| Fucking script kiddies | |
| Posted by joe (27 Comments) | Thu Jul 21st '05 10:46:54 PM |
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We were rooted a few months ago, and I thought I'd fixed it. Well they're back again. (rooted means they have complete control over the server - as much as me, and could erase everything if they wanted) There is only one thing you can do under these circumstances, and that's format and reinstall. Obviously this is a BIG FUCKING INCONVENIENCE since we'd lose all the files on the server. I've thought of an ingenious plan which is to install linux on our second drive from within linux itself, then setting that drive as bootable and restarting (i.e. no data loss). This is not as easy as it sounds, and could potentially knock the server dead if it can't boot - which happens almost every second install of linux you do in my experience. If that happens I'll have to pay a tech to reformat and reinstall. Losing everything. UPDATE: It turns out the slackware installer is a bit shitty. It doesn't use relative paths (the installer expects the install files to be on the / mount). I tried chrooting and binding my loopback cdrom and hdd mounts underneath the chroot and installing but the installer quits out when it starts installing packages. I'm gonna have to find another way of doing this. Perhaps someone has created an installer for this purpose, or modified the slackware one. Hell I could maybe modify it myself. I'm working sat/sun so it probably won't get done til Monday. Let's hope the hax0rs don't try any funny stuff! Check this cool guy out:  |
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| Genre: Site Update | |
| World of Warcraft 1.6 Released | |
| Posted by joe (4 Comments) | Wed Jul 13th '05 01:53:36 PM |
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The World of Warcraft team is happy to announce the release of the new 1.6 content patch! Highlights of patch 1.6: You can read the entire patch notes here. Download from the superfast Salmon servers here. |
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| Genre: Gaming | |
| Age of Empires MMO? | |
| Posted by James (3 Comments) | Tue Jul 12th '05 10:53:22 PM |
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The rumor mill continues to churn as the homepage for Ensemble Studios, the creators of the upcoming Age of Empires III, lists a job opening for an "experienced server architect to assist in creating a world-class massively multiplayer game." Is a Blizzard style MMORPG venture in store for Ensemble and Microsoft Game Studios after the success of the wildly popular World of Warcraft? All signs point to Ensemble having its sights set on a massively multiplayer game, but what style of game they're looking to create is not clear. While an attempt at a WoW style product is definitely a possibility, nothing could be confirmed at this point. Still, it is an intriguing prospect for fans of the series and the RTS genre. |
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| News Source: Gamespot | Genre: Gaming |
| Athletes insured for Nessie swim | |
| Posted by joe (4 Comments) | Wed Jul 6th '05 01:33:15 AM |
 Triathlon competitors are to be insured for £1m in case they are injured by the Loch Ness monster.Insurance company NIG is providing cover for more than 100 athletes taking part in the VisitScotland Adventure Triathlon on 23 July. Competitors will have to swim two laps of Urquhart Bay, the scene of many "sightings" of Nessie. The insurer conceded it was an "unusual risk" which many insurance companies would not consider. Teams from the UK, France, South Africa, Italy and Germany are due to take part in the event, which is being organised by sports marketing agency Nova International and will be televised on Channel Five. |
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| News Source: BBC News | Genre: General News |
| File sharing liability gets nasty | |
| Posted by mrplow (11 Comments) | Mon Jun 27th '05 06:06:51 PM |
 The US Supreme Court has ruled that file-sharing companies are to blame for what users do with their software. The surprise ruling could start a legal assault on the creators of file-sharing networks such as Grokster and Morpheus. The case was brought by 28 movie and music makers who claimed that rampant piracy was denting profits.The Supreme Court judges were expected to rule in favour of the file-sharers because of legal precedents set when video recorders first appeared. The unanimous ruling is a victory for recording companies and film studios in what is widely seen as one of the most important copyright cases in years. The legal case against Streamcast Networks - which makes the software behind Grokster and Morpheus - began in October 2001 when 28 media companies filed their legal complaint. The complaint alleged that Streamcast was prospering on the back of the unfettered piracy taking place on the file-sharing networks. However, the attempts to win damages suffered a series of defeats as successive courts sided with the file-sharing networks. The judges in those lower courts cited a ruling made in 1984 over Sony's Betamax video recorder. In that case, the Supreme Court said that the majority of people using a video recorder for legal uses outweighed any illegal use of the technology. Would you like to know more? Loving the ianas-tone iPod |
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| News Source: BBC News | Genre: Internet |
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