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Dec 20, 2004, 09:58 PM
 
Mac gaming site Inside Mac Games has been offline all day.
If this is correct it's bad news since it runs on an XServe.
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Dec 20, 2004, 09:59 PM
 
I like chicken
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Dec 20, 2004, 10:05 PM
 
Originally posted by Lateralus:
http://www.insidemacgames.com/
yes, indeed, but they don't provide much of an explanation, then I stumbled with the "Defaced" page where the forums used to be.

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Dec 20, 2004, 11:31 PM
 
Odd, write for them but I didn't hear about this.
     
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Dec 21, 2004, 10:32 AM
 
There is now a "security vulnerability" note on their forum page

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Dec 21, 2004, 02:26 PM
 
Were they using phpBB by any chance?

http://www.infoworld.com/article/04/...ntyworm_1.html
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Dec 22, 2004, 09:32 AM
 
Originally posted by DeathToWindows:
There is now a "security vulnerability" note on their forum page
"Due to a security vulnerability with the forum software we use, the IMG forum will not be put back online. We are working on a fix and hope to have the forum back up shortly. Thanks for your patience and understanding."

Sounds like a BBS software issue rather than an Xserve/OS X issue.
     
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Dec 22, 2004, 10:06 AM
 
Sounds like they have the same problem that I had.

http://forums.macnn.com/showthread.p...hreadid=239186
     
   
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