How secure is this forum?

[SeattleGriz]

I know multiple people who have left because they didn't feel safe. Gotta say I'm not sure how safe our comments are.

[Gil Dobie]

I know multiple people who have left because they didn't feel safe. Gotta say I'm not sure how safe our comments are.

If you wear a mask, you will be protected.

[SeattleGriz]

I know multiple people who have left because they didn't feel safe. Gotta say I'm not sure how safe our comments are.

If you wear a mask, you will be protected.

Touche!

[AZGrizFan]

Fair question.

[Winterborn]

Fair question.

If the question is being asked, the answer is already known.



Signed,

The High Plains Buddhist.

[Ibanez]

I know multiple people who have left because they didn't feel safe. Gotta say I'm not sure how safe our comments are.

Secure in what way? I think it's good enough for what it is, but I doubt Ursus uses anything that would stand up to a DDOS attack or even basic hacking software.


I seem to remember suggesting to Urus to let me hack it once. I never did...perhaps I will today as a white hat.

[AZGrizFan]

The question becomes would it be an external attack, or would it come from within.

[Ibanez]

The question becomes would it be an external attack, or would it come from within.

That's some Sun Tzu philosophy there.

[Winterborn]

I know multiple people who have left because they didn't feel safe. Gotta say I'm not sure how safe our comments are.

Secure in what way? I think it's good enough for what it is, but I doubt Ursus uses anything that would stand up to a DDOS attack or even basic hacking software.


I seem to remember suggesting to Urus to let me hack it once. I never did...perhaps I will today as a white hat.

This is the only forum that I have to be on my VPN or my IP service provider will not let me open the site. Not sure why (I think Cleets had the same issue going on for him).

[kalm]

Fair question.

If the question is being asked, the answer is already known.



Signed,

The High Plains Buddhist.

You are indeed, in many ways.

That nickname might have to stick around.

I’m glad I’m at a point in life where I don’t have to worry too much about being cancelled.

My lawyer told me when going through litigation, just assume that everything you type may one day be read by a judge and/or out loud in a public hearing.

Some of the conversations on here might receive a few chuckles and some head shaking.

[Winterborn]

If the question is being asked, the answer is already known.



Signed,

The High Plains Buddhist.

You are indeed, in many ways.

That nickname might have to stick.

I’m glad I’m at a point in life where I don’t have to worry too much about being cancelled.

My lawyer told me when going through litigation, just assume that everything you type may one day be read by a judge and/or out loud in a public hearing.

Some of the conversations on here might receive a few chuckles and some head shaking.

Some smart individual came up with it and who am I to argue with a genius.


As to the rest, maybe maybe not. Depends on a person's career path and the individual reading/judging the comments.

[kalm]

You are indeed, in many ways.

That nickname might have to stick.

Some smart individual came up with it and who am I to argue with a genius.

Of course reincarnation might be a bitch. I’m thinking dismembered vole in a wheat field being picked over by seagulls and ravens for your next life.

[Winterborn]

Some smart individual came up with it and who am I to argue with a genius.

Of course reincarnation might be a bitch. I’m thinking dismembered vole in a wheat field being picked over by seagulls and ravens for your next life.

Maybe, or I could come back as a mosquito.

[Ibanez]

Secure in what way? I think it's good enough for what it is, but I doubt Ursus uses anything that would stand up to a DDOS attack or even basic hacking software.


I seem to remember suggesting to Urus to let me hack it once. I never did...perhaps I will today as a white hat.

This is the only forum that I have to be on my VPN or my IP service provider will not let me open the site. Not sure why (I think Cleets had the same issue going on for him).

This is a HTTPS site employing SHA-256 encryption. To give you an idea of how secure that is - last year at the bank I managed a project that updated all of our certificates to SHA-256 from SHA-1. The signature algorithm is vulnerable to brute force attacks.

I just did a quick Penetration test (will do a SQL injection test later if Urus allows me). I didn't see anything alarming and there weren't any High risk findings. I won't post the findings or mention them but if you're curious, most of you have my phone number. I'll share this - the quick test uncovered NO server-side vulnerabilities.

I'll be happy to share it with MrT and Ursus to see if it's anything they can easily (cheaply?) resolve.

[∞∞∞]

Forum is turning 14 years old soon, so I'd start watching out for JSO.

j/k

[Winterborn]

This is the only forum that I have to be on my VPN or my IP service provider will not let me open the site. Not sure why (I think Cleets had the same issue going on for him).

This is a HTTPS site employing SHA-256 encryption. To give you an idea of how secure that is - last year at the bank I managed a project that updated all of our certificates to SHA-256 from SHA-1. The signature algorithm is vulnerable to brute force attacks.

I just did a quick Penetration test (will do a SQL injection test later if Urus allows me). I didn't see anything alarming and there weren't any High risk findings. I won't post the findings or mention them but if you're curious, most of you have my phone number. I'll share this - the quick test uncovered NO server-side vulnerabilities.

I'll be happy to share it with MrT and Ursus to see if it's anything they can easily (cheaply?) resolve.

i believe it.

For me I am curious why my IP provider would all of a sudden say this site is not "trustworthy". Which is why I end up using a VPN all the time.

[GannonFan]

Forum is turning 14 years old soon, so I'd start watching out for JSO.

j/k

See, that's funny right there.

[Ibanez]

Forum is turning 14 years old soon, so I'd start watching out for JSO.

j/k

/thread

[AZGrizFan]

Forum is turning 14 years old soon, so I'd start watching out for JSO.

j/k

See, that's funny right there.

I’m telling you, it’s like trip suddenly developed a phenomenal sense of humor!

[UNI88]

Forum is turning 14 years old soon, so I'd start watching out for JSO.

j/k

Now I have to clean my screen.

[UNI88]

Fair question.

If the question is being asked, the answer is already known.

Signed,

The High Plains Buddhist.

King Olaf the Stout?

[Winterborn]

If the question is being asked, the answer is already known.

Signed,

The High Plains Buddhist.

King Olaf the Stout?

I know my strengths and being a King is not one of them.

I like my solitude and have a serious case of wanderlust.

If I, between two suns, should go away,
No voice would lift to ask another why,
No word would question my retreat, nor sigh,
Nor wonder why I'd chosen not to stay;
For I am a stranger here, of other clay:
A guest within this house, a passerby-
A roving life whose theme has been "Goodbye"
A shadow on the road, a thing astray.

What dim ancestral heritage is mine.
That now awakens in my blood regret?
What destiny is this, what strange design,
That I must seek a haunting silhouette
In unremembered lands my dreams divine,
But cannot quite recall or quite forget? - Louis L'Amour

[BDKJMU]

Forum is turning 14 years old soon, so I'd start watching out for JSO.

j/k

[SDHornet]

I know multiple people who have left because they didn't feel safe. Gotta say I'm not sure how safe our comments are.

If you wear a mask, you will be protected.

[SDHornet]

Forum is turning 14 years old soon, so I'd start watching out for JSO.

j/k

Ouch.