a lot. Editing a post seems to be unaffected.
    I will add, the site works much better currently with tapatalk. Hopefully we can get to bottom of it.. but have no admin at moment.
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  4. 05-06-2022, 07:37 #4
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    The site has an issue at moment. It is hanging and double posting a lot. Editing a post seems to be unaffected.
    I will add, the site works much better currently with tapatalk. Hopefully we can get to bottom of it.. but have no admin at moment.
    Regards,
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    I've said it before and I'll say it again: democracy simply-doesn't-work
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    **Hate makes you impotent, Love makes you crazy. Somewhere in the middle you can survive.**

    “I used to be with ‘it’, but then they changed what ‘it’ was. Now what I’m with isn’t ‘it’ anymore and what’s ‘it’ seems weird and scary. It’ll happen to you!
    Grandpa Simpson”
    Oh my god! There's nothing wrong with the bidet is there?

    “Nothing discloses real character like the use of power. It is easy for the weak to be gentle. Most people can bear adversity. But if you wish to know what a man really is, give him power. This is the supreme test. It is the glory of Lincoln that, having almost absolute power, he never abused it, except on the side of mercy".

    “You see these dictators on their pedestals, surrounded by the bayonets of their soldiers and the truncheons of their police ... yet in their hearts there is unspoken fear. They are afraid of words and thoughts: words spoken abroad, thoughts stirring at home -- all the more powerful because forbidden -- terrify them. A little mouse of thought appears in the room, and even the mightiest potentates are thrown into panic.”

    There's nothing remarkable about it. All one has to do is hit the right keys at the right time and the instrument plays itself. -- Johann Sebastian Bach.

    “There's a war out there, old friend. A world war. And it's not about who's got the most bullets. It's about who controls the information. What we see and hear, how we work, what we think... it's all about the information!”

    I know I'm goin' nowhere, and anywhere's a better place to be.

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    My posts and PMs have been hanging for a while.
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  6. 05-06-2022, 08:08 #6
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    Hopefully Nick will see this and fix it.
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    **I’ve studied deeply in the philosophies and religions, but cheerfulness kept breaking through**

    **Hate makes you impotent, Love makes you crazy. Somewhere in the middle you can survive.**

    “I used to be with ‘it’, but then they changed what ‘it’ was. Now what I’m with isn’t ‘it’ anymore and what’s ‘it’ seems weird and scary. It’ll happen to you!
    Grandpa Simpson”
    Oh my god! There's nothing wrong with the bidet is there?

    “Nothing discloses real character like the use of power. It is easy for the weak to be gentle. Most people can bear adversity. But if you wish to know what a man really is, give him power. This is the supreme test. It is the glory of Lincoln that, having almost absolute power, he never abused it, except on the side of mercy".

    “You see these dictators on their pedestals, surrounded by the bayonets of their soldiers and the truncheons of their police ... yet in their hearts there is unspoken fear. They are afraid of words and thoughts: words spoken abroad, thoughts stirring at home -- all the more powerful because forbidden -- terrify them. A little mouse of thought appears in the room, and even the mightiest potentates are thrown into panic.”

    There's nothing remarkable about it. All one has to do is hit the right keys at the right time and the instrument plays itself. -- Johann Sebastian Bach.

    “There's a war out there, old friend. A world war. And it's not about who's got the most bullets. It's about who controls the information. What we see and hear, how we work, what we think... it's all about the information!”

    I know I'm goin' nowhere, and anywhere's a better place to be.

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  7. 05-06-2022, 08:17 #7
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    Even my attempts to delete unwanted double posts are hanging.
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  8. 05-06-2022, 08:21 #8
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    Probably needs server reset.
    Even hanging on Tapatalk now
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    I've said it before and I'll say it again: democracy simply-doesn't-work
    .... ..... ...... ...... ................... ..... ..... ..... ..... .....
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    **I’ve studied deeply in the philosophies and religions, but cheerfulness kept breaking through**

    **Hate makes you impotent, Love makes you crazy. Somewhere in the middle you can survive.**

    “I used to be with ‘it’, but then they changed what ‘it’ was. Now what I’m with isn’t ‘it’ anymore and what’s ‘it’ seems weird and scary. It’ll happen to you!
    Grandpa Simpson”
    Oh my god! There's nothing wrong with the bidet is there?

    “Nothing discloses real character like the use of power. It is easy for the weak to be gentle. Most people can bear adversity. But if you wish to know what a man really is, give him power. This is the supreme test. It is the glory of Lincoln that, having almost absolute power, he never abused it, except on the side of mercy".

    “You see these dictators on their pedestals, surrounded by the bayonets of their soldiers and the truncheons of their police ... yet in their hearts there is unspoken fear. They are afraid of words and thoughts: words spoken abroad, thoughts stirring at home -- all the more powerful because forbidden -- terrify them. A little mouse of thought appears in the room, and even the mightiest potentates are thrown into panic.”

    There's nothing remarkable about it. All one has to do is hit the right keys at the right time and the instrument plays itself. -- Johann Sebastian Bach.

    “There's a war out there, old friend. A world war. And it's not about who's got the most bullets. It's about who controls the information. What we see and hear, how we work, what we think... it's all about the information!”

    I know I'm goin' nowhere, and anywhere's a better place to be.

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  9. 05-06-2022, 13:27 #9
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    Every post I make at the moment is doubled. When I permanently delete the duplication, the system takes a while to execute the request.
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  10. 05-06-2022, 13:29 #10
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    Ironically the last post was not doubled!
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