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gorilla_boy
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Mr. dB, please cut and paste the post. I don't wish to sign up for yet another board...
AAP said:
From SuperiorMuscle:
8-28-03
"Im sorry to all who usually spend time at Steroidology and couldnt because it was down today.
I do confess, this mess could have been avoided had I been backing up the database everyday. Although it wasnt something that I even knew about (those who know me know that I am far from a computer buff), I should have asked more questions in the beginning about stuff like that. I shouldnt put the onus on my webmaster to handle everything and for that I am sorry. I guess the only good thing is that this is a good lesson that I have learned and when the site is up on the new server, we will have the site backed up everyday by our host. Although it costs more money to do this, its well worth it. So now if something similar happens, like another attack, it wont matter because we will have a backed up database and we can just import it. The problem was that we got hacked, our last backed up database was from Aug 6th so I just said fuck it and instead of having them try and re-build the database which would have taken some time, I just told them to move us to the new server where we will import the database that we have saved.
I do want to thank The Bouncer and his staff for allowing this thread, which is a little O/T, to remain in this forum so that other members can be notified of what is going on. As soon as Floris wakes up (He is in the Netherlands so the time zones are very different), he will begin to move everything to the new server and we should be up and running shortly after that. I will send out another mass email, although I really hate spamming people like that, letting them know that Steroidology is back and ready to go. It would have been up today but our host had to order in the new server and the shipment ended up getting delayed a day for some reason.
Again, sorry about this and we are working hard to make sure this never happens again."
And from SculptedByIron:
8-31-03
"Sorry all. Been really hectic last couple days. Had to make up the time at work this weekend because I spent too much time on the computer from wednesday to friday. Anyways, I had to hire someone else to do the switch over to the new server since Floris could not do some things that were required with the new server. Unfortunately, I cant expect everyone to work weekends and the person we hired already had plans for this Labour day weekend. He tried to finish everything by Friday but just couldnt, there was way too much corruption of the database caused by the hack and he couldnt fix it all in time. We will be up shortly but unfortunately we have to wait. Of course now we are having to install serious, I mean serious security to the site and that takes some time too. We cannot let this happen again, ever. I know it sucks but we will not let this bring us down. Just have faith."
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DepressiveJuice
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manny78 said:
thats what im thinking. i dont know jack about computers but how long does it take to switch to a new server? something happend and he doesnt want us to know
