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== Timeline of Events == | == Timeline of Events == | ||
In an attempt to procrastinate from real work I've tried to document what happened on the week of no sleep, and insane amounts of coke. To give a bit of background, the hack happened just a few weeks after myself and johan were elected, lil_cain was the third admin, and werdz had recently moved from admin to webmaster. All of us were working full time on Intra, except for cian, who had a real job. Murphy was the main web server, running Ubuntu 6.06. Minerva was the main login server, also running Ubuntu. | In an attempt to procrastinate from real work I've tried to document what happened on the week of no sleep, and insane amounts of coke. | ||
To give a bit of background, the hack happened just a few weeks after myself and johan were elected, lil_cain was the third admin, and werdz had recently moved from admin to webmaster. All of us were working full time on Intra, except for cian, who had a real job. Murphy was the main web server, running Ubuntu 6.06. Minerva was the main login server, also running Ubuntu. | |||
Mostly, I've pieced this together from memory, email and irc logs. Some other people who were there may be able to fill in more of the details. | |||
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===Friday Morning === | ===Friday Morning === | ||
* Around 8.30am (ish) - People start to notice something is up. Most people are on the way to work and stuff. Pretty sure I got a text on the bus, can't remember who from. | * Around 8.30am (ish) - People start to notice something is up. Most people are on the way to work and stuff. Pretty sure I got a text on the bus, can't remember who from. | ||
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* 10:30 - final mass hey goes out before shutdown | * 10:30 - final mass hey goes out before shutdown | ||
* 10:32 - access to the network is cut off. | * 10:32 - access to the network is cut off. | ||
=== Friday Afternoon === | === Friday Afternoon === | ||
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Dano | Dano | ||
Secretary@redbrick.dcu.ie | Secretary@redbrick.dcu.ie | ||
=== Friday Evening === | === Friday Evening === | ||
The admins meet up in DCU about 5/6pm. Atlas also comes down. There is much drawing on a whiteboard about what our plans should be. Most of the night is spent taking backups. | The admins meet up in DCU about 5/6pm. Atlas also comes down. There is much drawing on a whiteboard about what our plans should be. Most of the night is spent taking backups. | ||
=== Saturday === | === Saturday === | ||
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The new passwords went out on Monday. This required some epic hack scripting, since useradm was on one of the shite reddells, but that couldn't send email. | The new passwords went out on Monday. This required some epic hack scripting, since useradm was on one of the shite reddells, but that couldn't send email. | ||
=== Tuesday === | === Tuesday === | ||
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At this point, Deathray hadn't been touched yet, since mail needed to be migrated before that could happen, and Murphy was generally being a cunt, and wasn't working at all. | At this point, Deathray hadn't been touched yet, since mail needed to be migrated before that could happen, and Murphy was generally being a cunt, and wasn't working at all. | ||
=== Wednesday === | === Wednesday === | ||
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Phaxx & atlas come to DCU to help make exim and mailman work. We also eat chinese. | Phaxx & atlas come to DCU to help make exim and mailman work. We also eat chinese. | ||
=== Thursday === | === Thursday === | ||
Svan gets fap working, and and syslog-ng doing remote logging. | Svan gets fap working, and and syslog-ng doing remote logging. | ||
=== Friday === | === Friday === | ||
Get mailman working about 1am. Continue testing mail and stuff until about 2/3am | Get mailman working about 1am. Continue testing mail and stuff until about 2/3am | ||
==== Saturday ==== | ==== Saturday ==== | ||
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All the best, | All the best, | ||
andrew. | andrew. | ||
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Welmar is backed up, and re-installed, followed by Obelisk. Anyterm starts working again late Sunday night. | Welmar is backed up, and re-installed, followed by Obelisk. Anyterm starts working again late Sunday night. | ||
=== Monday === | === Monday === | ||