When Cantr is down

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Re: When Cantr is down

Postby SekoETC » Sat Sep 18, 2010 6:05 pm

The code consists of over 400 files that have been edited by various people that haven't paid much attention to what the others have contributed.
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Re: When Cantr is down

Postby Adramalech » Sat Sep 18, 2010 6:09 pm

Still, a timely backup isn't that hard..
It certainly beats rewriting code that you haven't even found yet..
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Re: When Cantr is down

Postby SekoETC » Sat Sep 18, 2010 6:29 pm

Oh, the code is not lost, the data from the database isn't lost either. The problem is that if it's made accessible through the web, the hacker can just use the same security hole again to muck things up until it's plugged.
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Re: When Cantr is down

Postby Armulus Satchula » Sat Sep 18, 2010 9:17 pm

When Cantr is down....

I read the forums more.
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Re: When Cantr is down

Postby EchoMan » Sun Sep 19, 2010 11:25 am

Adramalech wrote:Didn't they back the cantr code up?
Or is it just that it's so full of holes that it'll take ages to patch? (no offense, writing safe code isn't an easy task, and you're never done with it :P )

Everything is backed up, nothing is lost, except for the events happening between the backup and the hack in worst case.

As Seko said, we can't just bring everything back up, because the security holes would still be there. And as stated by Jos announcement we have to clear out all the passwords and at the same time clean up in the administrators roles, so that when we come up again, we would be more safe against this kind of no-life petty criminals.

It's going to take some time to saintize 9 years of legacy code and tidy up everything and so on...
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Re: When Cantr is down

Postby returner » Sun Sep 19, 2010 1:35 pm

Wait, it happened -again-? Some douche used admin powers to screw things up? I thought you guys cleaned up administrator roles last time it was hacked! :lol:
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Re: When Cantr is down

Postby mojomuppet » Sun Sep 19, 2010 2:18 pm

*notices an old enemy and grins* Heya
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Re: When Cantr is down

Postby Arenti » Sun Sep 19, 2010 2:26 pm

returner wrote:Wait, it happened -again-? Some douche used admin powers to screw things up? I thought you guys cleaned up administrator roles last time it was hacked! :lol:


As far I know it was hacked and not admin powers this time.
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Re: When Cantr is down

Postby B.M.T. » Sun Sep 19, 2010 3:27 pm

Hacker should GTFO!
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Re: When Cantr is down

Postby Cdls » Sun Sep 19, 2010 3:38 pm

B.M.T. wrote:Hacker should GTFO!
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That deserves a +1

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Re: When Cantr is down

Postby returner » Sun Sep 19, 2010 3:55 pm

mojomuppet wrote:*notices an old enemy and grins* Heya


Why hello. *he draws his blade and wipes out entire towns then quits the game again the moment he loses power*
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Re: When Cantr is down

Postby Slowness_Incarnate » Sun Sep 19, 2010 10:00 pm

When Cantr is down...My interest in it wanes. :P
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Re: When Cantr is down

Postby CrashBlizz » Mon Sep 20, 2010 3:03 am

When Cantr is down... it means that my week off work will be wasted..... :cry:
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Re: When Cantr is down

Postby CAZZEBAZ! » Mon Sep 20, 2010 8:48 am

When cantr is down.... i'm thinking of doing my homework instead :oops:
God bring it back please :x
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Re: When Cantr is down

Postby Miri » Mon Sep 20, 2010 8:48 am

SekoETC wrote:The code consists of over 400 files that have been edited by various people that haven't paid much attention to what the others have contributed.

Is rewriting the code to be consistent, easy to navigate and possibly holes-less even considered?

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