Outage 9/24/2019

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Hi All, Some of you may have noticed we had an outage yesterday for about 2 hours. We were attacked using what appeared to be a cross site scripting attack where they were able to download files to our server.

Due to the other security in place on the servers it doesn't appear any data was breached from what I can tell in the logs. We've since taken steps to mitigate and hopefully eliminate this type of attack in the future. I apologize for the downtime, apparently someone doesn't like us... 🤷♂️

[Orthodox_Maiden Member Find all posts View Profile Close Orthodox_Maiden]

I hadn't noticed, but wow...I'm glad it's fixed!

[Name_Null]

Still in progress, I noticed more weirdness this morning.

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I noticed that last night. We must be doing something right if people have heard of us enough not to like us - keep up the good work!

[rkennell]

My thoughts as well.

Perhaps the folks in the Old Place don't like competition especially from folks they tossed out

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Guest Yes, that was my first thought, too. (I just said "people" to be polite!)

[knitterlady13 Find all posts View Profile Close knitterlady13]

Thanks for the update. I didn't know what to do with myself so I had to knit.

[shrikewoman]

Ha!! Good thing we can always keep ourselves occupied.

[Hellokitten]

Lol! You crack me up.

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Made some changes to improve security, post here if you find weirdness.

I keep getting the following message below when I try to read the Funnies listed under my notifications. All other notifications work.

Sorry, you are not authorized to view this page.
Please try logging in or logging in as different user Login or send a message to the admin

[KnittingNana Member Find all posts View Profile Close KnittingNana]

I just tried to start a new blog and things seemed to get stuck on "working". I did a screen shot if you need it. Let me know.

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duh. never mind. I think I was doing it wrong

[Name_Null]

I've noticed occasionally when I post it's getting stuck in "working" as well but when I refresh it's there. I'm not sure _which_ thing I enabled is causing that but I'll dig into it, good to see that it's not just me it's happening to.

[Cablegrrl Expert Crafter Find all posts View Profile Close Cablegrrl]

I noticed something wonky...it may be a cache issue on my side...when I look at photos that I have posted in my groups, I see the formatting, too.

Here's an example:

https://fiberkind.com/sguncategorize...forever/page10

Post #139

Here is what I see:

[Char]

I don’t think it is an issue on your end -
I see the same thing.

[Name_Null]

Ok, that's likely due to the security stuff I enabled, I made it so the server can't execute certain commands, I'll see about backing things off now that I've mitigated the attack.

[Cablegrrl]

Thank you,

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Name_Null !! Everything is working great now.

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Slowly re-enabling the formatting features and keeping an eye open to make sure the patch resolved the issue.

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Well done

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Name_Null this must be exhausting for you to keep on top of. Thank you.

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Name_Null - great move! That should deter future attacks here and maybe also throughout the internet.

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Name_Null You should have diverted it to That Other Place dot com - that'd show 'em!

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Guest - I understood the comment to be a report made and supporting data supplied to address potential cybercrime.

[susanwayne Expert Crafter Find all posts View Profile Close susanwayne]

So sorry. I didn't realize that you were under the gun and I shot off a note to admin that I was having issues. I thought it was just me.

It's a testament to the great job you are all doing with this site running so smoothly, that it never even occurred to me that you could be under attack.

Great job...great site...Thank you for all your hard work.

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Oh my goodness! You poor thing! I cannot imagine what it must be like to have to put up with this! I can barely get around on this confounding thing and type it the right place. You've done a wonderful job! Oh, I just learned this today

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Name_Null ! I guess it's true that you learn something new every day! One of the other users showed me how to do the @ thingy. I forget what she called it. Anyhow, thank you for your hard work. I do hope you know you aren't taken for granted. This is a wonderful message place where we can talk to each other! I came to the main part because I was looking for someone to help me with a lovely group I was invited to and ran across this subject. I do hope someone in here can help me or tell me where to put my message post for help. I joined the group and finally figured out how to get to it. I see on the side where it says there are posts and comments but I can't see any of them. I would really like to be able to see the posts! Everyone has been so welcoming and enjoyable. I don't want to miss a single thing!

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Crafty1x100 - welcome!

Mentioning someone with an "at" symbol before their name is called "tagging" them.
The person you tag will receive a notification and link to the post.
I tagged you, so you can see how this works.

Where to put your message post for help: In Tech Support. (This "Outage..." topic is also in Tech Support.)
The FiberKind website basically consists of Forums, Groups, Marketplace.
Tech Support is in Forums.
Navigation summary, to locate Tech Support: Home > Forum > General > Tech Support
Link to Tech Support: https://fiberkind.com/forum/general/tech-support

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qfknit thank you for your help! You laid out the instructions so beautifully! Not to sound morbid but tagging sounds like what they do in the morgue. At my age I would prefer to not think of that! I don't know why I couldn't think of the word forum. I finally gave up trying to remember what it was called and just said message place. I'm a bit embarrassed about that! I cannot thank you enough for including the tech support page! I am still learning my way around on this computer and website forum so it helps so much!

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Crafty1x100 - I think "tag" in this sense is like a child's game of tag - tapping someone - you're "it"!
Kind of like taking turns talking... "tag"... your turn.


LOL, if you are 60+, you might enjoy joining the group called Elderberries... check their list of Topics... Chit Chat is one of the oldest topics and several people post there regularly.
Link: https://fiberkind.com/social-groups/...lderberries-60
Click "Join" and "Subscribe".

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qfknit I'm sorry! I was trying to write underneath what I wrote like you did. I did it last night but I forgot what I did!

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Crafty1x100 - to write underneath, click on "Comment" (lower right-hand of screen... it gives a few options: Quote - Comment - Flag - Like).

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Crafty1x100 you might also find the “how to” helpful. :-)

https://fiberkind.com/forum/general/...’s-and-faq-s