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2006-01-20

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Posted by Fred 2006-01-20 08:17|| || Front Page|| [11138 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Good luck. Sorry about your having to suffer fools. Thanks for the site.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2006-01-20 08:29|| 2006-01-20 08:29|| Front Page Top

#2 Thanks for all the hard work Fred. The news and insights available here are priceless.

Posted by Doc8404 2006-01-20 08:31|| 2006-01-20 08:31|| Front Page Top

#3 Hang in there! I cannot do without your excellent site, mental relief, et al.

Posted by Besoeker 2006-01-20 08:35|| 2006-01-20 08:35|| Front Page Top

#4 Hurrah! Once again, thanks to Fred, the good guys win. Well done, sir, well done.

Posted by trailing wife 2006-01-20 08:47|| 2006-01-20 08:47|| Front Page Top

#5 God bless ya, Fred.

Posted by Ptah">Ptah 2006-01-20 08:53|| http://www.crusaderwarcollege.org]">[http://www.crusaderwarcollege.org] 2006-01-20 08:53|| Front Page Top

#6 Rantburg opens first when I need a news fix! Your efforts are appreciated.
Thank You, Fred

Posted by Capsu78 2006-01-20 08:58|| 2006-01-20 08:58|| Front Page Top

#7 If it's any compensation Fred, Rantburg is causing much, much more hair pulling, teeth grinding and sleepless nights on the other side than they are causing you.

Posted by ed 2006-01-20 09:21|| 2006-01-20 09:21|| Front Page Top

#8 Thank you for this site.

Posted by Mark Z 2006-01-20 09:23|| 2006-01-20 09:23|| Front Page Top

#9 mods when you get a chance, plz remove #8.

#8 will be pulled at your request. AoS.

Posted by RD 2006-01-20 09:34|| 2006-01-20 09:34|| Front Page Top

#10 We keep getting hit by .kr and .ch addresses. Though after moving the webserver from just firewall/dmz to both plus publish through proxy and a 'few other things' they can't get past.

It makes sense from our end being an aerospace company that .kr and .ch are always probing us.

Hope the switch goes well!!

Posted by bombay">bombay 2006-01-20 09:35|| 2006-01-20 09:35|| Front Page Top

#11 Does Pravda have the same hacking problems?

Posted by HammerHead 2006-01-20 09:41|| 2006-01-20 09:41|| Front Page Top

#12 I'm really worried about it because I'm not as comfortable with Linux as with Windows. Plus I keep finding pages I've forgotten to convert to .php. I've got the backup box set up so it'll work in theory, but I won't know if I've got it right until I actually make the switch. If not, then we'll be down for longer than I want while I try to find what I did wrong.

I'm hoping to keep the downtime to under an hour, but I know something will go wrong. It's done that before just on simple Windows swaps...

Posted by Fred 2006-01-20 09:43|| 2006-01-20 09:43|| Front Page Top

#13 You probably know that CH is Switzerland. I have a great IT contact there who could perhaps help track the hacher(s) down.

Posted by HammerHead 2006-01-20 09:45|| 2006-01-20 09:45|| Front Page Top

#14 Thanks for the headzup on the downtime, Fred. I'll go restock my emergency supplies tonite: flashlite, plastic tarp, duct tape, cheetos.

Posted by Seafarious">Seafarious 2006-01-20 09:49|| 2006-01-20 09:49|| Front Page Top

#15 Server switch (to Linux) will be tomorrow.

Welcome on the clear side and may the Force be with you. Ever!

Posted by JFM">JFM 2006-01-20 09:52|| 2006-01-20 09:52|| Front Page Top

#16 Thanks for the warning, Fred....and now I have an excuse to finally watch all those movies from Netflix. ;)

Posted by Desert Blondie 2006-01-20 09:56|| http://azjetsetchick.blogspot.com ]">[http://azjetsetchick.blogspot.com ] 2006-01-20 09:56|| Front Page Top

#17 don't worry too much Fred, easy does it. thanks.

Posted by RD 2006-01-20 09:57|| 2006-01-20 09:57|| Front Page Top

#18 BeOS is where it's at. NOBODY ever bothers to hack that.

Posted by ed 2006-01-20 09:57|| 2006-01-20 09:57|| Front Page Top

#19 I agree. Go BeOS and then you can video transfer all your Betamax tapes to digital. You wouldn't want to abandon one dead tech unless a you had another dead tech to replace it with.

Posted by Scott R">Scott R 2006-01-20 10:08|| http://five24.net]">[http://five24.net] 2006-01-20 10:08|| Front Page Top

#20 I keep trying to get Fred to switch to Mac OS X Server, but he sez I gotta buy him a dual Mac blade for it to happen ...

