Board Maintenance Tues 22 Aug

[MM 6,562]

On Tuesday, 22 Aug, at about 0500 GMT (Noon in Thailand), I will be converting the board software using the messages, posts, and PM's that have been entered as of that time.

 

The board software conversion might take up to 24 hours, and any posts, topics, PM's etc that are entered during this time will be lost when the new software is up and running.

I will be leaving the board running during the conversion period, since it will still be useful for readers and lurkers (who constitute the majority of the board's users).

 

So, if you are planning on doing a long trip report or post, please either wait until the new software is running or keep a copy of your post so you can re-enter it when the board has been converted (probably sometime Weds 23 Aug).

[Braveheart 0]

Good luck with the changeover Martin.

[sexy beast 12]

Good luck with the changeover Martin.

are we going to do William? oh.... silly me I know what I can do! I'm in LOS

[Scumbag 0]

That was my first thought too. How am I going to occupy myself at work?..

[cybers1b 8]

you change away from Invision Board? or just do an upgrade?

 

cheers

cyber

[MM 6,562]

you change away from Invision Board? or just do an upgrade?

 

cheers

cyber

Upgrade IPB software. Lots of long running database changes..

[cybers1b 8]

Upgrade IPB software. Lots of long running database changes..

just in case - stay a way from version 2.1.4 - it has got 3 serious security flaws that are already well known there are ready made scripts available to expoit them...

 

just one example:

 

http://www.milw0rm.com/exploits/1489

 

the latest version fixed these bugs (2.1.7)

 

i had the problem with 2.1.4 last weekend...

 

cheers

cyber

[MM 6,562]

just in case - stay a way from version 2.1.4 - it has got 3 serious security flaws that are already well known there are ready made scripts available to expoit them...

 

just one example:

 

http://www.milw0rm.com/exploits/1489

 

the latest version fixed these bugs (2.1.7)

 

i had the problem with 2.1.4 last weekend...

 

cheers

cyber

We will be moving to 2.1.7 with the latest fixes.

[cybers1b 8]

the people will like it - has a lot of nice features

[glynbuk 29]

yes 2.1.7 is pretty good, we upgraded our board to that from v1.3, 2 weeks ago after hacker and script kiddie attacks(the little bastards can use the pm system to get user passwords)

 

I also admin on a board thats using 2.1.6 which is good too.

 

good luck with the change martin.

[MM 6,562]

yes 2.1.7 is pretty good, we upgraded our board to that from v1.3, 2 weeks ago after hacker and script kiddie attacks(the little bastards can use the pm system to get user passwords)

 

I also admin on a board thats using 2.1.6 which is good too.

 

good luck with the change martin.

For this board, the database conversion running on the board server would take about 50 hours of solid computing, locking everyone out of the web server.

 

Instead, I am capturing the database and then converting it on another computer (a dual core 3.0G processor). It cuts the conversion steps to about 15-18 hours if I don't make a single mistake I contacted Invision about this and they said, "Yep, it might take a long time".

 

Anyway, assuming I am up at noon tomorrow (local time), the conversion will start as scheduled.

[MM 6,562]

Just so everyone knows, any posts made between 0500 GMT 22 Aug and 0800 GMT 24 Aug will not appear on the board (because they were not part of the message database when I switched over the software version).

 

If you posted during that time, and your message is lost, please repost (if it isn't part of the anarchy that prevailed for those 2 days).