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| paceman Guru  Joined: 07/10/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 1328 |
Has everybody had a look at Glenn's comments (at top of page) about the forum hacking attempts. If you're like me you probably tend to skip over that part of the 'Topics' without really looking. Greg |
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CaptainBoing Guru Joined: 07/09/2016 Location: United KingdomPosts: 1985 |
yes, thanks for the bump I can't reply to his post but it might be an idea for him to use SSL (HTTPS) even with a self-signed cert we would all trust it and it stops snooping on the traffic. |
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Gizmo Admin Group  Joined: 05/06/2004 Location: AustraliaPosts: 5019 |
HTTPS not an option. They are SQL injection attempts. The errors I get basically mean their attempt failed. Its a hole I plugged many years ago, but for every hole you plug, there's a hacker who can get past it. If you use a unique non-critical forum password, the worst they can do is log in as you and post a message. Glenn The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago, the second best time is right now. JAQ |
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Grogster Admin Group Joined: 31/12/2012 Location: New ZealandPosts: 9066 |
I have tried to change my password to make it more secure, but the forums reject any attempt to do so:  Smoke makes things work. When the smoke gets out, it stops! |
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| Gizmo Admin Group Joined: 05/06/2004 Location: AustraliaPosts: 5019 |
Can you tell me what buttons you clicked on the get there? I went to Settings, Edit Profile, and changed it there. Glenn The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago, the second best time is right now. JAQ |
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TassyJim Guru Joined: 07/08/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 5909 |
I had no problems changing mine just now. settings/edit profile Jim VK7JH MMedit MMBasic Help |
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BobD Guru Joined: 07/12/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 935 |
Grogs Just changed mine OK. Did you notice that the fields are NEW password NEW password OLD password Bob |
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| Grogster Admin Group Joined: 31/12/2012 Location: New ZealandPosts: 9066 |
Edit Registration. NEW password. NEW password(to confirm) OLD password. Denied message. My NEW password is 14 characters, alpha-numerical. Is there a limit to the length of the password? Perhaps I was making the new one too long? EDIT: I shaved the length of the new password back to 10 characters, and it was accepted, so I am all updated. Old password was only a single word. New one is ten alpha-numerical characters including upper-case, lower-case and numbers which should be reasonably secure. I can't get locked out of the forums - I live here now.....  Smoke makes things work. When the smoke gets out, it stops! |
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| Gizmo Admin Group Joined: 05/06/2004 Location: AustraliaPosts: 5019 |
Grogster I for the life of me cant find the Edit Registration button. Getting a lot of 503 errors, Service Unavailable, logged a ticket with the hosting company. Glenn The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago, the second best time is right now. JAQ |
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| Grogster Admin Group Joined: 31/12/2012 Location: New ZealandPosts: 9066 |
SETTINGS/REGISTRATION DETAILS/EDIT PROFILE. I am seeing lots of those same 503 Service Unavailable errors too. Anyone else? Smoke makes things work. When the smoke gets out, it stops! |
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| JohnS Guru Joined: 18/11/2011 Location: United KingdomPosts: 3660 |
I'm seeing 503s. John |
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| paceman Guru Joined: 07/10/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 1328 |
I got one a couple of hours ago - OK now. Mine's an XP system. Greg |
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| joebog1 Senior Member  Joined: 07/11/2015 Location: AustraliaPosts: 114 |
I changed/updated no probs linux box 4.4.0-72 low latency (x86-64) Joe |
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