On Sun, Feb 3, 2019 at 12:52 PM Valorie Zimmerman <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Ben
Hi Valorie, > > On Sat, Feb 2, 2019 at 11:46 AM Ben Cooksley <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi all, >> >> For some time now Sysadmin has been aware that the application we use >> to run paste.kde.org is unmaintained, and therefore represents a >> security risk. Additionally, for a long time now we've been forced to >> require people to login in order to create pastes there, due to the >> severity of the abuse we've experienced. >> >> Because this makes it functionally equivalent to the pastebin >> functionality included in both Phabricator >> (phabricator.kde.org/paste/) and Gitlab (invent.kde.org/snippets) >> we've decided that it would be best if paste.kde.org were to be >> discontinued. >> >> We'll be shutting this service down in approximately one weeks time. >> Should anyone be using it to store content for long term purposes we'd >> advise you to migrate it to either Phabricator, Gitlab or somewhere >> more permanent (like a wiki) before the shutdown. >> >> Following the shutdown we will be erasing the database, so any pastes >> not saved elsewhere before this time will be lost. >> >> Should anyone have any questions regarding this, please let us know. >> >> Regards, >> Ben Cooksley >> KDE Sysadmin > > > Besides having access to maintained code, are the new services also requiring > logins? Seems like this would cut down immensely on the spam, malware, > pirated stuff, illegal porn, etc. that pastebins seem to host. Yes, both Phabricator and Gitlab will require login to create pastes/snippets. Cheers, Ben > > Valorie > -- > http://about.me/valoriez > >
