As many of you will have realized, the Penny-Arcade forums were down for a number of hours today.
For those of you who care about the details, I've been told the exploit originated at another site on the cluster. I was concerned that there was an as-yet-unannounced phpBB exploit which is what prompted me to take the forums down despite the fact that the only thing missing was the index.php file.
Interestingly, it is due to penny-arcade still using the legacy .php3 (rather than .php) notation on it's front page that kept that from being overwritten as well.
There may be some quirks with the index page because it may be missing some recent changes. It looks "off" to me, but I'm not sure what about it looks wrong yet. I didn't do much to that file, though, so it shouldn't be anything terrible to fix.
There may be some quirks with the index page because it may be missing some recent changes. It looks "off" to me, but I'm not sure what about it looks wrong yet. I didn't do much to that file, though, so it shouldn't be anything terrible to fix.
The font is either too big, or bolded...something like that.
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Can we get the chemicals in. 'Cause anything's better than this.
There may be some quirks with the index page because it may be missing some recent changes. It looks "off" to me, but I'm not sure what about it looks wrong yet. I didn't do much to that file, though, so it shouldn't be anything terrible to fix.
The font is either too big, or bolded...something like that.
There may be some quirks with the index page because it may be missing some recent changes. It looks "off" to me, but I'm not sure what about it looks wrong yet. I didn't do much to that file, though, so it shouldn't be anything terrible to fix.
The font is either too big, or bolded...something like that.
now does it look right?
I think it was the stacked "last post" that was throwing it off the most.
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There may be some quirks with the index page because it may be missing some recent changes. It looks "off" to me, but I'm not sure what about it looks wrong yet. I didn't do much to that file, though, so it shouldn't be anything terrible to fix.
The font is either too big, or bolded...something like that.
now does it look right?
I think it was the stacked "last post" that was throwing it off the most.
Yeah. Looks exactly how it should now. Awesome.
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Can we get the chemicals in. 'Cause anything's better than this.
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OrthancDeath Lite, Only 1 CalorieOff the end of the internet, just turn left.Registered User, ClubPAregular
There may be some quirks with the index page because it may be missing some recent changes. It looks "off" to me, but I'm not sure what about it looks wrong yet. I didn't do much to that file, though, so it shouldn't be anything terrible to fix.
The font is either too big, or bolded...something like that.
now does it look right?
I think it was the stacked "last post" that was throwing it off the most.
back to normal :^:
drinks are on the house
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BarcardiAll the WizardsUnder A Rock: AfganistanRegistered Userregular
There may be some quirks with the index page because it may be missing some recent changes. It looks "off" to me, but I'm not sure what about it looks wrong yet. I didn't do much to that file, though, so it shouldn't be anything terrible to fix.
The font is either too big, or bolded...something like that.
now does it look right?
I think it was the stacked "last post" that was throwing it off the most.
back to normal :^:
drinks are on the house
hooray!
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OrthancDeath Lite, Only 1 CalorieOff the end of the internet, just turn left.Registered User, ClubPAregular
There may be some quirks with the index page because it may be missing some recent changes. It looks "off" to me, but I'm not sure what about it looks wrong yet. I didn't do much to that file, though, so it shouldn't be anything terrible to fix.
The font is either too big, or bolded...something like that.
now does it look right?
I think it was the stacked "last post" that was throwing it off the most.
back to normal :^:
drinks are on the house
hooray!
Yep, now if someone's got a ladder we can get them down
There may be some quirks with the index page because it may be missing some recent changes. It looks "off" to me, but I'm not sure what about it looks wrong yet. I didn't do much to that file, though, so it shouldn't be anything terrible to fix.
The font is either too big, or bolded...something like that.
now does it look right?
I think it was the stacked "last post" that was throwing it off the most.
back to normal :^:
drinks are on the house
hooray!
Yep, now if someone's got a ladder we can get them down
booo!!!
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RamiusJoined: July 19, 2000Administrator, ClubPAadmin
There may be some quirks with the index page because it may be missing some recent changes. It looks "off" to me, but I'm not sure what about it looks wrong yet. I didn't do much to that file, though, so it shouldn't be anything terrible to fix.
The font is either too big, or bolded...something like that.
now does it look right?
I think it was the stacked "last post" that was throwing it off the most.
back to normal :^:
drinks are on the house
hooray!
Yep, now if someone's got a ladder we can get them down
booo!!!
I hope you are not boo'ing the joke, because I thought it was pretty funny.
Ramius, if someone can hack the forums, can they see my username and password? That bugs me.
Assmuming phpBB takes the standard precautions, they couldn't have seen your password. The password is normally encrypted in such a way that you can check it is correct, but you can't get the origional password back.
There may be some quirks with the index page because it may be missing some recent changes. It looks "off" to me, but I'm not sure what about it looks wrong yet. I didn't do much to that file, though, so it shouldn't be anything terrible to fix.
The font is either too big, or bolded...something like that.
now does it look right?
