Still's site down?

John Sabato · 04-20-2008, 02:35 PM

I am one of the "white hat" guys in the field of computer security... once the hackers discover a particular vulnerability in a system configuration type... such as the the web hosting software that Jan's site may be using, then they spend their time searching out other sites that use the same or similar configuration to see what mayhem they can cause for the notoriety...

They are vandals and terrorists... nothing less... if we could make the Patriot Act apply to them... we might be able to put the fear of God into them and drastically reduce the destruction they leave in their path...

Jan, Sorry that they appear to have hit your forum again... perhaps in the future you should consider making an announcement here in our announcement forum when things like this happen, and then make a followup announcement when things have been restored so your folks know they can get back on line on your site... it would cut down on some of the speculation...

In the meantime, I hope ALL your members know they are welcome here as well.

04-20-2008, 02:35 PM	#6
John Sabato Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: The Capital of the Free World Posts: 10,156 Thanks: 3,003 Thanked 2,309 Times in 1,098 Posts	I am one of the "white hat" guys in the field of computer security... once the hackers discover a particular vulnerability in a system configuration type... such as the the web hosting software that Jan's site may be using, then they spend their time searching out other sites that use the same or similar configuration to see what mayhem they can cause for the notoriety... They are vandals and terrorists... nothing less... if we could make the Patriot Act apply to them... we might be able to put the fear of God into them and drastically reduce the destruction they leave in their path... Jan, Sorry that they appear to have hit your forum again... perhaps in the future you should consider making an announcement here in our announcement forum when things like this happen, and then make a followup announcement when things have been restored so your folks know they can get back on line on your site... it would cut down on some of the speculation... In the meantime, I hope ALL your members know they are welcome here as well. __________________ regards, -John S "...We hold these truths to be self-evident that ALL men are created EQUAL *and are endowed by their Creator* with certain UNALIENABLE* rights, and among these are life, LIBERTY, and the pursuit of happiness..."*