Tome forums hacked

Sir Crashalot · August 27, 2009, 01:02

Just went over there and it seems that some idiot has accessed Darkgods account and is currently destroying the forum over there.

pav · August 27, 2009, 06:10

Well, guess the time has come to take it down completely.

Pete Mack · August 27, 2009, 06:18

forums.t-o-m-e.net, we hardly knew ye. Long live forums.t-o-m-e.net.

To ToME players:
welcome back!

IMHO, de-balkanization is a good thing.
(I still mourn rgra, but any move towards reconsolidation is a good thing.)

pav · August 27, 2009, 07:04

You know, I don't mind ToME (or NPP or any other variant) having a separate forums. The problem with ToME ones is lack of maintenance and bad choice of software engine.

I have disabled DarkGod's forum account for now, to see if that helps with the abuse a little.

Nerdanel · August 27, 2009, 11:57

The problems seem to have stopped with DarkGod's account gone. I hope there are backups since most of the threads on the forum got deleted.

I would like to keep the old forum. This place feels cramped.

pav · August 27, 2009, 12:37

I only keep last nighty backup, for recovery in case of hardware failure. So that's probably not very helpful for you.

LCC · August 27, 2009, 14:21

I have been playing Tome for three days now instead of Angband. Last night I created a user account there. A few minutes ago I checked there and was unable to log in. So I created my account again. But from what is being said on this thread, I guess that there is no point to having an account there too. Right???

Nerdanel · August 27, 2009, 14:26

The threads that remain are the newest ones. So if you could somehow merge the contents that would be great. If not, setting the forums back to yesterday wouldn't be so bad.

Xandor Tik'Roth · October 3, 2009, 13:46

I don't know if I'm too late to jump in on this, but I'm the other Admin on the ToME forums. If there's anything that I can personally do to ensure the continued survival and support of the forum, let me know.

pav · October 5, 2009, 10:05

It's using eight years old, insecure version of phpBB, so the first step need to be a migration to up-to-date phpBB, and keeping it patched. Second step is solving the problem with autospammers signing up accounts, so either put a working captcha in place (is there anything that works for phpBB? I don't know) or moderating new users over first few posts. Then we can think about re-enabling sign-ups.

August 27, 2009, 01:02	#1
Sir Crashalot Rookie Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 2	Tome forums hacked Just went over there and it seems that some idiot has accessed Darkgods account and is currently destroying the forum over there.

August 27, 2009, 06:10	#2
pav Administrator Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Prague, Czech republic Age: 40 Posts: 787	Well, guess the time has come to take it down completely. __________________ See the elves and everything! http://angband.oook.cz

August 27, 2009, 07:04	#4
pav Administrator Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Prague, Czech republic Age: 40 Posts: 787	You know, I don't mind ToME (or NPP or any other variant) having a separate forums. The problem with ToME ones is lack of maintenance and bad choice of software engine. I have disabled DarkGod's forum account for now, to see if that helps with the abuse a little. __________________ See the elves and everything! http://angband.oook.cz

August 27, 2009, 12:37	#6
pav Administrator Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Prague, Czech republic Age: 40 Posts: 787	I only keep last nighty backup, for recovery in case of hardware failure. So that's probably not very helpful for you. __________________ See the elves and everything! http://angband.oook.cz

August 27, 2009, 14:21	#7
LCC Adept Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Arlington TN U.S.A Age: 65 Posts: 168 Donated: $20	I have been playing Tome for three days now instead of Angband. Last night I created a user account there. A few minutes ago I checked there and was unable to log in. So I created my account again. But from what is being said on this thread, I guess that there is no point to having an account there too. Right??? __________________ Lonnie Courtney Clay - see: http://groups.google.com/group/lonni...ney-clay?hl=en

August 27, 2009, 06:18	#3
Pete Mack Prophet Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 6,190 Donated: $40	forums.t-o-m-e.net, we hardly knew ye. Long live forums.t-o-m-e.net. To ToME players: welcome back! IMHO, de-balkanization is a good thing. (I still mourn rgra, but any move towards reconsolidation is a good thing.)

August 27, 2009, 11:57	#5
Nerdanel Rookie Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 15	The problems seem to have stopped with DarkGod's account gone. I hope there are backups since most of the threads on the forum got deleted. I would like to keep the old forum. This place feels cramped.

August 27, 2009, 14:26	#8
Nerdanel Rookie Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 15	The threads that remain are the newest ones. So if you could somehow merge the contents that would be great. If not, setting the forums back to yesterday wouldn't be so bad.

October 3, 2009, 13:46	#9
Xandor Tik'Roth Rookie Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: At the edge of the Abyss Age: 35 Posts: 9	I don't know if I'm too late to jump in on this, but I'm the other Admin on the ToME forums. If there's anything that I can personally do to ensure the continued survival and support of the forum, let me know. __________________ Evil thinks not to beguile us by unveiling the terrible truth of its festering intent, but comes, instead, disguised in the diaphanous robes of virtue, whispering sweet-sounding lies intended to seduce us into the dark bed of our eternal graves. -Translated from Koloblicin's Journal -The Pillars of Creation "I have faced my enemy and broken the Abyss" - Anborn Kementari

October 5, 2009, 10:05	#10
pav Administrator Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Prague, Czech republic Age: 40 Posts: 787	It's using eight years old, insecure version of phpBB, so the first step need to be a migration to up-to-date phpBB, and keeping it patched. Second step is solving the problem with autospammers signing up accounts, so either put a working captcha in place (is there anything that works for phpBB? I don't know) or moderating new users over first few posts. Then we can think about re-enabling sign-ups. __________________ See the elves and everything! http://angband.oook.cz

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