Nadreck

I'm really sorry to hear about the hack, and thank you for letting us know. I know most folks in UC tend to lay off the forums, but I've passed the message along just in case. Regarding doing something about the hacker: since it sounds like he's already aware of how to use proxies, passing his IP around for other forums to ban him might not be worthwhile, BUT, contacting his ISP, even if he is in another country, seems like a worthwhile action to take (even if hacking isn't technically illegal in his country, it often IS still illegal within ISPs' TOU). Best of luck, and I'll look forward to seeing the new digs.

Some really great advice coming out of this thread, and I think it's fantastic that some sort of forum-helpers group is getting formed. Just wanted to chime in on the good idea, and also: for the folks who find PHPBB, SMF, IPB and similar to complex, there ARE alternative forum options out there. I'm fond of Vanilla, myself (found it because Warren Ellis's forum uses it). There ARE secure, robust options that aren't quite the pain in the neck some of the big forums are (that said, the various forum packages have come a LONG way since the early days).

Hruh, neat! Nice job on collecting all that data. I'm little surprised we've managed to creep up into the top 10s.

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