Server Maintaince

Posted by coldtobi | 28 Oct, 2007, 13:39

I received a mail of my hosting provider: They gonna update their servers to newer PHP and SQL versions. It is planned October 29th, from 8 am to 12 am. During this time, it it likely that my site will not be available.

BTW: Planned maintaince could be announced earlier, especially if you do a major update like this. Then, I would have enough time to conduct testing on some testsetup.

 



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Proposoal to ma(r)ry -- or just another annoyance?

Posted by coldtobi | 28 Oct, 2007, 09:58

On a regular basis, I gonna look into my server logs. Sometimes, there is a referrer, a hint to a noteworthy site.  This time, curiosity hit me as I read "http://www.proposal-to-marry.com", as I also married a Maria some weeks ago. The site tells, that a guy poped the question, but using a "special" way: Starting a email chain mail.

These type of mails are wandering around the net for years. But the Intenet is that big  that chances a quite low that it will reach an individual. So, better be a man and ask mary face-to-face. Okay, you know your mary best, but I do not know many women who'd prefer this idea to something more "normal". But I htink you are sure that won't backfire.

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[Updated] La Fonera: A bunch of Autoupdates (to 0.7.2.2)

Posted by coldtobi | 28 Oct, 2007, 09:33

On my regular check of my "fon-home-log", I detected, that FON is shipping two updates out since October 23.

I am currently analyzing the changes introduced by these, but until I know more I thinks its safer NOT to apply these updates: On a first sight, they fiddle around with DNS. (Well, dnsmasq to be precise. dnsmasq should not be a problem, but better safe than sorry).

 [UPDATE] 

THE CHANGES I ANALYZED SO FAR ARE DANGEROUS (in terms of losing control)! THEY ARE INSTALLING COOVA (coova.org) AND WITH THIS PACKAGE IT IS POSSIBLE TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE FONERA!  (SSH etc.) 

[UPDATE2]

The package to be installed is only the cova-chillispot. This package does contains not the complete coova firmware, so AFAIK there no possibility to modify the La Fonera using this way.  However, Kolofonium will cease to work, as the code injection using chilli is not longer possible. On the other side, it is still a hotfix: Hard-reseting will still do the job. And for the "downgraded original" firmware its easy with all the known hacks. (Instructions for the hard-reset-part here). When the Foneras are factory-equipped with 0.7.2-2, it is getting tougher but there is also a RS232 and JTAG-header inside of the case. However, either way voids the warranty.

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