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solar bud
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The notice on the main Powerswitch site reads as follows:-
| Quote: | The forum is currently out of action, after our hosting provider Lycos discovered that we were "running an insecure file" and made a couple of files inaccessible. Unfortunately, these two files are a critical part of the forum functionality.
At present, the list of forums can be seen, but topic lists and individual postings cannot.
We're investigating, and have contacted customer support. The warning also threatened that the site could be locked if the issue is not resolved, so be aware that the next few days may see downtime. This would likely affect the whole site, not just the forum.
Long-time forum readers will know of previous site suspensions and security problems - all websites are subject to them these days. The offending files don't actually appear to have changed since the forum software was installed, so it doesn't look like a site hack. In this case, it looks as though Lycos are using some form of automated testing, so perhaps either it is giving a false warning, or there's some new security problem been discovered in the forum software. However, they don't seem to offer any update, and don't provide any further information to fix the problem.
Other Lycos customers, running other software, also appear to be affected. |
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| Fri Jun 20, 2008 9:59 am |
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solar bud
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| Fri Jun 20, 2008 11:07 pm |
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ken
Joined: 19 Jun 2008
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Location: Berkshire |
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Perhaps it's time to find a new host.
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| Sat Jun 21, 2008 1:28 am |
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ken
Joined: 19 Jun 2008
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The whole PowerSwitch site is locked now and I can't get any on EnergyBulletin either.
Do I detect a conspiracy here and will TOD be the next to disappear??
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| Sun Jun 22, 2008 1:15 am |
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solar bud
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I must admit the same thing had crossed my mind too - it all seems a bit coincidental.
It's obviously all coming on top now in the news - maybe TPTB don't want people thinking that in fact they should have seen it coming?
The Energy Bulletin site says it's offline for an upgrade though. But another forum I go on, a hippy music forum, is also down today, and PO gets discussed on there quite regularly too now.
Just 'cos you're paranoid doesn't mean they're NOT out to get you . . . 
Edit: oops you're right about Energybulletin, it seems to be non-existent now . . .
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| Sun Jun 22, 2008 11:34 am |
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Eternal Sunshine
Joined: 22 Jun 2008
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Location: Preston, Lancashire |
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Curious-er and curious-er. 
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| Sun Jun 22, 2008 5:04 pm |
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solar bud
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The psy forum is back up, and I checked Energybulletin before and got the upgrade message again.
So maybe it's not quite so suspicious after all . . .
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| Sun Jun 22, 2008 5:07 pm |
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adam2
Joined: 19 Jun 2008
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Does anyone have an estimated time/date for restoration of the powerswitch forums?
Starting to get withdrawal symptoms now!
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| Mon Jun 23, 2008 3:21 pm |
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solar bud
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No idea . . . I don't have the email address for any of them either to invite them to update us here.
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| Mon Jun 23, 2008 3:50 pm |
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Eternal Sunshine
Joined: 22 Jun 2008
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The index page of the forum is back up today. Although you can't look at any of the individual forums I think you can use the PM system if you'd like to contact anyone. 
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