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so, a "file in the temp directory" was responsible, eh?

Interesting that this "file in the temp directory"...
Purple Orchestra Pit
  09/23/10
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Purple Orchestra Pit
  09/23/10
Ruh roh
cocky pistol jap
  09/23/10
next he blamed search, but unfortunately that doesn't explai...
Purple Orchestra Pit
  09/23/10
What are you talking about? No one's been banned.
rachmiel
  09/23/10
some people were still able to post?
talented fanboi
  09/23/10
tcr HTTP/1.1 200 OK
trip selfie yarmulke
  09/23/10
Okay, "dear leader." PSA to everyone: when the...
Purple Orchestra Pit
  09/23/10
lol
Fragrant ebony genital piercing
  09/23/10
...
Purple Orchestra Pit
  09/23/10
i got excited about this but then i remembered that i unsucc...
walnut party of the first part state
  09/23/10
from an IP from which xoxo had been accessed before. doze...
Purple Orchestra Pit
  09/23/10
So, wait, it's worse, because rach has been keeping a massiv...
wonderful nursing home
  09/23/10
he must have been. otherwise the site wouldn't have been dis...
Purple Orchestra Pit
  09/23/10
eh i had accessed it from a different comp in the cluster bu...
walnut party of the first part state
  09/23/10
They all have the same external IP. If one is banned, they a...
Purple Orchestra Pit
  09/23/10
Yeah, I had a non poaster try to access the site and she cou...
startling amethyst bawdyhouse trust fund
  09/23/10
lol, the mods are circling the wagons around rach even if...
Purple Orchestra Pit
  09/23/10
weird is there a qualitative diff b/w proxy ips and non-p...
walnut party of the first part state
  09/23/10
no relevant difference. remember, rach's claim is basically ...
Purple Orchestra Pit
  09/23/10
I'm a mod?
startling amethyst bawdyhouse trust fund
  09/23/10
runaway temp file = no one accesses the site. but everyone c...
Purple Orchestra Pit
  09/23/10
a lot of people in tiny chat used a proxy and got in easily
Odious House Idiot
  09/23/10
1. rachmiel's account has actually been hacked, and that hac...
wonderful nursing home
  09/23/10
some of a-f may have been posting through proxies
Purple Orchestra Pit
  09/23/10
...
Purple Orchestra Pit
  09/23/10
so it looks like some proxies change ips for every new link ...
walnut party of the first part state
  09/23/10
the posting proxies vs. non-posting proxies is a red herring...
Purple Orchestra Pit
  09/23/10
that's what i'm getting at. i don't think anything was spec...
walnut party of the first part state
  09/23/10
cr
Purple Orchestra Pit
  09/23/10
You might consider going to BLB. (1) The dev is very resp...
thriller station
  09/24/10
NEVER FORGET
Purple Orchestra Pit
  12/22/10
...
Purple Orchestra Pit
  01/10/11


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Date: September 23rd, 2010 8:11 PM
Author: Purple Orchestra Pit

Interesting that this "file in the temp directory" IP-banned every single poster but allowed other IPs to access the board.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1432132&forum_id=2#16124494)



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Date: September 23rd, 2010 8:21 PM
Author: Purple Orchestra Pit



(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1432132&forum_id=2#16124523)



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Date: September 23rd, 2010 8:22 PM
Author: cocky pistol jap

Ruh roh

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1432132&forum_id=2#16124528)



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Date: September 23rd, 2010 8:23 PM
Author: Purple Orchestra Pit

next he blamed search, but unfortunately that doesn't explain the all-posters IP ban either

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1432132&forum_id=2#16124534)



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Date: September 23rd, 2010 8:24 PM
Author: rachmiel (white knighting)

What are you talking about? No one's been banned.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1432132&forum_id=2#16124543)



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Date: September 23rd, 2010 8:25 PM
Author: talented fanboi

some people were still able to post?

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1432132&forum_id=2#16124548)



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Date: September 23rd, 2010 8:26 PM
Author: trip selfie yarmulke

tcr

HTTP/1.1 200 OK



(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1432132&forum_id=2#16124553)



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Date: September 23rd, 2010 8:26 PM
Author: Purple Orchestra Pit

Okay, "dear leader."

PSA to everyone: when the board was "down" due to a "temp file," all poster IPs were blocked but historical non-poster IPs could access the site and post.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1432132&forum_id=2#16124556)



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Date: September 23rd, 2010 8:26 PM
Author: Fragrant ebony genital piercing

lol

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1432132&forum_id=2#16124560)



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Date: September 23rd, 2010 8:31 PM
Author: Purple Orchestra Pit



(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1432132&forum_id=2#16124595)



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Date: September 23rd, 2010 8:33 PM
Author: walnut party of the first part state

i got excited about this but then i remembered that i unsuccessfully tried to access xo from a public computer

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1432132&forum_id=2#16124612)



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Date: September 23rd, 2010 8:34 PM
Author: Purple Orchestra Pit

from an IP from which xoxo had been accessed before.

dozens of people in tinychat during the "temp file outage" verified this

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1432132&forum_id=2#16124630)



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Date: September 23rd, 2010 8:36 PM
Author: wonderful nursing home

So, wait, it's worse, because rach has been keeping a massive IP log???

