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   Robert Woodward to Scott Dorsey   
   Re: David Weber forums RIP?   
   27 Jan 26 21:57:41   
   
   From: robertaw@drizzle.com   
      
   In article <10lanl3$b0$1@panix2.panix.com>,   
    kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) wrote:   
      
   > Robert Woodward   wrote:   
   > >   
   > >Some hacker in southeast Asia took over the site and the site   
   > >administrator had to create an entirely new website from scratch. We   
   > >will have to see if the forums will be recreated (and if an archive can   
   > >be reloaded).   
   >   
   > Doesn't ANYONE make backups anymore?   
   >   
      
   There was several attempts to restore the site after the takeover, but   
   the security hole that allowed the initial takeover was obviously not   
   sealed.   
      
   > And why do people use wordpress for pages that don't need to be dynamic?   
   > It is just asking for this sort of thing to happen.   
   > --scott   
      
   I suspect that wordpress is "easy" to work with.   
      
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   Robert Woodward robertaw@drizzle.com   
      
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