firenimmo

Apr 26 2006, 10:18 AM | Post #1

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Hi, as many people may have noticed, RW was down for a period over the weekend. This was caused by other people's sites/applications on the same server being compromised. RW was not the target and was largely unaffected. Any security issues there were have now been fixed. If you are concerned about personal security on RuneWeb I suggest you change your forum password, and absolutely make sure it is different to your Runescape password.

Also, the sigs are currently down. We are working on restoring them and should see them return in the next day or so, hopefully.

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crayoneater

Apr 26 2006, 02:33 PM | Post #2

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thc nimmo i was wondering about them sigs

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Axis Of Evil

Apr 26 2006, 08:56 PM | Post #3

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Awesome. Can't wait for the sigs to come back. I don't like the big Red X where my sig should be.

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Sierrafox

Apr 27 2006, 02:42 AM | Post #4

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QUOTE(crayoneater @ Apr 26 2006, 08:33 AM)

thc nimmo i was wondering about them sigs

do you live in the south crayon? "them sigs"? all right what ever. thanks for the update firenimmo. are our accounts in danger if we dont change the password...and if we were on while the process was happening(the "downtime as your calling it) were out computers at risk of any sort of virus, Trojan etc.?

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Twilight Ray

Apr 27 2006, 01:02 PM | Post #5

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STOP THE FLAMES.

Regardless.

You should always keep your RS password different from all other passwords for safety. Always.

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dan99

Apr 27 2006, 08:28 PM | Post #6

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any update on when sigs are back up?

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gnomer15

Apr 27 2006, 10:07 PM | Post #7

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QUOTE(Sierrafox @ Apr 26 2006, 09:42 PM)

do you live in the south crayon? "them sigs"? all right what ever. thanks for the update firenimmo. are our accounts in danger if we dont change the password...and if we were on while the process was happening(the "downtime as your calling it) were out computers at risk of any sort of virus, Trojan etc.?

For one thing, you guys have to understand that not even the admin's can see passwords. They see a bunch of ranom letters/numbers if anything, everything is encrypted, you are okay. Feel safe.

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DragonMaker9

Apr 27 2006, 10:09 PM | Post #8

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QUOTE(dan99 @ Apr 27 2006, 08:28 PM)

any update on when sigs are back up?

I also want to know this.

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firenimmo

Apr 28 2006, 08:08 AM | Post #9

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QUOTE(Sierrafox @ Apr 27 2006, 02:42 AM)

do you live in the south crayon? "them sigs"? all right what ever. thanks for the update firenimmo. are our accounts in danger if we dont change the password...and if we were on while the process was happening(the "downtime as your calling it) were out computers at risk of any sort of virus, Trojan etc.?

No risk of viruses or trojans. Gnomer's post illustrates the security of your passwords, there is only a *very* minimal risk of anything going wrong. I made the post so that if people wanted complete peace of mind, they had notice to change their password.

EDIT: About sigs, I'll see if we have the necessary upgrades installed to put them back up later, if not maybe I'll rewrite them a little so the upgrades aren't needed. Though I do have about 3 Java assignments to do today so bear with me.

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FireballX301

Apr 29 2006, 03:51 AM | Post #10

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QUOTE(gnomer15 @ Apr 27 2006, 02:07 PM)

For one thing, you guys have to understand that not even the admin's can see passwords. They see a bunch of ranom letters/numbers if anything, everything is encrypted, you are okay. Feel safe.

Using rainbow tables we can generate collisions against your password hash, and defacto unlock your password anywhere they use the same hash and you use the same password.

Nobody's password is EVER safe if you're placing your password in someone else's hands. CONSTANT VIGILANCE. Make sure your password is hashed through a secure algo, keep changing your passwords, never become complacent about your security.

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Axis Of Evil

Apr 30 2006, 08:51 PM | Post #11

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Any update on when the sigs will be back up yet Nimmo?

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