Well, Maiden World went for an unscheduled break there because of some impromptu software upgrades.
Thanks to someone using exploits in our (slightly outdated) board software to post messages as Manowar telling us our software needs upgraded.
To that individual, I'd like to point out that exploiting the board wasn't a nice way to get my attention, and that I have many other avenues of contact you could have pursued to get my attention (e-mail, contact form, etc etc). All of these would have been vastly preferable to posting the vulnerability of the forum publicly.
We'd at least appreciate some warning before public disclosure, and It'd be great if you didn't use our own admin accounts to post the messages.
Maiden World runs a custom copy of the phpBB sources. That means when upgrades come out, I have to go through all the files and apply the relevant fixes/changes. That takes 1 - 1.5 hours easily, and is something that tends to fall to the back of my schedule. I'd like to think people would understand that not all boards can be upgraded instantly instead of going out exploiting things.
Oh well, thats part of my Sunday evening gone...
Thanks to someone using exploits in our (slightly outdated) board software to post messages as Manowar telling us our software needs upgraded.
To that individual, I'd like to point out that exploiting the board wasn't a nice way to get my attention, and that I have many other avenues of contact you could have pursued to get my attention (e-mail, contact form, etc etc). All of these would have been vastly preferable to posting the vulnerability of the forum publicly.
We'd at least appreciate some warning before public disclosure, and It'd be great if you didn't use our own admin accounts to post the messages.
Maiden World runs a custom copy of the phpBB sources. That means when upgrades come out, I have to go through all the files and apply the relevant fixes/changes. That takes 1 - 1.5 hours easily, and is something that tends to fall to the back of my schedule. I'd like to think people would understand that not all boards can be upgraded instantly instead of going out exploiting things.
Oh well, thats part of my Sunday evening gone...