Comments on: The Day the SoapBlox Network Died http://www.blogpi.net/the-day-the-soapblox-network-died Putting the blogosphere under a magnifying glass Sat, 13 Mar 2010 17:15:40 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: The SoapBlox Network: Only Sleeping? at Blog P.I. http://www.blogpi.net/the-day-the-soapblox-network-died/comment-page-1#comment-148725 The SoapBlox Network: Only Sleeping? at Blog P.I. Fri, 09 Jan 2009 14:38:35 +0000 http://www.blogpi.net/?p=1330#comment-148725 <p>[...] Disclosure « The Day the SoapBlox Network Died [...]</p> [...] Disclosure « The Day the SoapBlox Network Died [...]

]]> By: CyberWarn » The Day the SoapBlox Network Died http://www.blogpi.net/the-day-the-soapblox-network-died/comment-page-1#comment-148722 CyberWarn » The Day the SoapBlox Network Died Fri, 09 Jan 2009 13:24:49 +0000 http://www.blogpi.net/?p=1330#comment-148722 <p>[...] Blogs using SoapBlox but hosted elsewhere are, for the moment, still up. However, I’m hearing that the software has been irretrievably hacked: security can no longer be guaranteed, for anyone. If true, this means that hackers have private information — including passwords and IP addresses — from supposedly anonymous accounts on some or all of the blogs using the software. [BlogPi] [...]</p> [...] Blogs using SoapBlox but hosted elsewhere are, for the moment, still up. However, I’m hearing that the software has been irretrievably hacked: security can no longer be guaranteed, for anyone. If true, this means that hackers have private information — including passwords and IP addresses — from supposedly anonymous accounts on some or all of the blogs using the software. [BlogPi] [...]

]]> By: judith http://www.blogpi.net/the-day-the-soapblox-network-died/comment-page-1#comment-148721 judith Fri, 09 Jan 2009 12:50:31 +0000 http://www.blogpi.net/?p=1330#comment-148721 <p>We recently lost a website to hackers. We put up a fight, but they won in the end. It's so annoying, frustrating, sad, unfair and just plain wrong. Why do these people do such things. If they turned their attention to something constructive the world might be a better place. I keep referring to them as 'they', and that's one of the frustrating things. Who are 'they'?</p> We recently lost a website to hackers. We put up a fight, but they won in the end. It’s so annoying, frustrating, sad, unfair and just plain wrong. Why do these people do such things. If they turned their attention to something constructive the world might be a better place. I keep referring to them as ‘they’, and that’s one of the frustrating things. Who are ‘they’?

]]> By: Joyce Porter http://www.blogpi.net/the-day-the-soapblox-network-died/comment-page-1#comment-148707 Joyce Porter Thu, 08 Jan 2009 21:05:31 +0000 http://www.blogpi.net/?p=1330#comment-148707 <p>Goodbye SoapBlox hope this wont happen to others as well, I feel bad for the bloggers who work hard for those blog hope they can recover their data.</p> Goodbye SoapBlox hope this wont happen to others as well, I feel bad for the bloggers who work hard for those blog hope they can recover their data.

]]> By: Blacknell.net » End of LiveJournal? http://www.blogpi.net/the-day-the-soapblox-network-died/comment-page-1#comment-148699 Blacknell.net » End of LiveJournal? Thu, 08 Jan 2009 16:10:24 +0000 http://www.blogpi.net/?p=1330#comment-148699 <p>[...] the infrastructure on which a number of unique shared-interest communities depend (however, that sort of ecological frailty is not a good idea).  I hope that its users can find a new home (preferably one that doesn’t depend on an [...]</p> [...] the infrastructure on which a number of unique shared-interest communities depend (however, that sort of ecological frailty is not a good idea).  I hope that its users can find a new home (preferably one that doesn’t depend on an [...]

]]> By: 24AheadDotCom http://www.blogpi.net/the-day-the-soapblox-network-died/comment-page-1#comment-148675 24AheadDotCom Thu, 08 Jan 2009 00:21:37 +0000 http://www.blogpi.net/?p=1330#comment-148675 <p>For anyone with some technical knowledge, saving content shouldn't be an issue provided the database can still be accessed using mysqldump or equivalent or they've got a backup. That can then be put into a live db and a script written to import it into Drupal or similar, perhaps even with the same URLs, sections, etc. Of course, that assumes that the content hasn't been intentionally destroyed or hacked to add malicious code, etc. I could probably do something like that for a fee, but I don't know what the fee would be since I can't find the source code for it. Is it open source and downloadable somewhere?</p> For anyone with some technical knowledge, saving content shouldn’t be an issue provided the database can still be accessed using mysqldump or equivalent or they’ve got a backup. That can then be put into a live db and a script written to import it into Drupal or similar, perhaps even with the same URLs, sections, etc. Of course, that assumes that the content hasn’t been intentionally destroyed or hacked to add malicious code, etc. I could probably do something like that for a fee, but I don’t know what the fee would be since I can’t find the source code for it. Is it open source and downloadable somewhere?

]]> By: Frank http://www.blogpi.net/the-day-the-soapblox-network-died/comment-page-1#comment-148673 Frank Thu, 08 Jan 2009 00:09:09 +0000 http://www.blogpi.net/?p=1330#comment-148673 <p>That's truly horrible! The fact that a whole CMS system could we taken offline like this is absurd. I think that those 'hackers' should focus their time and effort on more productive things that abusing people's blogs. Where is the logic in that?</p> That’s truly horrible! The fact that a whole CMS system could we taken offline like this is absurd. I think that those ‘hackers’ should focus their time and effort on more productive things that abusing people’s blogs. Where is the logic in that?

]]> By: Peoples Press Collective » An Interesting Development | SoapBlox = Dead? http://www.blogpi.net/the-day-the-soapblox-network-died/comment-page-1#comment-148672 Peoples Press Collective » An Interesting Development | SoapBlox = Dead? Wed, 07 Jan 2009 18:54:43 +0000 http://www.blogpi.net/?p=1330#comment-148672 <p>[...] this Blog, P.I. post and then look at the SoapBlox [...]</p> [...] this Blog, P.I. post and then look at the SoapBlox [...]

]]> By: Brad Levinson http://www.blogpi.net/the-day-the-soapblox-network-died/comment-page-1#comment-148669 Brad Levinson Wed, 07 Jan 2009 18:29:13 +0000 http://www.blogpi.net/?p=1330#comment-148669 <p>You know, re: your title, "soapblox" doesn't even rhyme with "music." Ha - kidding.</p> <p>Nice, comprehensive report on this.</p> You know, re: your title, “soapblox” doesn’t even rhyme with “music.” Ha – kidding.

Nice, comprehensive report on this.

]]> By: Soapblox dies too early | BNN Broadcast http://www.blogpi.net/the-day-the-soapblox-network-died/comment-page-1#comment-148668 Soapblox dies too early | BNN Broadcast Wed, 07 Jan 2009 17:56:51 +0000 http://www.blogpi.net/?p=1330#comment-148668 <p>[...] is just beyond awful. For those who publish full feeds from soapblox sites, BNN maintains archives for some time for use [...]</p> [...] is just beyond awful. For those who publish full feeds from soapblox sites, BNN maintains archives for some time for use [...]

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