Posted by Steve White">Steve White 2006-01-20 10:27|| 2006-01-20 10:27|| Front Page Top

#21 I'd wait till the Intel swap is finished, the Mac.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2006-01-20 10:32|| 2006-01-20 10:32|| Front Page Top

#22 Fred, this is the most valuable site on the Web, bar none. My thanks to you. Please take your time with the swap- don't worry about the deprivation, suffering, pain and anguish out there in the Burg. We will get by.

Posted by Grunter 2006-01-20 10:41|| 2006-01-20 10:41|| Front Page Top

#23 Rantburg opens first when I need a news fix!

Me too. I was seriously jonesing by last night.

Fred, this is the most valuable site on the Web, bar none.

Best. Newsblog. Ever.

/apologies to Comic Store Guy.

Posted by Xbalanke 2006-01-20 10:54|| 2006-01-20 10:54|| Front Page Top

#24 Hear, hear to all! Thanks Fred for your timely and appropriate website, which I wish I could visit even more often than I do. Good luck and God speed on the switch and may all the hackers get their 72 (cyberspace) raisins!

Posted by BA 2006-01-20 11:09|| 2006-01-20 11:09|| Front Page Top

#25 Fred, if you ever need to switch again...
I booted Plan-9 from Bell Labs the other day. It was so seriously weird I couldn't figure out what was going on and threw it in the junk pile. No hacker is ever going to break into that OS! Just partner with some refugee from Bell Labs and you would be set. (Ritchie designed it and his division just got shutdown the other day. Seems he might have some time on his hands)

BTW hope some of my hints helped.

Posted by 3dc 2006-01-20 11:27|| 2006-01-20 11:27|| Front Page Top

#26 BTW running apache on linux the most common problem's I had were with root-kit kiddies and folks trying to use the machine as a bounce reflector to other sites. (the last was really a pain as html allows it.)

For the root-kit guys ... you need to get the "chkrootkit" package and put it on cron for a non-busy hour.

Posted by 3dc 2006-01-20 11:32|| 2006-01-20 11:32|| Front Page Top

#27 You've had it? What's it like?

Posted by Pheath Cruling9911 2006-01-20 11:51|| 2006-01-20 11:51|| Front Page Top

#28 In the "occupation" field of my IRS form this year, I think I'll change mine from "Warlord" to "Root-kit Kiddie".

/random thought on a slow Friday

Posted by Seafarious">Seafarious 2006-01-20 11:53|| 2006-01-20 11:53|| Front Page Top

#29 Seafarious, dear, you're supposed to put "Blog Moderator/Assistant God" in that space. Or "Assistant Goddess" if you're feeling persnickety that day. Technically speaking, Fred creates, and you mods run, our favourite pocket universe. So there!

Posted by trailing wife 2006-01-20 12:26|| 2006-01-20 12:26|| Front Page Top

#30 flashlite, plastic tarp, duct tape, cheetos

My list includes ice cream and a good novel .... plus spare batteries for that flashlight. I've gassed up my portable generator in case things get desperate and I try to surf out to some second-rate site to get a fix while waiting for the Burg to return ....

Posted by lotp 2006-01-20 12:43|| 2006-01-20 12:43|| Front Page Top

#31 Fred, thanks for keeping up the site. It's a valuable public service. It's so good you should put "Good Samaritan" on the IRS occupation line and claim a tax deduction for charitable giving.

Posted by Intrinsicpilot 2006-01-20 13:01|| 2006-01-20 13:01|| Front Page Top

#32 Thanks Fred.

Posted by Yosemite Sam 2006-01-20 13:22|| 2006-01-20 13:22|| Front Page Top

#33 thanks Fred...I'll make sure to sleep in then...
otherwise I'll get the shakes

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2006-01-20 13:48|| 2006-01-20 13:48|| Front Page Top

#34 Thanks Fred. I'm on kiddie duty tomorrow (wife at lacrosse seminar) so I won't be able to visit anyway. Take your time and do it right. You are right, something will go wrong. Again, what you do is hugely appreciated.

Posted by remoteman 2006-01-20 13:49|| 2006-01-20 13:49|| Front Page Top

#35 A Fatwa on all the hackers, rootkiddies, warez playthings, and wedgie nogs. May the fleas of a thousand rabid camels infest them! May they always be forced to pray into the wind. May a sandstorm of a thousand years infest their xbox, and may their computer melt faster than a snocone in the Empty Quarter.

Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot 2006-01-20 13:50|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2006-01-20 13:50|| Front Page Top

#36 Sorry for the extra work, Fred, but it proves you're doin' somethin' right! Rantburg's got 'em all in a panic. Keep up the good work.

Posted by ex-lib 2006-01-20 13:50|| 2006-01-20 13:50|| Front Page Top

#37 This site is our saving grace! Thanks Fred!

Posted by 49 Pan">49 Pan 2006-01-20 14:12|| 2006-01-20 14:12|| Front Page Top

#38 Damn their eyes, Fred! Sorry for the extra work this has caused you.

Posted by Secret Master 2006-01-20 14:28|| 2006-01-20 14:28|| Front Page Top

#39 Old Patriot---Ya wanta make that fatwa ~~o-fissile~~ er official? I bless it one hundred ten percent.

Fred---Appreciate the dedication and work on the mighty Rantburg machine!

Posted by Al Aska Paul">Al Aska Paul 2006-01-20 14:41|| 2006-01-20 14:41|| Front Page Top

#40 The hacking, in its own way, is a compliment to the truth you provide.

Posted by borgboy 2006-01-20 14:55|| 2006-01-20 14:55|| Front Page Top

#41 I'm a modest fellow. I don't need compliments. Really.

Posted by Fred 2006-01-20 15:29|| 2006-01-20 15:29|| Front Page Top

#42 Just a case or two of National Bohemian, and Rantburg's good to go thru midterm elections...

;-)

Posted by Seafarious">Seafarious 2006-01-20 15:36|| 2006-01-20 15:36|| Front Page Top

#43 Speaking of which...

Are y'all going to hold one of those rantapalooza things anytime soon?

Posted by Phil 2006-01-20 15:59|| 2006-01-20 15:59|| Front Page Top

#44 Absotively! But I need too coordinate with Fred and (a moderator to be named later), after Fred gets the Linux box up and running so he can turn his back without skriddies running wild thru the archives.

The venue will be Baltimore, so all you DC 'Burgers start thinking how you'll get there. Date, time, watering hole to be named later.

But I'm definitely up for a DC happy hour. Send me an email and let's work something out.

Posted by Seafarious">Seafarious 2006-01-20 16:08|| 2006-01-20 16:08|| Front Page Top

#45 P.S. Are there any South Florida Rantburgers lurking in this thread? I'll be visiting next month...

Posted by Seafarious">Seafarious 2006-01-20 16:10|| 2006-01-20 16:10|| Front Page Top

#46 Fred,

Not that you need it but here is one more kudo.
This IS the best site for all the important news stories. I trust all of you guys editorial judgement.

Many thanks

Posted by AlanC">AlanC 2006-01-20 16:25|| 2006-01-20 16:25|| Front Page Top

#47 We know who is doing this crap. If we sent Muslim pollutants back to their sandy pig-pens, then they would live in uneducated bliss.

Posted by CaziFarkus">CaziFarkus 2006-01-20 17:43|| deleted]">[deleted] 2006-01-20 17:43|| Front Page Top

#48 Timely articles from Ziff-Davis media, on the results of MicroLord's tyranny of the Serfs. Go Open Source!:

http://blogs.zdnet.com/Murphy/index.php?p=508&tag=nl.e622

http://blogs.zdnet.com/Ou/?p=149&tag=nl.e622

http://blogs.zdnet.com/Ou/?p=149&tag=nl.e622

Posted by CaziFarkus">CaziFarkus 2006-01-20 17:50|| deleted]">[deleted] 2006-01-20 17:50|| Front Page Top

#49 thanks, Fred ...

Posted by Rantfan 2006-01-20 17:51|| 2006-01-20 17:51|| Front Page Top

#50
http://blogs.zdnet.com/Murphy/index.php?p=508&tag=nl.e622

What about Secunia?

Posted by badanov 2006-01-20 18:12|| http://www.freefirezone.org/cgi-bin/index.pl]">[http://www.freefirezone.org/cgi-bin/index.pl] 2006-01-20 18:12|| Front Page Top

#51 What borgboy said.

I'm a modest fellow. I don't need compliments. Really.

Too bad, you're getting them anyway! You're the best, Fred. Thank you.

Posted by Raj 2006-01-20 18:44|| 2006-01-20 18:44|| Front Page Top

#52 And a Serious demarche on all the craven hackers! Bless you Fred et al for the BEST site on the net. Up and at 'em Saturday!

Posted by Inspector Clueso 2006-01-20 18:51|| 2006-01-20 18:51|| Front Page Top

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