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kolusu Site Admin
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Posted: Mon Oct 25, 2004 11:46 am Post subject: Main Page Hacked !! |
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Fyi...
Our Main page www.mvsforums.com got hacked this morning between 1:41 AM and 2:05 AM CDT. Fortunately the help boards are not hacked. We are investigating and we have the IP address of the offender from the server log.
I guess someone really did not want this site to grow!! I have uploaded the main page from the backup. Please let me know if you have any problem accessing any of the WebPages. For the time being we are disabling our Guestbook
Sorry for inconvenience
Kolusu _________________ Kolusu - DFSORT Development Team (IBM)
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NutCracker Beginner
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Posted: Mon Oct 25, 2004 1:05 pm Post subject: |
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guess someone really did not want this site to grow
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What a nerd would he be ! ![Evil or Very Mad](images/smiles/icon_evil.gif) |
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vjkumk Beginner
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Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2005 2:12 am Post subject: Great forum FOR MAINFRAME Professionals |
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i think this is the number one forum for mainframes, i have came across
many forums,but this is the best of all.Really your site will be very great in future for mainframe professional.Keep the work going on.
your friend,
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Manas Biswal Intermediate
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Posted: Mon Oct 31, 2005 9:59 am Post subject: |
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Kolusu - What actually did happen when you say that the main page was hacked?
Thanks,
Manas _________________ There is no path to peace. Peace is the path.
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shekar123 Advanced
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Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2005 1:01 am Post subject: main page hacked |
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Kolusu,
Please take precaution for our website against any hacking activities in the near future.No one can demolarize the strength of our website and this is the TOP 1 website present today for Mainframes community. The home page takes a lot of time to download ,moreover recently i observed some kind of error in which helpboards page link was not accessible due to Session error saying session table full.I really cannot exactly remember the error but i senses something unusual. _________________ Shekar
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kolusu Site Admin
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Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2005 5:31 am Post subject: |
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Kolusu - What actually did happen when you say that the main page was hacked?
Thanks,
Manas
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Some one replaced the home page with their gory image website. You can check out the details here
http://antivirus.about.com/od/securitytips/a/jpgflaw.htm
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Please take precaution for our website against any hacking activities in the near future. The home page takes a lot of time to download ,moreover recently i observed some kind of error in which helpboards page link was not accessible due to Session error saying session table full.I really cannot exactly remember the error but i senses something unusual.
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Well I am taking all the precautions I can. The Session Error is due to the sessions tables being full. This is also caused by too many users trying to access the board at the same time. However there are some psuedo users who try to access it for the sole purpose of hacking. I keep updating my ban list and still they try to sneak in.
Please let me know everytime you get the message, so that I can look at the log files and see who is the culprit.
Thanks
Kolusu _________________ Kolusu - DFSORT Development Team (IBM)
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vkphani Intermediate
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Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2005 3:41 am Post subject: |
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No doubt. This is the best site for Mainframes professionals.
Kolusu, Would the problem be solved if you disable the guest book? |
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kolusu Site Admin
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Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2005 5:31 am Post subject: |
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Kolusu, Would the problem be solved if you disable the guest book?
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The guest book is indeed disabled now. There are specific reasons for it , but I don't wanna go over it now. Sorry
Kolusu _________________ Kolusu - DFSORT Development Team (IBM)
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vkphani Intermediate
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Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2005 5:53 am Post subject: |
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Kolusu,
I am able to access the guest book page.
How come? |
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kolusu Site Admin
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Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2005 5:58 am Post subject: |
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I am able to access the guest book page.
How come?
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Vkphani,
Try submitting an entry or click on the view guestbook
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vkphani Intermediate
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Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2005 6:01 am Post subject: |
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Kolusu,
Both the links(Viewing the Guestbook and Submitting the message) are not working. |
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vkphani Intermediate
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Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2005 7:44 am Post subject: |
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moreover recently i observed some kind of error in which helpboards page link was not accessible due to Session error saying session table full
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I too got the same error some time in the past. |
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