Reactos.com problems

[Ge van Geldorp]

There are pretty strong indications that the reactos.com box was cracked. It
took part in a DDoS attack. As a consequence, it was isolated from the
network. Unfortunately, I'm on vacation right now so I don't have physical
access to the box and am unable to fix/reinstall.
For the moment, I've moved the mailing lists to a backup box. I am not
moving the website, since it seems the attack was carried out via the
website (a vulnerability in one of the php script packages we use). I'll put
up a dummy page informing visitors.
Not sure how far along the release of 0.2.7 is, but I'd like to suggest to
put it off for at least another week, until I'm back and can sort things
out.

Apologies for the inconvenience, Ge van Geldorp.

[Steven Edwards]

Hi Ge

--- Ge van Geldorp <gvg(a)reactos.com> wrote:
>   Apologies for the inconvenience, Ge van Geldorp.
No apologies needed, these things are a fact of life. I think this is a good time for the
web team
to look at some sort of CMS system that uses generated static content to handle
slashdotting and
maybe reduce the chance of a future compromise.

Thanks
Steven


		
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[Klemens Friedl]

> >   Ge van Geldorp
> > <gvg(a)reactos.com> wrote:
> >  Apologies for the inconvenience, Ge van Geldorp. 
>  Steven Edwards <steven_ed4153(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
>  No apologies needed, these things are a fact of life. I think this is a
>  good time for the web team
>  to look at some sort of CMS system that uses generated static content to
>  handle slashdotting and
>  maybe reduce the chance of a future compromise. 
Hi!

The last two weeks I spent a lot of time to make the homepage building
process a big step forward. I have written a simple, effectiv and tiny CMS
(called "RosCMS") that is able to generate the static xhtml/html files in
less then one second.
The generator also has the ability to generate the pages in different
languages at the same time. 


I implemented my homepage (design) suggestion with this system, and it works
great! Please try the example page. To login to the CMS interface use:
username: test
password: test

http://frik85.fr.funpic.de/reactos/

I also integrated the new version of the compatibility database and combined
it with the package manager database (-> one programm tree and easier
navigation). Note: the support (the new version) will go online soon. I also
will import the compatibility data from my ReactOS Fansite.


The generator change all links in the pages to provide a great interface and
link all pages together, also in the static pages. So it is possible to
change the language on every static page without javascript or a server side
script (like php, asp, etc.). Only static html or xhtml pages are used.

Please also read the mail (abou the same topic) I wrote about one week ago.

I hope we can use the RosCMS system.


Best regards,
Klemens Friedl


P.S.: Should I call for a vote (RosCMS vs. other solutions (Mambo, etc.))?

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