Joel, Scott, ya mind tellin' me what the hell this is please...

[jl123]

Yep I was there reading some posts earlier and it was fine. Do you guys notice there are 2 ads on the top?????

I tried to get in again and nothing. http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/frown.gif

~Joel

[OuTpaTienT]

I'm sure they'll forgive you Spooky. Like I said here, it's a rather insulting message.

[alondra]

Me too aparently some SOB did hack it. Im sure they will fix it. Patience folks.

[jl123]

Yeah that's what I was thinking. It sure isn't a bug in the software or anything. http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/smile.gif But why Sysopt? http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/frown.gif

~Joel

[Missing the point]

Who in their right mind would want to hack sysopt?

[OuTpaTienT]

It's one of the biggest & best BSS's around...what hacker wouldn't want to hack it?

[jl123]

Maybe someone that is jealous of our magnificent forum! http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/smile.gif

~Joel

[desmocat]

Must be a software glitch, that's what I got when I tried to go in the forum.

[jl123]

But then why would it just be happening now? Looks like we are going to have to wait this one out patiently. http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/frown.gif

~Joel

[Gomer]

Perhaps it was a recently removed member..... Just a thought.

[Dave_H]

It's happening to me too.
Dave


[This message has been edited by Dave_H (edited 09-04-2000).]

[jjsole]

Yeah, I thought it was just a Community ban of a 'select member' for an inappropriate post http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/smile.gif

[SpookyEddy]

Who would try and hack a site run by people who know stacks about computers and is also populated by people who know a fair bit about this and that?

Is it an innocent software bug or is something more sinister at foot?

Anyhow I eagerly await an update.

[jl123]

Hopefully it is just a innocent software glitch that can easily be fixed. http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/frown.gif

~Joel

[Missing the point]

I am starting to hope that it IS a hacker, and they give me his IP addy......

>=(

[SpookyEddy]

I apologise for my idiot gramar in my last post but its been a hell of a day.

Anyway I was wondering what time it is over in the good old US of A at the moment?

Are you guys at work still?

Appreciate the info.

[jjsole]

Its Labor Day today Spooky so many don't have to work today. I've got 3:30 central time.

[CujoRbd]

yeah... this just happened to me, too whilst attempting to enter the community. i wonder what's up?


CujoRbd

[jl123]

Here(central time) it is 3:35 PM. I'm a student that has the day off for some R&R. http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/smile.gif

~Joel

[hav0c]

Ahh not me! I can't even hack my way out of a paper bag!

lol.

What's up with that?

[OuTpaTienT]

any higher-ups gonna post here so we all know what's going on??

What the hell's going on....I didn't post this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!

[This message has been edited by OuTpaTienT (edited 09-04-2000).]

[Wiruz]

I got it to? - hope nobody has been notified...

I thought it was just me, so i posted in another forum, and sendt an email with screenshot....

why havn't we heard from mntsnow, socalgal yet? .... what is up?

-Wiruz

[RCN_Moose]

I've got it to. I sent an email to Socalgal. She replied that she can't do anything, but she has notified Scott who is looking into it.

Moose

[ArcAngel]

I thought it was just me, I was going to community to view updates on my topic and it gave me same error...

[brandon184]

That "Who's Online" list must have been seriously delayed.

I cannot login or post to that forum.

- Brandon

[socalgal]

Don't panic. Please remain calm <g>

We've been having assorted little glitches with the Community forum lately. This seems to be the latest incarnation.

Hopefully this matter will be resolved soon.

Until then, I have a thread in Networking.... http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/wink.gif and I'm sure there's a few with -0- replies that could use some help in the meanwhile http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/wink.gif

Thanks, guys, and thanks for the heads up to those who sent emails.

[This message has been edited by socalgal (edited 09-04-2000).]

[Psycho-holic Slag]

if you go to the main page and look at the title, half of the word community is in italics. if you click it and look at the url you'll see inside the url the 'I' tag surrounded by '<' '>' symbols.... which is what normally makes the BB think you're trying to hack the board. why you get the same message even w/o the symbols i don't know, but i'm willing to bet it's related.

[cyclone2]

If I've told you once I've told you a Thousand times HACK IT ONE AT A TIME PLEASE!!!! http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/smile.gif

[Fingers]

This reminds me of the line that forms outside the ticket window at a Back Street Boys concert. http://smilecwm.tripod.com/owen/council.gif

The Community sure is going to be "hoppin" when they open the gate. http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/smile.gif Hope they hurry up though, I'm starting to shake. http://smilecwm.tripod.com/cwm/errrr.gif

[OuTpaTienT]

Something very serious is wrong here. I DID NOT post that message that says it's by me, at 1:36

Can someone explain please?

