Slick.ORG Welcome Mat

Updated December 29, 2001
So the big question I am getting... what the hell is going on with Slick? The short answer, Slick got hacked*... Anyway, it was pretty obvious because the script kiddie trashed the password file so that I could not log in. In general, I am not annoyed by hackers if they are just browsing the system and doing benign things... I get pissed when they break things. The good news is Slick is back up on a better machine and most of the parts are working. I took the opportunity to update the mailing list software - check out the new stuff at Slick Mailing Lists. Also, I got postcards up and running, try the Postcards link. Some other things are still broken... I am getting to them as I have time.

Thanks for you patience, thanks for your support.

B-

* This is really not a great site to hack... First of all, it is a POS computer (now it is a better POS than it was 2 weeks ago, but it is still a POS). Secondly, there is nothing good hidden on the server. No porn, no MP3s. If you want to look at any particular file directory, let me know. I prefer to keep my e-mail private, but it isn't too interesting either. Thirdly, you don't get any hacking guru points for hacking the site... I am frequently too busy with the rest of my life to apply standard security patches in a timely fashion, so it takes little more than the ability to download a script after CERT has published a warning. Finally, if you really feel like risking a felony (or does the new law make you a terrorist), there are sites that make this worthwhile (I, for one, do not feel it is worth being sodomized for 20 years for hacking access to the Celebrity Deathwatch mailing list). In general I do not believe that the punishment for most hacking is fair or just, but if you can't even preserve the password file...

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