Thumper Club Forum
Club House => Chatter => Topic started by: guest7 on November 12, 2008, 08:01:40 AM
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Steve Hayward, our webmaster, has obviously toiled hard in his precious spare time to reinstate this site after its hacking.
Please join me in thanking him for his efforts. Bloody good work Steve.
GC
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Great work Steve, without the site I for one would not be able to keep up to date with the club and your response was very quick.
Cheers SteveD
PS So pleased that the internet is quicker than the post office mail!
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Well done that man! It's a pity killing hackers isn't legal.
Jez
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Well done that man! It's a pity killing hackers isn't legal.
Jez
Whilst irritating, like evreything in the world, beleive it or not they do serve a purpose.
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Whats that then ?
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Well done Steve. Jolly good show.
I wouldn't've thought there was much on this site that would interest hackers. What would be the purpose of hacking it? I don't really understand what they get out of it.
Dave
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I think there are three distinct type hackers,
1- Those that find it a technical challenge to get into something you shouldnt (cue witty knicker related jokes)
2 - Those with malicious intent who wish spoil or deface something someone else has. much along the lines of people who 'key' cars etc, these people generally use scripts/tools produced by 1
3 - Those who do it for financial gain
3 isnt an issue here, my guess is 2 was the cause of the problem as 1 probably has better things to do with his time
1 has some value because they highlight security flaws that could be exploited by 3, the fact that they publish scripts/tools is a bit suspect. So its better than 1 finds them before 3, the fact that they then become public knowledge forces the vendors/authors to fix the problem, thereby preventing 3 from exploiting them.
Its probabaly more complicated than this but thats one view.
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Its probabaly more complicated than this but thats one view.
I hope not, I got lost shortly after the first mention of hackers :-[
I wonder what such people did before computers? Crosswords? Chess? Tried to invent computers?
I think it takes a certain type of mind to understand such fine detail never mind decide what to do with the knowledge. It's like the old story about what makes a bike go. A scientist would tell you about the chemical and physical reactions. An engineer would tell you about the Otto cycle and engine parts. A salesman would tell you it's the key. I suspect some computer hackers might know the serial number on the ignition chips and would start from there!
Thanks for fixing it. Great job.
Andy
Salesman
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Well done Steve,
it's a fairly tense process to go through, the host site techs did well to find a close backup so quickly and one that you could update to with.
Good Work All Round,
John
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The host site techs did well to find a close backup so quickly
No backups, a forum re-install was required and a few other files sorted.
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PS- I think the time on the forum is still in British summertime...
Well done on recovering though, top man.
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Well done matey, you were soooooo good I didn't even notice we'd been off line ;D
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As always Steve is the man!
This website is what brought me to this fine club and great group of individuals (and boy are we individual! :o lol)
It is what keeps me in touch and helps me feel part of the group.
Thanks Steve, you do a brilliant job and we appreciate it!
Looking forward to meeting some more of you in a muddy field sometime soon after my return to the cold and wet ;) 8)