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Omnimaga => News => Topic started by: DJ Omnimaga on August 13, 2010, 11:08:24 pm
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The Omnimaga radio has been down for a few days now, due to a DDoS attack on Juju server. Things were apparently resolved today, but the radio link ( http://radio.57o9.org/omnimaga.m3u ) is still not working. Hopefully Juju can put it back up soon.
As for Omnimaga website, there may be a few updates in the next weeks. Today, {AP}'s image hosting service was added to the Miscellaneous page (http://www.omnimaga.org/index.php?action=ezportal;sa=page;p=7). Imageshack is generally not recommended to host avatars and signatures because certain servers are extremly slow and Photobucket requires an account (and is not reliable in every browsers). If uploading images directly on Omnimaga forums is not possible, {AP}'s RFG Image Uploader can be an alternative.
Some upcoming updates involves the addition of people in our programming team, possibly some forum index updates, a final update to the Calculator RPG downloads section and of course the programming contest (Remember the deadline is in one month, so don't wait at the last minute if you are participating).
Also, for users who are not getting a lot of feedback on their calculator projects, remember that the double-posting rules still lets you bump your topic after a while if you get progress on your game. Since Summer time, band camps, school preparing and possibly hopefully contest entries progress are currently knocking down our forum activity (especially during daytime), it may take a while before people get to your project so don't worry too much if you don't get much replies.
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Gee, why'd anybody wanna do a DDoS on the server...
Anyway, nice to hear that {AP}'s image server is official.
Good luck on the contest entries, fellow members! :)
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No clue. My guess is that 57o9 network probably hosts some websites that some haters dislike, thus, are attacking those sites, but at the same time, it means they're affecting everything else as well.
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The server has been down for 3 days and we still don't have news from the datacenter x.x. The attacker found a way into the server (they got the password, somehow) and ran a script to DDoS someone. Immediately, the German datacenter shut down the internet access. Also, it's interesting to know that the day before, the same guy (according to the fact the same 2 accounts were affected) got ircop powers on the IRC network and managed to set a G-line on everyone and to tear apart everything... Needless to say he really hated us.
We plan to increase the security as soon we get the server back. We are still waiting and all the affected users are impatient to get news.
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Damn D: And whats a G Line? Is IRC ok?
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A G-line is a network-wide server ban. That is, nobody could connect to the network without getting that "Haha you're banned" message. Now the network is OK, only one server is still missing...
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Ouch juju, that's quite bad. This is why I want my staff to have strong password, because on the old board, I remember it was not the case and some staff took huge risks x.x
And yeah I remember about G-Lines. When #omnimaga was on Dragon-Fire, two people had to be G-Lined for 24 hours due to spam on every active channels.
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Wow, that's some pretty crazy stuff. Sorry to hear that juju. I hope everything gets back up and running smoothly for ya soon.
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Thank you for the support, guys :)
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Question about the Image Uploader:
Is there a way to get the link after you've uploaded the image? (Let's say you already closed the page that gives you the link.)
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I'll hope all well get back up soon juju. About the image uploader, personally I use flickr, It's quite fast so maybe (if more people use it) the flickr uploader should/could be supported as well?
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Well the misc page is more for services/programs that were made by the TI community, the bottom section being only from Omnimaga staff and regular members.
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Well, everything came back to normal and everyone is happy. You can now listen to the radio as normal since yesterday. Thanks again :D
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Nice to hear!
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I'll hope all well get back up soon juju. About the image uploader, personally I use flickr, It's quite fast so maybe (if more people use it) the flickr uploader should/could be supported as well?
I was talking about {AP}'s Image Uploader. Is there a way to find the image after its been uploaded?
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I'm not sure about this. Doesn't it give a link to it? That said if there's no search engine, it would be nice if {AP} added one. You should probably post in his IMG uploader if you have suggestion since he might see it easier (as he is busy)
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Is the radio back up? Because I was using it earlier today, the only problem with it was that it wouldn't scroll down, so I couldn't see what song was playing :/
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Yeah a new was posted about it being back up.