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1432132&forum_id=2#16124649)



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Date: September 23rd, 2010 8:39 PM
Author: Purple Orchestra Pit

he must have been. otherwise the site wouldn't have been discriminating by IPs.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1432132&forum_id=2#16124686)



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Date: September 23rd, 2010 8:38 PM
Author: walnut party of the first part state

eh i had accessed it from a different comp in the cluster but not that one

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1432132&forum_id=2#16124673)



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Date: September 23rd, 2010 8:42 PM
Author: Purple Orchestra Pit

They all have the same external IP. If one is banned, they are all banned.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1432132&forum_id=2#16124715)



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Date: September 23rd, 2010 8:35 PM
Author: startling amethyst bawdyhouse trust fund

Yeah, I had a non poaster try to access the site and she couldn't.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1432132&forum_id=2#16124631)



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Date: September 23rd, 2010 8:37 PM
Author: Purple Orchestra Pit

lol, the mods are circling the wagons around rach

even if this were true, it wouldn't matter. runaway temp file = no one accesses the site. but everyone could access the site via proxies.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1432132&forum_id=2#16124667)



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Date: September 23rd, 2010 8:39 PM
Author: walnut party of the first part state

weird

is there a qualitative diff b/w proxy ips and non-proxy ones

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1432132&forum_id=2#16124693)



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Date: September 23rd, 2010 8:41 PM
Author: Purple Orchestra Pit

no relevant difference. remember, rach's claim is basically that the server couldn't function b/c of the "temp file." but then absolutely no IP address should have been able to access xoxohth.

also notice how rach has suddenly gone silent as he is weaving a new web of lies.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1432132&forum_id=2#16124706)



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Date: September 23rd, 2010 8:40 PM
Author: startling amethyst bawdyhouse trust fund

I'm a mod?

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1432132&forum_id=2#16124697)



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Date: September 23rd, 2010 8:45 PM
Author: Purple Orchestra Pit

runaway temp file = no one accesses the site. but everyone could access the site via proxies.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1432132&forum_id=2#16124743)



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Date: September 23rd, 2010 8:38 PM
Author: Odious House Idiot

a lot of people in tiny chat used a proxy and got in easily

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1432132&forum_id=2#16124674)



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Date: September 23rd, 2010 8:45 PM
Author: wonderful nursing home

1. rachmiel's account has actually been hacked, and that hacker continues to run XO from that hacked account.

um, "rachmiel" = hacker that took over xoxo

2. "file in the temp directory" that was overloaded actually logged all users who have ever visited XO, and all of their IP addresses were excluded from XO. First-time visitors from that IP address could post.

so, a "file in the temp directory" was responsible, eh?

3. Mods could post during the blackout.

um, "rachmiel" = hacker that took over xoxo

4. Posters who could post during the blackout.

a. David Alan Grier

HEY RACH XO IS DOWN!

b. moisttowelettedood

oh??

c. Pliny the Elder

Anecdotes from an alpha aspie ADA.

d. a dood's dood

Is xoxo really down? Here's a post

e. Assless CRAPs

Yep, still the only person poasting on XO

f. 99 rejection letters (vs. )

I'm probably going to kill myself if I don't make half a mil/yr

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1432132&forum_id=2#16124749)



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Date: September 23rd, 2010 8:58 PM
Author: Purple Orchestra Pit

some of a-f may have been posting through proxies

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1432132&forum_id=2#16124879)



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Date: September 23rd, 2010 9:10 PM
Author: Purple Orchestra Pit



(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1432132&forum_id=2#16124953)



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Date: September 23rd, 2010 9:12 PM
Author: walnut party of the first part state

so it looks like some proxies change ips for every new link while others just use one for a given browsing session. this could help explain why some people were able to post and others weren't--how often their ip changed determined whether they were perceived as a new visitor or not.

i never accessed xo during the crash, though. to those of you who did: were you able to click on threads?

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1432132&forum_id=2#16124966)



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Date: September 23rd, 2010 9:15 PM
Author: Purple Orchestra Pit

the posting proxies vs. non-posting proxies is a red herring. posting requires a certain amount of statefulness which some proxies might be able to achieve and all normal non-banned IPs would be able to achieve.

the real issue is the IP-ban on all posters when rach claimed that a "temp file" was to blame

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1432132&forum_id=2#16124980)



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Date: September 23rd, 2010 9:16 PM
Author: walnut party of the first part state

that's what i'm getting at. i don't think anything was special about these posters. i think rach's consistent lack of forthrightness w/r/t IPs is the concern here

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1432132&forum_id=2#16124987)



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Date: September 23rd, 2010 9:17 PM
Author: Purple Orchestra Pit

cr

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1432132&forum_id=2#16124998)



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Date: September 24th, 2010 8:21 AM
Author: thriller station

You might consider going to BLB.

(1) The dev is very responsive

(2) It has a red pillar. Red pillars are awesome. And stronger than \ hooks.

(3) No IP tracking, period. If that changes, the board will be notified with a STICKY.

(4) It's moderated, but poasts are almost never deleted (harassment of non-public individuals is pretty much the only time). You can opt into viewing NSFW/Spam poasts.

(5) Multiple monikers are allowed per-account, so you don't have to log out/in.

(6) Poasts in a thread are color-coded by time. Oldest poasts are dark red, newer poasts are brighter red.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1432132&forum_id=2#16129112)



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Date: December 22nd, 2010 10:20 PM
Author: Purple Orchestra Pit

NEVER FORGET

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1432132&forum_id=2#16878968)



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Date: January 10th, 2011 1:06 PM
Author: Purple Orchestra Pit



(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1432132&forum_id=2#17018731)