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--Tech & Moderator Notes
Minor attack this morning
2022-11-17
In case you missed it, Rantburg came under attack this morning from, we think, northern Virginia.

The script probably used wasn't very sophisticated, and the 300 spammed comments were more annoying than anything else. We do have tools that can be used to stop similar attacks, but we really can't prevent them. We only can prevent them from recurring.

So the attacker(s) IP was banned and its cruft was cleaned out.

We are working in the background with safety measures. As an example, the backup site is fully running. We advise you you only can access it between 30 minutes after and 59 minutes after owing to the task that server must perform. Unavoidable. But you can comment there, albeit they will be wiped in the next hourly update.

A backup O Club is being worked on as we speak. A separate backup o-club, programmed in perl is here. It's pretty crude and rudimentary, but you can post messages there.

You are free to move about the blog.

Posted by:badanov

#13  The usual village idiots Besoeker? Fat FrankG?

I've lost 54 lbs since I retired. I'd be upset if someone smarter slurred me. It's Frank G, by the way. Idiot
Posted by: Frank G   2022-11-17 20:16  

#12  Calm down Mad Eye. Breaking stories are not blocked.

We appreciate the find and posting. Keep it up please.
Posted by: Besoeker   2022-11-17 18:46  

#11  That explains some of the problems I encountered getting onto the site. Thanks to everyone who worked hard to solve the problem. I'm always amazed at the ingenuity of Rantbugers at solving problems.
Posted by: JohnQC   2022-11-17 17:17  

#10  So it was you that blocked this breaking news alert at BOTH locations Besoeker! I was right on about the usual village idiot.
Posted by: Mad Eye Omeretch7959   2022-11-17 17:12  

#9  I suspect it was an accident, a keyboard flub up. I wouldn't get too carried away with name calling MEO. We all appreciate your (and other people's) contribs. Again, probably an accident. It's an imperfect family.

Sorry about your delete. Please keep sending newsy stuff.
Posted by: Besoeker   2022-11-17 16:57  

#8   (The Police Tribune) Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico – At least five U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents were shot on Thursday morning as they attempted to board a suspected drug smuggling boat off the coast of Puerto Rico.

The incident occurred at about 8 a.m. on Nov. 17 about 14 miles off the southwest coast of the island near Cabo Rojo, FOX News reported.


https://policetribune.com/breaking-at-least-5-cbp-agents-shot-in-gunfight-off-coast-of-puerto-rico/

I posted the above at #3 as it was breaking as many of us have been doing for many years here. But now we have some jackass acting as a moderator blocking legitmate breaking news comments. Who would that jackass be? The usual village idiots Besoeker? Fat FrankG? Or there butt boy Murcek? TW. I will send email about this abuse.
Posted by: Mad Eye Omeretch7959   2022-11-17 16:55  

#7  Heroes, all.
Posted by: Skidmark   2022-11-17 16:17  

#6  Yeah, broke the 'burg formatting for a bit. Definitely a crude attack. Most likely a 9yo Russian paid commenter. ;)
Posted by: DarthVader   2022-11-17 15:25  

#5  Salute to the mods and Fred and Badanov. I missed the attack. Spam comments?
Posted by: Dron66046   2022-11-17 15:22  

#4  Well done, gentlemen. And thanks.
Posted by: Matt   2022-11-17 15:16  

#3  
Posted by: Mad Eye Omeretch7959   2022-11-17 15:09  

#2  Thank you badanov, and everyone.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2022-11-17 14:30  

#1  Thank you for all you do in the background, badanov and Fred. I wondered, but beguiled the time by collecting articles for tomorrow. ;-)
Posted by: trailing wife   2022-11-17 14:04  

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