Author Topic: CGOA National site having issue (Read 8119 times)

75starflight · « **on:** June 24, 2013, 04:32:34 PM »

Went into the national forum and got this error when going into topics.

General Error
SQL ERROR [ mysql4 ]

Table './ldpimbnnq9phpbb_sxezkl/phpbb_posts' is marked as crashed and should be repaired [145]

An SQL error occurred while fetching this page. Please contact the Board Administrator if this problem persists.
Please notify the board administrator or webmaster: forums@classicglastron.com

dorelse · « **Reply #1 on:** June 24, 2013, 04:34:22 PM »

Yes, appears they've been hacked again.

fireman24mn · « **Reply #2 on:** June 24, 2013, 04:37:14 PM »

How do they always get hacked. Or do we too and you guys are just so good I don't know

Hyperacme · « **Reply #3 on:** June 24, 2013, 04:38:03 PM »

I get in no problem ...
It has been slow loading this last week ...

Ya Doran's a Geek's geek !
Good guy to have in charge !

dorelse · « **Reply #4 on:** June 24, 2013, 04:45:26 PM »

Quote from: fireman24mn on June 24, 2013, 04:37:14 PM

How do they always get hacked. Or do we too and you guys are just so good I don't know

Well, for the most part, I think our anti-spam measures are working.

We load security patches when they come available, and adding a few vague and random challenge questions for registration I think has helped as well. (Spammers can auto-answer the basic ones.)

But...90% of it is luck so far...we're not magically spam proof, but fixing our software 18 mos. ago, so we could add our anti-spam measures has helped a great deal.

We probably need to talk about upgrading again this winter.

dorelse · « **Reply #5 on:** June 24, 2013, 04:46:50 PM »

Gregg - I can get in, even pull up an 'unread list'...but when I try opening up a thread is when I get the error.

I noticed some 'cheap ipad's' threads going up, so I'm assuming they've been hit again.

Hyperacme · « **Reply #6 on:** June 24, 2013, 04:54:29 PM »

OK ... Same here ...
&%$#^@ SPAMMERS !

75starflight · « **Reply #7 on:** June 24, 2013, 04:59:07 PM »

you have to remember one thing this board is a lot more active than the national one, so if we see something odd one of us is bound to report it before it can do any damage.

dorelse · « **Reply #8 on:** June 24, 2013, 05:12:44 PM »

Quote from: 75starflite on June 24, 2013, 04:59:07 PM

you have to remember one thing this board is a lot more active than the national one, so if we see something odd one of us is bound to report it before it can do any damage.

I wish that were the case Brandon.

Most people assume that a 'spammer' is some guy smoking a cigarette off in some windowless room in a former Eastern bloc country we've never heard of...

The reality is that its done from server farms (a lot of them in the USA) automatically running intelligent software that once 'In'...could bring down our tiny little corner of the world faster than it takes to log in...

Our only defense is to put up as many 'left turns' in the registration process to keep them at bay...and hope that SMF doesn't have some bug that bypasses all of their security measures.

Brian, Jason, Gregg and I do our best to keep the site backed up so that we'll loose as little as possible once they break our site...b/c its just a matter of time, unfortunately.

Hyperacme · « **Reply #9 on:** June 24, 2013, 06:51:36 PM »

I clear the error log every five days , give or take a day, and there's about twenty pages of spammers trying to get in.
SFS work very well, better then I thought it would ... and we have been lucky ...

Rich_V174SS · « **Reply #10 on:** June 24, 2013, 06:57:40 PM »

I can pull up the main forum page and any of the categories but can't read any of the threads.

75starflight · « **Reply #11 on:** June 24, 2013, 07:43:02 PM »

Quote from: dorelse on June 24, 2013, 05:12:44 PM

Quote from: 75starflite on June 24, 2013, 04:59:07 PM
you have to remember one thing this board is a lot more active than the national one, so if we see something odd one of us is bound to report it before it can do any damage.

I wish that were the case Brandon.

Most people assume that a 'spammer' is some guy smoking a cigarette off in some windowless room in a former Eastern bloc country we've never heard of...

The reality is that its done from server farms (a lot of them in the USA) automatically running intelligent software that once 'In'...could bring down our tiny little corner of the world faster than it takes to log in...

Our only defense is to put up as many 'left turns' in the registration process to keep them at bay...and hope that SMF doesn't have some bug that bypasses all of their security measures.

Brian, Jason, Gregg and I do our best to keep the site backed up so that we'll loose as little as possible once they break our site...b/c its just a matter of time, unfortunately.

You make a good point Doran. Wow its almost been ten years since I was working with a corporate infrastructure a lot has changed. All I can say is I don't think I could handle today's technical issues in a large support environment.

Jason · « **Reply #12 on:** June 24, 2013, 08:53:27 PM »

I wish I was helping more.....I try to stay out of it.....I am sure if i tired to make something better the whole site would crash! Doran and Gregg, you guys are the MAN! Thank you!

GIL_CV21 · « **Reply #13 on:** June 25, 2013, 03:51:10 PM »

Still nothing , anyone able to do anything over there ?

dorelse · « **Reply #14 on:** June 25, 2013, 03:53:42 PM »

I can't...same error.

Hyperacme · « **Reply #15 on:** June 25, 2013, 07:03:06 PM »

Still get error ...

V153 · « **Reply #16 on:** June 25, 2013, 07:15:55 PM »

Yup, me too.

Rich_V174SS · « **Reply #17 on:** June 25, 2013, 08:55:28 PM »

I'm having withdrawl symptoms.

Hyperacme · « **Reply #18 on:** June 25, 2013, 08:56:24 PM »

Any word from Chris ?

Rich_V174SS · « **Reply #19 on:** June 25, 2013, 09:00:42 PM »

I haven't heard anything.