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Something wrong with the forum?

Postby Guenther Simon » 20 Mar 2006, 16:29

Suddenly all pages look corrupted. It seems _no_ pics are loaded
anymore? (My browser settings are ok -> accept all images)
Perhaps the directory has changed somehow? Hopefully no attack?

Best,
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Re: Something wrong with the forum?

Postby Guenther Simon » 20 Mar 2006, 16:38

Hello,

You are receiving this email because you are watching the topic, "Mark Uniacke Interview...." at Winboard Forum. This topic has received a reply since your last visit. You
http://www.volker-pittlik.name/wbforum/ ... 3647#23647


Also a reply message to another post of me seems not to exist(anymore?)?

http://www.volker-pittlik.name/wbforum/viewtopic.php?p=23647#23647
=> The topic or post you requested does not exist

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Re: Something wrong with the forum?

Postby Roger Brown » 20 Mar 2006, 16:39

Guenther Simon wrote:Suddenly all pages look corrupted. It seems _no_ pics are loaded
anymore? (My browser settings are ok -> accept all images)
Perhaps the directory has changed somehow? Hopefully no attack?

Best,
Guenther





Hello Guenther,

What exactly are you experiencing?

The Forum looks alright to me....

Later.
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Re: Something wrong with the forum?

Postby Guenther Simon » 20 Mar 2006, 17:02

Hello Guenther,

What exactly are you experiencing?

The Forum looks alright to me....

Later.


You should refresh your browser and clear your cache Roger ;)
Regrettably my suspicion was correct :(
It is an attack(I guess from the usual side...). Meanwhile all images
of the WB forum are hijacked and replaced by white images with
one black sentence: 'This image has been stolen from:
http://www.volker-pittlik.name'

Best regards,
Guenther
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Re: Something wrong with the forum?

Postby Pradu » 20 Mar 2006, 17:06

Yes same problem here. Posting on the form is now very difficult...
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Re: Something wrong with the forum?

Postby Volker Pittlik » 20 Mar 2006, 17:09

Better now?

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Re: Something wrong with the forum?

Postby Guenther Simon » 20 Mar 2006, 17:12

Victory! ;-)

Best,
Guenther
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Re: Something wrong with the forum?

Postby Volker Pittlik » 20 Mar 2006, 17:13

Guenther Simon wrote:...
P.S. I guess it were the usual ones?


Let's discuss the details by email or pm.

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Re: Something wrong with the forum?

Postby Dann Corbit » 22 Mar 2006, 03:02

If you know the guilty party, is there any legal action that is possible?

How about banning his whole domain?

I had some guy from Holland who would log on with 100 threads, and all of them would be doing recursive directory listings constantly to peg my CPU. So I put his address into my banned list, with wildcards for the last two segments.
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Re: Something wrong with the forum?

Postby Greg Simpson » 22 Mar 2006, 03:45

From the description it doesn't sound like an attack, but since Volker doesn't want to discuss it publicly I won't.
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