Hacked and Smacked

[Rob]

Jordan knows he's loved.

But just in case, we love you, Jordan.

[Cryogenic]

....my heart aches that we lost a month of content.

I don't care about anyone else's posts, but some of my best comments came during the last month.

Maybe now I'll be appreciated more around here.

Rob, you knows we loves ya!

The "search bar" is gone!

The "like" function is missing, too.

And yes, as far as the "search" function goes, that's rather annoying. It's hard to use FECC without it -- seems self-defeating, actually. However, I'm giving the benefit of the doubt here and assuming that it has been removed for a temporary spell. The search function, as I understand it, can produce quite a strain on a forum database, and/or server resources that database is held on, sometimes. And I think a forum database may have to be significantly re-indexed before its search function will always comply and start returning coherent results again.

[Walter Hale 4]

Turns out in the last 48 hours or so (presumably) Russian hackers have taken down servers worldwide. I have every 3hr backups, dailies, weeklies, and monthly backups spread across servers in various geolocations. They took out everything BUT the monthly backups. We are slowly but surely returning to live.
I apologize for the disruption in service, and I am doing everything in my power to resume normal services, my heart aches that we lost a month of content. But it is better than NO content.
Again, my apologies to all.

Jordan, greetings from AU

Great work getting this forum back. I'd like to know what these foreign hackers hoped to gain or achieved by doing this after all it's not as though FECC is a major website.

To all FECC members, yes it's really damned frustrated to loose one months worth of posts and topics but this is a reflection of the cyber world we're living in today. Jordan's done a magnificent job in restoring years of hard work and taking the necessary steps to ensure it does not happen again.

[emjel]

Turns out in the last 48 hours or so (presumably) Russian hackers have taken down servers worldwide. I have every 3hr backups, dailies, weeklies, and monthly backups spread across servers in various geolocations. They took out everything BUT the monthly backups. We are slowly but surely returning to live.
I apologize for the disruption in service, and I am doing everything in my power to resume normal services, my heart aches that we lost a month of content. But it is better than NO content.
Again, my apologies to all.

Jordan, greetings from AU

Great work getting this forum back. I'd like to know what these foreign hackers hoped to gain or achieved by doing this after all it's not as though FECC is a major website.

It went further than just the FECC site who like a few other Elvis sites got caught up in a much much bigger event of hacking.

[Walter Hale 4]

Turns out in the last 48 hours or so (presumably) Russian hackers have taken down servers worldwide. I have every 3hr backups, dailies, weeklies, and monthly backups spread across servers in various geolocations. They took out everything BUT the monthly backups. We are slowly but surely returning to live.
I apologize for the disruption in service, and I am doing everything in my power to resume normal services, my heart aches that we lost a month of content. But it is better than NO content.
Again, my apologies to all.

Jordan, greetings from AU

Great work getting this forum back. I'd like to know what these foreign hackers hoped to gain or achieved by doing this after all it's not as though FECC is a major website.

It went further than just the FECC site who like a few other Elvis sites got caught up in a much much bigger event of hacking.

And so what do they hoped and wanted to achieve from such an act?

[emjel]

Turns out in the last 48 hours or so (presumably) Russian hackers have taken down servers worldwide. I have every 3hr backups, dailies, weeklies, and monthly backups spread across servers in various geolocations. They took out everything BUT the monthly backups. We are slowly but surely returning to live.
I apologize for the disruption in service, and I am doing everything in my power to resume normal services, my heart aches that we lost a month of content. But it is better than NO content.
Again, my apologies to all.

Jordan, greetings from AU

Great work getting this forum back. I'd like to know what these foreign hackers hoped to gain or achieved by doing this after all it's not as though FECC is a major website.

It went further than just the FECC site who like a few other Elvis sites got caught up in a much much bigger event of hacking.

And so what do they hoped and wanted to achieve from such an act?

I guess Disruption to start with. One of our big supermarket chains was partially hit and could not process orders etc.

[Troubleman]

That sucks big time! I was wondering if it was just me.

That explains why the search function is not working.

No need to apologize, these damn hackers do it everywhere.

Good luck in getting back to normal.

[Hans]

I am just happy the forum is back. Thanks for all the work you do to keep it running Jordan!

[joekro1977]

Your efforts are appreciated - so sorry that it was necessary.

[Alan_K]

The "search bar" is gone!

It was removed deliberately when the site was back up again and the option for "Your posts" (a subsduary of the Search option was missing along with others.
However the Search field is now back. Hurrah!
But the "Your posts" option is not. Boooo! (The link is listed in the drop down, but it gives this message when clicked, "Sorry, search could not be performed. More information about this failure has been logged in the error log."

Back soon Mr Techie Admin Man ?

[Cryogenic]

The "search bar" is gone!

It was removed deliberately when the site was back up again and the option for "Your posts" (a subsduary of the Search option was missing along with others.
However the Search field is now back. Hurrah!
But the "Your posts" option is not. Boooo! (The link is listed in the drop down, but it gives this message when clicked, "Sorry, search could not be performed. More information about this failure has been logged in the error log."

