In lieu of the highly successful hacking of my previous server, I've decided to completely turn off FTP on sprint.footboot.net. I've updated SFTP (which is file transfer over the properly secure SSH) access for everyone with an account.
That's only really going to affect these folks:
- alicecommunitygarden.org.au
- wikileaks.org.au
- thirddegree.org.au
- riffraff.org.au
- ayni.footboot.net
- oma-fiets.com.au
- skymoney.org.au
- riverssos.org.au
You folks will have to use FileZilla or some such that supports SFTP. I've also installed SSH2 support into PHP so that WordPress will let you update it automatically from the admin area using your same login details.
Hey Ryan, why would someone hack the server??
gem / 12:03pm / 9 July 2011
They were probably using it to send lots of spam or distribute porn or something. I haven’t looked closely at it. It might have just been for fun.
Ryan / 1:44pm / 9 July 2011