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ONLY NICE THINGS
11:34 / 27.12.07
I think the latter - it would actually be more secure than what we have at the moment if the list of users is no longer synced up with a list of users on another database and extraneous inputs flash-fried. So, there's that. The other issue is probably that it might be too much for one person to do, but that's a relatively minor problem.
 
 
Olulabelle
09:31 / 02.01.08
This is just stupid. We have a board owner who is never here and can never action anything but won't let us do it.

Can't we hack the code and just open up the board? Let's have a coup! Come on!
 
 
ONLY NICE THINGS
09:49 / 02.01.08
If we're up for that level of coding, Lula, it would probably be easier to set up a new board than to hack this one. This one, since it is sitting on server space which Tom is paying for, is probably not for hacking, in the sense of forcibly accessing and rewriting the code - ethics aside - and it would be an ethically unjustifiable thing to do - the logical response would simply be to shut down the site immediately.

In a broader sense of "hack", there are solutions using the existing technology, although the various implementations are either highly insecure or labour-intensive. I'm looking at the probability of those working at present.

New or altered board software would be one way to go. Howeve, that Barbelith.com will never have a structured update path or a significantly new technology base is the safest assumption. Everything proceeds from that.
 
 
Tsuga
23:49 / 07.01.08
I'm curious as to how the new admissions are occurring. I had thought that the current process was: somehow you (Haus) were basically forwarding applications that you had checked for reality to Tom and he would then pull the switches or say the incantations or whatever in order to send the emails to confirm registration. Is this the case? Does he just get a list of email addresses from you and then send confirmation emails? If so, is there any communication at all about this process? I mean, are you in any kind of contact with Tom about this stuff? What makes this process start or stop? So many questions, sorry.
Also, if it's alright to ask, how many came in on this round?
 
 
ONLY NICE THINGS
09:32 / 08.01.08
Very small number indeed - about eight or ten, while we see how it works. I'm still working out how this system would work, actually.

Tom has basically gone dark - I'm guessing that anything coming into his inbox tagged Barbelith is simply not high enough up on his to do list at present to get to actioning. So, I'm basically doing it this way having not been told specifically not to do it this way. It may have some consequences as yet unanticipated. Please don't think that this is a long-term solution, or that the technology base of Barbelith is not currently in a slow decaying orbit.

I'll start a new thread on this one shortly.
 
 
STOATIE LIEKS CHOCOLATE MILK
12:30 / 08.01.08
Thanks for the effort, Haus. It's much appreciated. Somebody had to do SOMETHING.
 
 
Tsuga
21:46 / 08.01.08
Agreed, thanks.
 
 
ONLY NICE THINGS
10:54 / 09.01.08
OK - new thread started, this thread being moved for locking.
 
  

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