Back soon Mr Techie Admin Man ?

Actually, neither has yet been restored. This is the message presently returned when you try and search a member's posts or run a forum search:

Sorry, search could not be performed. More information about this failure has been logged in the error log.

I blame @Rob. Somehow, I'm sure this is all his fault.

[Alan_K]

I blame @Rob. Somehow, I'm sure this is all his fault.

On dear, not again.

Also, the Search has disappeared again in both guises. I think that's the main man doing his jiggery pokery in the FECC maintenance broom cupboard where they keep the breakers or he's doing the turning it off and then turning it on again fix

[Cryogenic]

I blame @Rob. Somehow, I'm sure this is all his fault.

On dear, not again.

As Mark Twain said whilst browsing the Internet one day, "History doesn't repeat, but it often Robs."

Also, the Search has disappeared again in both guises. I think that's the main man doing his jiggery pokery in the FECC maintenance broom cupboard where they keep the breakers or he's doing the turning it off and then turning it on again fix

Same with the "like" button -- now you see it, now you don't. Could also be a sign we've slipped into the Twilight Zone, where there both is and isn't a search function, and it both definitely is and definitely isn't Rob's fault.

[BrianTCB]

I blame @Rob. Somehow, I'm sure this is all his fault.

On dear, not again.

As Mark Twain said whilst browsing the Internet one day, "History doesn't repeat, but it often Robs."

Also, the Search has disappeared again in both guises. I think that's the main man doing his jiggery pokery in the FECC maintenance broom cupboard where they keep the breakers or he's doing the turning it off and then turning it on again fix

Same with the "like" button -- now you see it, now you don't. Could also be a sign we've slipped into the Twilight Zone, where there both is and isn't a search function, and it both definitely is and definitely isn't Rob's fault.

Interesting observation, Cryogenic. I am seeing the same thing.

I'm still gonna blame Rob, though.

[fecc-mechanic]

The main functionality has returned. Search (next up) is still a work in progress. Then everything else will fall into place.

[fecc-mechanic]

This is due to us using a fork of sphinx called mantacore. To make searches and crawls happen in milliseconds, incrementally. (Going back to hang out with the nerds now),

[Cryogenic]

I blame @Rob. Somehow, I'm sure this is all his fault.

On dear, not again.

As Mark Twain said whilst browsing the Internet one day, "History doesn't repeat, but it often Robs."

Also, the Search has disappeared again in both guises. I think that's the main man doing his jiggery pokery in the FECC maintenance broom cupboard where they keep the breakers or he's doing the turning it off and then turning it on again fix

Same with the "like" button -- now you see it, now you don't. Could also be a sign we've slipped into the Twilight Zone, where there both is and isn't a search function, and it both definitely is and definitely isn't Rob's fault.

Interesting observation, Cryogenic. I am seeing the same thing.

I'm still gonna blame Rob, though.

It'll all be back to normally, eventually. FECC, not Rob. Rob'll never be normal.

The main functionality has returned. Search (next up) is still a work in progress. Then everything else will fall into place.

Good to hear.

This is due to us using a fork of sphinx called mantacore. To make searches and crawls happen in milliseconds, incrementally. (Going back to hang out with the nerds now),

"A fork of sphinx called mantacore".

Well, then, here's a song you might like:

Froggy went a-courtin' and he did ride, a-hu
Froggy went a-courtin' and he did ride, a-hu
Froggy went a-courtin' and he did ride
He had a nick-nack-nack by his side, a-hu, a-hu, a-hu

[thommesen]

Thank you Jordan. I’m so pleased FECC is back.
Thank you

[Rob]

The main functionality has returned. Search (next up) is still a work in progress. Then everything else will fall into place.

Thank you, Jordan.

I get blamed for everything around here.

[Cryogenic]

The main functionality has returned. Search (next up) is still a work in progress. Then everything else will fall into place.

Thank you, Jordan.

I get blamed for everything around here.

I

LIKE

ROB

[BrianTCB]

The main functionality has returned. Search (next up) is still a work in progress. Then everything else will fall into place.

Thank you, Jordan.

I get blamed for everything around here.

I

LIKE

ROB

SO

DO

I.

[Cryogenic]

The main functionality has returned. Search (next up) is still a work in progress. Then everything else will fall into place.

Thank you, Jordan.

I get blamed for everything around here.

I

LIKE

ROB

SO

DO

I.

"Like".

(Since the "like" button isn't currently available -- in this thread, anyway).

[Vegas70]

It seems that the search function is gone.

[drjohncarpenter]

The main functionality has returned. Search (next up) is still a work in progress. Then everything else will fall into place.

Thank you, Jordan.

I get blamed for everything around here.

I'd like to have a word.

[BrianTCB]

The main functionality has returned. Search (next up) is still a work in progress. Then everything else will fall into place.

Thank you, Jordan.

I get blamed for everything around here.

I

LIKE

ROB

SO

DO

I.

"Like".

(Since the "like" button isn't currently available -- in this thread, anyway).

Indeed. Here is one more "Like" for you!!