Steven
Active Member
Dear Webbie,
Would I be right in saying that we have lost some posts along the way after you spent all that time fixing the server after it had been hacked. As an aside are you running Windows or Linux/Unix on these servers as we constantly get scanned for open ports and as yet they have been unable to get us. These script kiddies are a pain in the arse.
This may not be the appropriate place here, however in the spirit of keeping "the other forums "on topic"" I would like to say that I appreciate what you do as it is not easy to keep one of these things up and running. It is for free and I enjoy sharing my thoughts about City and other things with all the characters that I have met on here.
Should you feel you want to close it down, then that is up to you and if you feel that you could do without the stress then fair enough. It could be that the reward/effort ratio does not make it worthwhile.
It is "only" a forum, but one that brings many of us some pleasure and some pain to you and perhaps not enough recognition. I thank you for continuing to make this service available.
Yours,
Steven
Would I be right in saying that we have lost some posts along the way after you spent all that time fixing the server after it had been hacked. As an aside are you running Windows or Linux/Unix on these servers as we constantly get scanned for open ports and as yet they have been unable to get us. These script kiddies are a pain in the arse.
Webbie said:It might be 'only' a forum to you, but the server it was on has been attacked by hackers, it's taken me eight hours work today to fix the forum, and it will take a hell of a lot more time than that to fix all my other sites. If I continue to get hassle from people (and they know who they are), I'll just close it down, it takes too much of my time to sort out problems only to get people abusing me and the forum. Maybe you think I'm over reacting, but that's tough, it's my site and if it continues to cause me stress I'll do what's best for me.
This may not be the appropriate place here, however in the spirit of keeping "the other forums "on topic"" I would like to say that I appreciate what you do as it is not easy to keep one of these things up and running. It is for free and I enjoy sharing my thoughts about City and other things with all the characters that I have met on here.
Should you feel you want to close it down, then that is up to you and if you feel that you could do without the stress then fair enough. It could be that the reward/effort ratio does not make it worthwhile.
It is "only" a forum, but one that brings many of us some pleasure and some pain to you and perhaps not enough recognition. I thank you for continuing to make this service available.
Yours,
Steven