[thechat] recent evolt problems..
Daniel J. Cody
djc at starkmedia.com
Thu Jun 21 00:47:05 CDT 2001
hey folks -
this is gonna be short and sweet..
around 6pm cst tonite the server that hosts the evolt mailing
lists(lists.evolt.org), browsers/directory/admin/ and members.evolt.org
went down. at first glance and without giving shit away, it looks like
someone exploited a members.evolt.org account with a PHP script. for
those that dont know, we host around 600 websites for evolt members and
offer them PHP, cold fusion, cgi and a number of other resources to
further their web development skills.. apparently someone somehow took
advantage of that generosity and used a PHP script to wipe out everyone
elses accounts.
this affects *all* members.evolt.org accounts, including
lists,directory,admin, and browsers.evolt.org. untill i figure out how
they got the script to wipe a couple hundred GB's of data, i've shut the
web and db servers and all other non-essential services on that machine
down.
www.evolt.org is fine and working however, as its on a seperate system.
the evolt mailing lists are now up and fine as well
when i'm done pouring over logfiles and figuring out just how it
happened, data will be restored from a backup that was made on wednesday.
bearing my frustration here and trying not to sound like an asshole to
everyone else, but i'm sure whoever it was that pulled this little stunt
off is on one of our lists, which is why i'm sending this to everyone.
i'd just like to point out to this person that the log files you 'wiped
out' just happened to also get spooled to a fucking printer. i've
already got an ip and a more than helpful sys admin from your isp with
radius logs in his hands.
on the phone.
right now.
apologies to everyone else for the downtime this evening, sorry it took
so long(milaukee beervolt tonite), everything should be smurfy in the
morning.
.djc.
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