[brandon184]

Ummmm... Oh No!?

[Fingers]

That's not good. Think I'll leave for a little while to reduce traffic. Not Good!!!

[This message has been edited by Fingers (edited 09-04-2000).]

[OuTpaTienT]

Well, I just changed my password just in case someone knows it. I would very much like to know the IP number of who made that message. I know you guys have logs of that.

[Mntsnow]

hang tight everyone....

Joel is on the case!

[This message has been edited by Mntsnow (edited 09-04-2000).]

[Missing the point]

I am scared http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/frown.gif

[CujoRbd]

just so everyone knows, that message (the "we have noted your attempt to hack..." one) is something that pops up when there is an internal error loop within the CGI.

it basically is printed when the CGI can't figure out what to do, and there are no real errors in it. this is often times what occurs when someone hacks it, so it's just an automatically-displayed message.

don't ask me how (as i have NO clue), but i managed to somehow post in the community. i won't reveal the URL of it. i am simply telling the mods of this, so that they can delete it (i'll be e-mailing, you socalgal, so you can delete it.)


later guys!


CujoRbd

[jl123]

I'm back! Oh my gosh! I thought it would be settled by now. http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/frown.gif

I'm really starting to worry now. http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/frown.gif

~Joel

[bkehoe]

It should be fixed soon.

Anyway, you can still reply to threads; I replied to one I bookmarked. http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/smile.gif

Brendan

[Joel Kleppinger]

We're on it guys.

Hopefully, we can get this worked out ASAP.

We'll be doing what we can with the forum. Expect some downtime and various changes/anomolies as we work out these problems.

[brandon184]

This reminds me of...

"And we're set for launch of the Airforce Delta II Launch Vehicle carrying the new GPS-R2 satellite..."

(I have a good memory - don't ask.)



[This message has been edited by brandon184 (edited 09-04-2000).]

[alondra]

Now I know how an alcololic feels,, Man.!!!

[Ed_S]

Me too!

Was OK a few hours ago...
Saw that message and wodered what in the world I said earlier to earn THAT!!!

[blind to truth]

Oh thanK God. I got all nervouse and vowed never to leave my screen name unattended again. Lol i was shakin'. http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/smile.gif

[socalgal]

OuTpaTienT

YGM at your Profile addy, please reply asap.

[GroundZero3]

holy **** i thought something was wrong with me. i was like i just clicked the sysopt community button. i just wanted to read posts. thats it. is that to much to ask????? please someone answer me!! oh no the rooms moving. ahhhh i was about to send sysopt an email telling them that i got this error. lol i got all scared they were going to delete my account or something.

LoL Silly me

JaYsin

[Mntsnow]

LOL A couple of you emailed asking "What did I do to pi$$ you off that you locked me out of the community forum"

I thought maybe Scott fired me and I hadnt got the email yet http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/smile.gif ROFL J/K (I hope I hope http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/biggrin.gif)

[SpookyEddy]

I've just had an E-mail from Scott explaining that it is a problem at the BBS end, so no mysterious hacker lurking in our midst.

He says they are on it, so I have every hope that everything will be OK ASAP.

If this is the case what was going on with your posts OuTpaTienT, were you just having a laugh or did you have problems?

[Mark Stubblefield]

Test

[OuTpaTienT]

No Spooky, I wasn't "just having a little fun". Whoever posted that message using my name did so by going through the Anonymizer, a web site used to hide someones real IP number.

"Strange things are afoot at the circle K."

[brandon184]

Now THAT is strange.

[Toadman]

We have noted your attempt to hack this forum. Authorities will be notified if you persist.

Oh my, always wanted to be on the lam, btw!

[SpookyEddy]

OuTpaTienT I did not mean to imply that I was not taking your situation seriously, only that since various sources had suggested that the community problems have been internal it all got a bit confusing.

Please accept my apologise if I caused offence, I really was just inquiring that everything was OK with you after this evenings problems (without making myself look like a complete *** if you had been joking).

Bad luck having some SOB mess up your posts ontop of all this, It can only get better.

Once again I apologise for any miss-understanding.

[This message has been edited by SpookyEddy (edited 09-04-2000).]

[Warthog]

Just got on and I see this thread with all the chaos. According to Outpatients "who's online" pic, I was online while it was "happening". Never happened to me. You guys must feel special http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/smile.gif

Warthog

[OuTpaTienT]

No apologies necessary. I was just giving you the scoop.

