System Updates Thread ...7/21/20 . Security and Pictures

[BeanTown]

Originally Posted by bobbyw8469

I'm confused why someone would want to send an attack on your site. We are all cardboard nerds. What's the point?

Possibly a disgruntle member or someone with an interest in seeing this site go down. I hope you don't lose all your relatively with the seach engine spiders. Whenever you do a keyword search with baseball cards, this platform seems to always pop up in top 10 with former discussions. Now who would benfit if net54 loss decades of these threads?

[dstudeba]

Originally Posted by BeanTown

Possibly a disgruntle member or someone with an interest in seeing this site go down. I hope you don't lose all your relatively with the seach engine spiders. Whenever you do a keyword search with baseball cards, this platform seems to always pop up in top 10 with former discussions. Now who would benfit if net54 loss decades of these threads?

Possibly, but it could also easily be someone trying out an attack based on the software that is used. I would think it would be more likely they were going after the username/password combinations. Just a guess because the information on this site is important to such a small group of folks so why target it?

As for the search, you will still be able to search fine. Especially since most of the searches you do are relatively esoteric and isn't really found many places on the web. Despite the site become overly T206 heavy in recent years there is a great deal of interesting information held in these pages since Elliot started the board.

[Leon]

Hey Folks
I think I am going to shoot myself .....Can't really say how this is going to go. I am sorry. I am constantly talking to folks. There are corrupted files that just aren't coming back.

[brianp-beme]

Weloome Back Folks! No shooting of ourselves allowed.

Brian

[Leon]

Originally Posted by brianp-beme

Weloome Back Folks! No shooting of ourselves allowed.

Brian

I am becoming a skeleton from stress. ..... I was on the phone with the hosting company at 445 this morning...and lots of other times before and after....Even my prescription trazodone (for sleeping) isn't working....
A lot of pictures won't be up right now but we are still hopeful in getting them back...

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[brianp-beme]

Originally Posted by Leon

I am becoming a skeleton from stress. ..... I was on the phone with the hosting company at 445 this morning...and lots of other times before and after....Even my prescription trazodone (for sleeping) isn't working....

Thanks for all the efforts Leon, but stay away from the 'Stress Diet'. It is probably just a passing fad, and could have serious ramifications as well.

Brian

[bmattioli]

As a 36 year Telecom Tech I feel your pain. Sorry can't help you technically but hang in there and fight the good fight.

Net54 Rocks!!

[conor912]

Maybe injecting bleach will help.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by conor912

Maybe injecting bleach will help.

It didn't.

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[Cliff Bowman]

Originally Posted by conor912

Maybe injecting bleach will help.

Maybe Corn Pop has a database background.

[Fred]

Originally Posted by Leon

Hey Folks
I think I am going to shoot myself .....Can't really say how this is going to go. I am sorry. I am constantly talking to folks. There are corrupted files that just aren't coming back.

Leon,

Before you shoot, can you please make sure that I'm in your will. I wouldn't mind having a card in my collection with LL provenance. 20 years from now I'll be able to say that I have a LL card in my collection.


I think most of the board members understand, and if they don't, then the only advice to be given is to take a deep breath, count to 10 and hit the refresh button or start a Leon "go fund me" page to pay for the mental health bill that is coming...