Re: PLUG site incident last night

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Author: eric©
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To: Main PLUG discussion list
Subject: Re: PLUG site incident last night
What kind of bandwidth do we need for the server?

eric


On 1/1/07, Craig White <> wrote:
>
> On Mon, 2007-01-01 at 17:58 -0700, Edward Norton wrote:
> >
> >
> > On 1/1/07, Jim <> wrote:
> >         Edward Norton wrote:
> >         > PLUG cracked AGAIN? Not surprising considering you guys wont
> >         consider
> >         > anything other than a badly coded PHP CMS.

> >
> >         Ed,

> >
> >         Apparently you know more about securing a site than the people
> >         who run
> >         it.  At least that's what your message implies.  I have an
> >         idea.  When
> >         it's time for the next PLUG meeting, come out of the sewer,
> >         show up at
> >         the meeting and offer to help secure the site.

> >
> > Jim,
> >
> > As a matter of fact, yes, I do know more about securing websites than
> > the people running PLUG, so it seems.
> >
> > >I have an idea. When
> > >it's time for the next PLUG meeting, come out of the sewer, show up
> > at
> > >the meeting and offer to help secure the site.
> >
> > Hey asshole, you don't even know me. Don't get a fucking attitude. As
> > it happens, I HAVE BEEN TO THE
> > MEETINGS, and I HAVE brought up site security. Infact, I've brought it
> up in the IRC channel as well,
> > so before you start being a little prick, know who you're talking to.
> >
> > Anyways, you wan't some ideas? Ok. How about to start: get the hell
> > away from shared hosting. Second, invest in "hardened-php," third,
> > look into GRSecurity and RBAC. Fourth, strip apache down to only the
> > needed modules. Fifth, don't use shitty CMS's.
> >
> > Hey Jim, you happy now asshole?
> ----
> good thing we are all on the same side - at least that was what I
> thought.
>
> The above is entirely over the the line. Jim, you were out of line too.
> And it has been suggested that I lack tact - sheesh, I have been
> completely exonerated in this regard.
>
> The fact is, we are stuck with shared hosting until we get someone to
> donate a server and thus the above suggestions, though perhaps not
> entirely without merit are entirely not germane to our current
> situation.
>
> Craig
>
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