RhoadsScholar Posted May 11, 2014 Share Posted May 11, 2014 thanks john, didn't realize how addicted I was to this site until it went down. Also realized I gotta get some contact info from the folks on the HOC. Kudos for your time and effort..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Posted May 11, 2014 Author Share Posted May 11, 2014 I know there were issues related to the mobile redirects. Was that the primary driver for the rebuild? You mentioned the 'former' web hosting company; is HOC now hosted from your home or did you find a more supportive vendor? Regardless, thanks for all of your effort. Believe me, I understand how difficult it can be to chase down web server issues. What promises to be easy and straight-forward often is not. The mobile redirects were one of several issues. Initial attempts to 'clean' the install post-exploit was a) not easily verifiable as to completeness and b ) left me feeling very anxious. The board has been through several iterations of conversion, upgrade, patch, patch, upgrade, patch, conversion, etc. I may be weird, but after too much of that I start feeling like I want a clean install with the latest code as the base. We now sit on a shiny, new, overpowered system with a new provider. I have complete control of everything, right down to the OS install. The node sits in Florida, with (allegedly, but it seems legit based on my limited, half-vast investigation) a fat pipe direct to the Atlanta NAP and another up the coast somewhere. Not being able to establish a shell due to issues (no kidding) in a shared environment is unacceptable to me. The former provider did not feel the same way. Your question about running it at home made me chuckle. Once upon a time I had a consulting company. We provided, among other services, email and web hosting for many of our SMB clients. I started that offering with a bunch of Sun equipment in my basement and some T1s run right to my house. Those were the days. My wife used to claim I could heat the entire place with the E3000s alone. We also had a rack of Ultra 1/170s, another partially populated with E280s and network gear. The tape systems took up a corner, but my boys loved to watch the robot and listen to the chunk-chunk-chunk-whirrrrr when backups were running. Consumers Power loved me. I'm surprised I never got raided as a potential "grow operation." LOL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Posted May 11, 2014 Share Posted May 11, 2014 Thanks! I know you'd be back. Followed your progress on Jazz Guitar.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billgelder Posted May 12, 2014 Share Posted May 12, 2014 We now sit on a shiny, new, overpowered system with a new provider. I have complete control of everything, right down to the OS install. The node sits in Florida, with (allegedly, but it seems legit based on my limited, half-vast investigation) a fat pipe direct to the Atlanta NAP and another up the coast somewhere. Not being able to establish a shell due to issues (no kidding) in a shared environment is unacceptable to me. The former provider did not feel the same way. Did you just call me a Node? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanschoyck Posted May 12, 2014 Share Posted May 12, 2014 Let me add my thanks for bringing it back. I missed you folks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterbright Posted May 12, 2014 Share Posted May 12, 2014 Thanks for all your work I firmly believe you should accept donations. I make donations to many sites that are not as good as this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtpatty Posted May 12, 2014 Share Posted May 12, 2014 great job- thanks for your awesomeness - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schundog Posted May 12, 2014 Share Posted May 12, 2014 Did you just call me a Node? NOT you, Bill. The Node allegedly has a fat pipe, and from what I've heard.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterbright Posted May 12, 2014 Share Posted May 12, 2014 You made me chuckle! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ridethatbike Posted May 12, 2014 Share Posted May 12, 2014 John, thanks again for getting the site up. I've been a site admin during a few previous lives, and I'm glad those days are in the past. Unless you do this stuff for a living, it's pretty time consuming to say the least. Thanks again, and have a beer on me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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