At the same time, Linux Mint has been hit by a malware infection and fake ISO
downloads. I'm not saying they are connected. Just curious.
http://arstechnica.com/security/2016/02/linux-mint-hit-by-malware-infection-on-its-website-and-forum-after-hack-attack/
New topic creation is disabled for now, we are investigating this.
Mission accomplished. Mint's reputation is now gone or at least seriously
tarnished.
Mint got hacked because it was low-hanging fruit for nefarious types. They
did not make it easy to verify GPG signatures or encourage people to, and the
key wasn't in the web of trust. They did not update WordPress or their server
software. They also create a mess of free and nonfree
New topic creation has been reenabled
The thumbnails are https if I copy the URL (which shows as http) in 'view
image info' right mouse click. If I click on the image, it's https when
full-sized. The same happens on IceCat and Tor Browser Bundle, even on my
Android phone. Could be my ISP (which is AIS Thailand).
Try https://trisquel.info/files/mint_secure_comodo.png
Trisquel thumbnails are https for me, including on Midori, which does not
have https-everywhere installed. So you most likely have a problem with your
web browser.
That's now been remedied. Linuxmint.com is verified by Comodo.
There are audio captchas around, but I would advise not using captchas except
as a last resort. Disallowing new users from posting links or such are decent
spam prevention mesures already.
We are in a year 2016
and Mint stil dont use https
What are the words that describe this crazy thing??
Maybe stupid or foolish
lol
I found it odd in light of these events just how much the Mint Team where
changing (or not updating) the underlying tech. Really worrying even if it is
software I don't use.
I merely assumed it was Ubuntu with a different desktop engine and a
different package manager layout.
Looks like there's a spammer in our midst. You should've banned everybody who
registered automatically recently.
Trust/progressive permission systems are something the modern forums I
mentioned a while ago have. :)
It was easy to use though. I think people liked it because it distributed
Flash, Oracle Java, and all those codecs. They didn't sign packages for ages
though. The blame must be attributed to the top: the lead developers put
their users at risk, so they could obtain 'usability'. It was just a
I'm still in favor of some kind of trust earning system for new users before
they can freely post. Like making their posts approval-only until a certain
number of posts has been approved and a certain amount of time has passed.
Thanks! I watched in horror all happen. I thought the Kim-Illians had
launched a cyber attack on free software.
Good luck guys !
That wouldn't be all that effective. with 10 posts plus one new topic, it
would only take 10 new accounts to flood the forum with 110 spam posts, some
of them within existing topics and some of them as new topics. That's why I
think making them approval-only at first would be best. There
THEY'RE BACK!!
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Or limit them to making 1 new forum topic a week and 10 posts a day, also
introducing a captcha feature for new users. Having a proper 'report as spam'
button would help. That would make it easy for new users to ask questions and
get help.
Hi
Tonight we had an spam attack that filled our forums with thousands of topics
in korean. As result of the cleaning, some legitimate post might be
unpublished. If that happens, please tell me in this thread and I will
re-enable them.
Sorry for the disturbance
/santi
The spam attack is on again.
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