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graeme

Active Member
Just had a Debian VPS compromised by this:
https://blog.avast.com/2015/01/06/linux-ddos-trojan-hiding-itself-with-an-embedded-rootkit/


OVH cut off networking to the whole server (which runs 3 VPSs) until we sorted it out.


It had a firewall with only three ports allowing incoming connections (ssh and 2 http servers on non-standard ports). I had not bothered to prevent root ssh logins in case the guy who originally set it up needed to get back in ,and the password was randomly generated and I thought the chance of it being cracked by a brute force attack was low. WRONG.
 
ChrisM

ChrisM

Cocktail Enthusiast
Verified Provider
HalfEatenPie said:
Just wanna let everyone know to watch your liver. 


Lost a very good friend of mine last week.  Was in the hospital for two weeks before that.  Liver Failure.  He drank a ton (and by that I mean he would black out drinking every night and would often be drunk by six before we had dinner).  Don't put your body through that.  
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Sorry to hear. 27 is wayy to young of an age to go. 
 
AuroraZero

AuroraZero

Active Member
Any one know of a place I could get a glass for an Ellipsis 8 tablet? Wife broke hers still works but it is cracked. Ebay does not have any and I am not going back to Verizon if I can help it. Also need it to be cheap as possible. Can wait a bit if I need to also.
 
HalfEatenPie

HalfEatenPie

The Irrational One
Retired Staff
Same boat as you @AuroraZero, gotta find a new glass for my Chromebook Pixel.  Can't seem to find anything on eBay or AliExpress.  
 
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AuroraZero

AuroraZero

Active Member
@HalfEatenPie seems like some one out there would have these. We can not be the only two on the planet who have these, and know how to repair them ourselves. 
 
DomainBop

DomainBop

Dormant VPSB Pathogen
Random notes:


+1 for WHT moderation.  Ban hammer on some shiller moron 16 minutes after being reported this morning.  I mean really, when WHIR writes articles on your two acquisitions, and your name is on the WHOIS of both sites, and then you're dumb enough to post as Brand A and recommend Brand B on 4 different occasions over the past month...  //facepalm


WTF is it with datacenter space renters and horrendous security practices.  Name the Buffalo datacenter that is using WordPress 3.5.1...
 
HalfEatenPie

HalfEatenPie

The Irrational One
Retired Staff
DomainBop said:
Random notes:


+1 for WHT moderation.  Ban hammer on some shiller moron 16 minutes after being reported this morning.  I mean really, when WHIR writes articles on your two acquisitions, and your name is on the WHOIS of both sites, and then you're dumb enough to post as Brand A and recommend Brand B on 4 different occasions over the past month...  //facepalm


WTF is it with datacenter space renters and horrendous security practices.  Name the Buffalo datacenter that is using WordPress 3.5.1...
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Word.  Awesome.  


I'm all indifferent to the DC space renter resellers.  I mean people are going to always want to talk up how big they are.  However as long as they're able to deliver on what they promised it's not a problem.  Now saying IPv6 is coming and never actually deliver?  Ehh, that's a bit annoying.  But we gotta remember, IPv6 is basically deploying another network.  You have to setup the network again for IPv6 (peering and such), and effectively doubling your workload while the end user only has to deal with the IPv6 address.  I think that's one of the reason IPv6 has been harder to adopt in certain locations (well that and outdated hardware that can't support it).  
 
MannDude

MannDude

Just a dude
vpsBoard Founder
Moderator
Woop, the weather is finally nice outside! Short lived, that's for sure. But Spring is around the corner. For now I'll enjoy my 64 degree day!
 
drmike

drmike

100% Tier-1 Gogent
DomainBop said:
Random notes:


+1 for WHT moderation.  Ban hammer on some shiller moron 16 minutes after being reported this morning.  I mean really, when WHIR writes articles on your two acquisitions, and your name is on the WHOIS of both sites, and then you're dumb enough to post as Brand A and recommend Brand B on 4 different occasions over the past month...  //facepalm
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Who got the hammer for shilling?  Feel free to PM.
 
drmike

drmike

100% Tier-1 Gogent
Darwin said:
I like this site, but I hate IPBoard usability (mobile and desktop, don't know which one is worst).
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IPB has been rough to us here... Lots of breakage over time and the authors are meh, out to lunch, ship busted code, slow to fix.


What forum or related software are you of good opinion of?
 
Darwin

Darwin

Member
I think that I visit only 3 forums nowadays (here, let and VERY VERY rarely wht)(4 if you count reddit as a forum). I hate vpsb usability, hate wht mobile usability and (oh boy, I will burn in hell because of this) like let usability.


Before you kill me, let me explain my algorithm on how I use LET(vanilla is really a crappy PoS software btw).


I look for 3 informations: topic title, number of replies since I last saw a topic and last reply by.


I will read a topic if: a) I like the title or b) have a lot of replies or c) if I like to read what the last person to reply writes.


A and C are ok here , but B is horrible (and I will say that most of the time B is what fires my click).


Another horrible usability is that I have to click in a small circle to go to the last unread comment. OMFG, I can catch a fly with chopsticks but can't click that damn circle in mobile.


Maybe I don't know how to use IPBoard, but that summarizes my biggest concerns about ip board.
 
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