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61 brute force attempts today. Is that REALLY necessary, Ukraine?
No attacks were successful. They appear to have given up for the day.
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What do you suppose their goal is? I would think it would involve profit, but how would they use this site for that?
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Probably to add malware or ads to the code and possibly to edit the site to make it behave in a malicious manner. But, I get logs of all file changes and actually poke through them. They also can’t change timestamps on the server – realistically/easily.
So, breaking in won’t actually do them any good – at least not for long. If they do, it’s just a couple of buttons to fix it and then I can start the debug process to see how they got in. But, so far, no intrusion attempts have been successful.
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First, let me say sorry for my lack of responses. I’ve been extremely busy and don’t have blocks of time. While I do have spare time, I don’t have dedicated blocks of time.
Last month was exceptionally busy, but the blueberries are harvested. The garden still needs to be finished up and the produce needs to be preserved for winter. I’m actually not going to be able to attend to much of that on my own.
Yup… I have had to literally hire people to deal with my garden tasks – including preservation. Fortunately, this isn’t a problem. However, I’m 99% positive that I’m paying way above market rate for my fucking veggies! Like, way more than I should be.
Meh… They’re pretty tasty!
Anyhow, I wanted to reply and say two things.
We take our responsibilities, with regards to the security of this site and any data you give us, pretty seriously.
We are constantly under attack. The number of attacks increases – seemingly daily.
In the past 30 days, there have been over 350 attempts to hack the site.
Yup… 350+ attack attempts.
Also, while I’m here…
Thank you for your contribution. Articles about a specific guitarist are *probably* better suited for my guitar site – which you’re welcome to join.
Your contributions must be approved – which is a simple process. It just requires that COF or myself give them a quick read and ensure they’re fit for publication.
This is VERY LIKELY to only happen around the 1st of the month. That’s our “publication schedule” and that’s when I slot in new articles and give the site a block of time.
You’ll hear me mention “blocks of time.” I say that frequently. While I often have some spare minutes, I don’t have many blocks of time. Blocks of time are periods where I can devote myself to a single task – without interruption.
I don’t have many of them.
So, articles that you write will be pushed out sometime around the 1st of the month. We absolutely appreciate and encourage user-generated content. Ideally, the site will reach the point where it’s self-sustaining, with users generating content. I’m pretty sure we’d like nothing more than that, though I don’t think I’ve actually had that conversation with @COF!
Still, I’m pretty sure that’d be awesome. If you feel like writing more, we’re absolutely on-board with that. We will (almost certainly) approve anything you’re likely to submit.
We’re not just telling the stories and keeping the history alive, we’re enabling other people to participate and share their stories. It’s my opinion that even such things as your concert experiences, experiences with bands, and other assorted stuff, is all quite welcome.
If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to use the forum and we’ll get to it.
Again, I’ve been right out straight and it’s been a pretty damned busy month. So, if @cof doesn’t get there first, someone will eventually get around to it. We’re old! We move slow!
(Actually, it’s that we sort of have a publication schedule. We’re consummate professionals, around here!)
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