I think it was the stacked "last post" that was throwing it off the most.
back to normal :^:
drinks are on the house
hooray!
Yep, now if someone's got a ladder we can get them down
booo!!!
I hope you are not boo'ing the joke, because I thought it was pretty funny.
How to deal with the hackers! I say we Nuke their IPs
Great idea! I know if I'm a hacker taking on one of the most visible and high-traffic websites on the Internet, I do the hacking from my home computer, using an ISP that has my personal billing information.
How to deal with the hackers! I say we Nuke their IPs
Great idea! I know if I'm a hacker taking on one of the most visible and high-traffic websites on the Internet, I do the hacking from my home computer, using an ISP that has my personal billing information.
It was you wasn't it?
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jackfaces
"If you're going to play tiddly winks, play it with man hole covers."
- John McCallum
They're close but not quite back to normal. Ramius used to have a gap between each of the major Forums.
I've looked but I don't seem to have an old screencap of it anymore, but if what I'm saying is truly confusing I could easily PS one to explain better.
Drat it. I decide to leave and Deputy Modship goes up, Ramius place becomes active, the chatlog gets unlocked, and now the forum is hacked.
I'm an emblem of mediocrity, as long as I'm here nothing exciting will happen.
By the way, Ramius's Place is my favorite forum.
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Marty: The future, it's where you're going? Doc: That's right, twenty five years into the future. I've always dreamed on seeing the future, looking beyond my years, seeing the progress of mankind. I'll also be able to see who wins the next twenty-five world series.
I tried to go ask the details of what happened on TTB, but I couldn't register. Didn't get the e-mail, and it was to my address.
That was 11:39 this morning, eastern. I still don't have it and I tried to re-send it three times.
I don't think TTB likes me.
Anyway, look at it this way. If nothing interesting like this happened, the day might get pretty dull. Nothing is quite as much fun without a quirk every now and then.
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Munkus BeaverYou don't have to attend every argument you are invited to.Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPAregular
They're close but not quite back to normal. Ramius used to have a gap between each of the major Forums.
I've looked but I don't seem to have an old screencap of it anymore, but if what I'm saying is truly confusing I could easily PS one to explain better.
i have a screenshot of how they 'used to be'
i just got on so i haven't looked careefully at anything.
i can post if you want
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Humor can be dissected as a frog can, but dies in the process.
I heard it was a Brazillian group of kids called Hax0rs lab (not exactly creative). Apparently they were celebrating their 1000th hacked site by trying to simultaneously hack another 1000.
While they were doing this a guy called CarderBR decided to put the smack down by hacking their site (hax0rslab.org) and it's still down.
If I would attack a site like PA, I would try from a WiFi hotspot, then replace the NIC afterward. Don't know if WiFi registers MAC addresses though. Hacking seemed exciting awhile back in highschool, but it's a waste of time and effort now.
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The font is either too big, or bolded...something like that.
Agreed. I'm just glad to have it back.
Aye
edit: this is before the haxors or whatever own you thing
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Steam: Vloeza_SE++
Or something like that. :?
Word.
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But thanks for fixing all this up, if you have any more details as to exactly how they got in I'd be interested.
Well I'm off to my webserver
find / -name *.php -exec sed -e "s/php/php3/g" {} \> {}3
Perfect.
I think it was the stacked "last post" that was throwing it off the most.
Yeah. Looks exactly how it should now.
back to normal :^:
drinks are on the house
for anyone that is interested
hooray!
Yep, now if someone's got a ladder we can get them down
Pssst... That's Portuguese, my bubbly friend.
booo!!!
How about we E-MAIL BOMB 'EM?! KEKEKEKEKE ^_^!
Assmuming phpBB takes the standard precautions, they couldn't have seen your password. The password is normally encrypted in such a way that you can check it is correct, but you can't get the origional password back.
no sir... the lack of ladders
password is md5d in the database. only way to break it is to brute force it against an md5 dictionary
It was you wasn't it?
"If you're going to play tiddly winks, play it with man hole covers."
- John McCallum
I've looked but I don't seem to have an old screencap of it anymore, but if what I'm saying is truly confusing I could easily PS one to explain better.
I'm an emblem of mediocrity, as long as I'm here nothing exciting will happen.
By the way, Ramius's Place is my favorite forum.
Doc: That's right, twenty five years into the future. I've always dreamed on seeing the future, looking beyond my years, seeing the progress of mankind. I'll also be able to see who wins the next twenty-five world series.
That was 11:39 this morning, eastern. I still don't have it and I tried to re-send it three times.
I don't think TTB likes me.
Anyway, look at it this way. If nothing interesting like this happened, the day might get pretty dull. Nothing is quite as much fun without a quirk every now and then.
i have a screenshot of how they 'used to be'
i just got on so i haven't looked careefully at anything.
i can post if you want
While they were doing this a guy called CarderBR decided to put the smack down by hacking their site (hax0rslab.org) and it's still down.
Instant karma.
good 'ol 139 port.