Hackers at it again

**Troy@Protekt** · 03-30-2007, 06:52 AM

You would not believe how bad we just got hacked. I spent all day rebuilding the site and recovering data.

Actually that`s not true.

I, being the impatient and computer savy person that I am, tried to change servers and accidentally switched over to the new one before it was ready. To make matters worse, when I saw that the site was down I tried to switch back to the old server. Little did I know each time I switch the domain to a different server it takes time for it to happen.

So I played the hurry up and wait game with all the experts telling me to just wait for the site to come back up. Well I don`t know why, but the site did not get copied to the new server properly so I was waiting for nothing

. Finally decided to switch it back to the old server last night. So I apologize for my ignorance and pig-headedness. It was another valuable learning experience for me.

So it turns out that I am the hacker this time. The hard way seems to be the only way I learn things these days.

Troy

**Scott P** · 03-30-2007, 07:11 AM

The interweb is full of surprises...

**CharlesW** · 03-30-2007, 07:28 AM

Originally Posted by Troy@DetailCity

You would not believe how bad we just got hacked. I spent all day rebuilding the site and recovering data.

Sounds like an inside job to me.

Originally Posted by Troy@DetailCity

Actually that`s not true.

I being the impatient and computer savy person that I am tried to change servers and accidentally switched over to the new one before it was ready. To make matters worse, when I saw that the site was down I tried to switch back to the old server. Little did I know each time I switch the domain to a different server it takes time for it to happen.

So I played the hurry up and wait game with all the experts telling me to just wait for the site to come back up. Well I don`t know why, but the site did not get copied to the new server properly so I was waiting for nothing

. Finally decided to switch it back to the old server last night. So I apologize for my ignorance and pig-headedness. It was another valuable learning experience for me.

So it turns out that I am the hacker this time. The hard way seems to be the only way I learn things these days.

Troy

Hey, I was right!

It had to be a stressful day especially when you knew you were the cause. Correcting someone else`s mistakes is always much more enjoyable than correcting your own.
Glad to see things back in operation.

Charles

**Poorboy** · 03-30-2007, 08:54 AM

I thought Dwayne forgot to to tell you about that certain button he once pressed in RED

DO NOT TOUCH !!!

**Beemerboy** · 03-30-2007, 09:13 AM

Sounds like the Butler did it...Troy

**audiboy** · 03-30-2007, 10:10 AM

Originally Posted by CharlesW

Correcting someone else`s mistakes is always much more enjoyable than correcting your own.

That couldn`t be further from the truth in my experience.

I`m sorry that your plan backfired on you Troy, but it`s great to see that everything is back up and running.

**Jen@autogeek** · 03-30-2007, 07:54 PM

Sorry about the mishap, Troy, but I`m glad to see DC is back up and running again.

**The Chee** · 03-31-2007, 01:27 AM

Originally Posted by CharlesW

Sounds like an inside job to me.

Charles

Bwahahaha , good to be back Troy

**killr@autogeek** · 03-31-2007, 10:06 AM

they always say the first step is admitting the truth (and thus your fault) , never got any further however so dont know what to tell you the second step will bring.

**Poorboy** · 03-31-2007, 10:32 AM

so are we up to stay this time

**Troy@Protekt** · 03-31-2007, 02:37 PM

Originally Posted by Poorboy

so are we up to stay this time

We are hopefully. I still want to switch servers but I am going to have someone who knows what they are doing do it for me. Shouldn`t be any down time involved if you do it right. This server just isn`t as good as I want.

Troy

**Scott P** · 04-01-2007, 10:55 AM

When I switched hosts/platforms for my site, I forgot that I would lose email for the period that the DNS was switching. That scared the crap out of me, but as far as I can tell, I didn`t miss much mail.

**Troy@Protekt** · 04-05-2007, 06:56 AM

Ok we are going to be switching to a new server today and I`ve turned the job over to one of my programmers. It might actually work this time if I`m not involved.

Everything should be seemless. In other words, there shouldn`t be any down time if everything goes right.

Troy

**Poorboy** · 04-05-2007, 07:00 AM

Originally Posted by Troy@DetailCity

Ok we are going to be switching to a new server today and I`ve turned the job over to one of my programmers. It might actually work this time if I`m not involved.

Everything should be seemless. In other words, there shouldn`t be any down time if everything goes right.

Troy

ok I`m ready

Just stay away from the RED button