[Fingers]

Our fearless leaders have fought the battle and order has once again been restored to the Community of SysOpt.

[This message has been edited by Fingers (edited 09-04-2000).]

[SpookyEddy]

Excellent.

For all those interested in security type stuff try the following site:
www.grc.com (http://www.grc.com)

It can interrogate your ports & work out just how efficient your security is.

[socalgal]

Thanks, Spooky http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/smile.gif

Here are a couple more that really check things out, esp. Onion-Router
www.onion-router.net/Tests.html (http://www.onion-router.net/Tests.html)
www.secure-me.net/ (http://www.secure-me.net/)


Have fun! http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/wink.gif


[This message has been edited by socalgal (edited 09-05-2000).]

[NDC]

Yeah, I got the same message yesterday when I tried to return to forum after replying to a topic in SYSOP Community. I just ended up restarting IE and tried to go back in to SYSOP Community, and I kept getting that same message. I sent SoCalGal an E-Mail telling her the situation. Seems to fine today, though.

[This message has been edited by NDC (edited 09-04-2000).]

[OuTpaTienT]

http://members.home.net/0utpatient/stuff/hack.gif

[OuTpaTienT]

First off, it's bull. I have never attempted to hack any bbs, much less this one. If it's some kind of joke, I certainly don't find it humorous. And I do find it insulting to the highest degree.

[This message has been edited by OuTpaTienT (edited 09-04-2000).]

[Missing the point]

Don't worry, me and Brandon184 are getting the same thing.

I already sent an email to SocalGal http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/biggrin.gif

[Missing the point]

Also, it only happens when trying to get into the SysOpt.community

[OuTpaTienT]

hehe, alright. Well, still, it's a rather insulting thing to wake up to.

[Missing the point]

PH33R |V|3!!!!!


1 W331 H4><0r j00!!!!!!

LOL

[OuTpaTienT]

Strange thing is, there are other members in the community forum right now, see:

http://members.home.net/0utpatient/stuff/com.gif

So it's evidently only a few "select" members that get to enjoy this. What's different about us?

[Missing the point]

Maybe its only Ultimate Members, because they Ph33r us http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/wink.gif

We know too much........ http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/wink.gif


ROFLMAO

[jl123]

Nope! I'm getting it too! http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/frown.gif

What's going on here??

~Joel

[Ultima]

Me got the same problem, we're all in this together.

As Bkehoe said:
we are all in the United Hacker Federation. http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/wink.gif

I guess he is right. LOL

Pim

[RampageIII]

Must be everyone on vacation or something? Happy Labor Day, everyone! http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/wink.gif

[jl123]

What do you mean "we're all in this together?"

What have you done Ultima?? http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/smile.gif j/k

Hmmm..this is very weird and scary http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/biggrin.gif

~Joel

[This message has been edited by jl123 (edited 09-04-2000).]

[Jonty]

I just got it too!! Whats happening!!!!

[OuTpaTienT]

Alright, well I have seniority here so I'll lead this revolution.

MTP, you take the General Forum.
Ultima, you take Technical Support.
jl123, you get o/c and CPUs.
Rampage & Jonty, you guys team up on the rest of the forums.

And me, I'll continue to hack at the Community Forum.

Let's go get'em!

(note: this IS a joke.)

[Underclocked]

Guess I have to join up with the Accused Sysopt Seniors. http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/wink.gif

[drn]

iget it to now i was there earler and it was fine

[SpookyEddy]

****, wish I'd read this thread before E-mailing Sysopt and asking what the hell was going on.

Never mind, another case of jump first & look second.

[jl123]

The calvary(Sysopt leaders) have saved the day! http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/smile.gif They deserve a round of applause. http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/wink.gif Hehe

~Joel

[OuTpaTienT]

Hey Joel K., didn't even catch the Bill & Ted quote?

Sure it was bad timing, in the midst of a serious bbs issue and all...but if you can hold onto your sense of humor in the middle of a crisis, then there's a good chance you can keep a grasp on all your senses.

Whoa! Dude. That's so .....uh,.......whoa.

[Joel Kleppinger]

Nope, I didn't miss it. http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/smile.gif

Circle K clip (http://home.earthlink.net/~jkleppinger/circle-k.wav)

Be Excellent to each other.
And PARTY ON, DUDES!! http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/smile.gif

(The SysOpt Forum Motto... as 80s as it is)
http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/wink.gif

[This message has been edited by Joel Kleppinger (edited 09-07-2000).]