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| packmule | Mar 1 2008, 10:45 AM |
Site founder - Your best nightmare
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In the last several months a handful of support/services message boards have been "cracked": by that I mean someone not registered at these boards has successfully guessed a weak password belonging to a member of these sites and then gained unauthorized access-this has resulted in these sites being altered to the point of complete ruination. I'd like to repeat myself on the subject of message board security, and the security of Monsterland Forums, again: I am ultimately responsible for the security of this message board but I need the help of every registered member to effect that security. Please make sure your password, to login, is strong. It should have plenty of letter characters-in fact an alpha-numeric password(combining letters and numbers) would be even more difficult for someone to guess. I would highly encourage EVERY member of this message board to use a password that has absolutely NOTHING to do with monsters, or anything else relating to this site. Using a foreign language word is also a good way to thwart "crackers" and others determined to gain unauthorized access to these message boards. They're "out there". Believe it! About eighteen months ago someone attempted to login here at MF eighteen consecutive times, without success. My guess is it was someone who didn't like me, and was trying to guess passwords in order to gain access to this site. There are, currently, two people who have admin CP(and mod CP) authority and access to admin CP at this site: myself and Dan B("Ro-Dan"). That's it. It will probably remain that way for a while. There are two moderators who have Mod CP authority: Josh and Matthew('josh TX" and "gojiramatthew", respectively). This will also remain as is, unless either Josh and/or Matthew requests a change in their member status. That means four people at Monsterland Forums have admin and/or mod CP access to this message board, which makes it especially critical that our respective passwords be impossible to guess. I have worked my proverbial ass off in promoting this site and trying to get activity from others on the internet. I would hate to see all of that go to waste from one weak password that allows a person access in order to wreck this board. I'd like to challenge every member here to re-check their passwords for strength. If anyone needs assistance in getting a stronger password then PM me and I will be glad to assist. I cannot emphasize the importance of having a strong password enough. Many thanks to everyone here, in advance, for your cooperation in helping me maintain the security of Monsterland Forums. Lee "Packmule" Merritt |
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