No catches for ages now

Client Joined: Apr 10, 2004 Posts: 649 Location: UK

Does this mean my site is unpopular with hackers?

Have I somehow found the ultimate tool to beat them?

Sentinel is great, it's just my site isnt that exciting for them I guess lol

Posted: Sat Jun 12, 2004 9:55 am

My sites are generally left alone too. I don't feel bad about it at all Wink

I think people are targeted from search engines, from posts on some forums, rival sites sometimes target each other and so on. Usually they are looking for sites that are vulrnerable to specific attacks. So searching PHPNuke + {Vulnerable Module} presents a nice list of potential sites to deface. As an added bonus they can get higher ranked sites and get more attention for those.

But yes the script kiddies read these forums as regularly as we do. We'd like to think when they see a Sentinel banner/block they choose to move on to easier targets.

Site Admin/Owner Joined: Aug 27, 2002 Posts: 17088

I used to receive anywhere from 5 to 10 per day. My original HA script brought that down to probaly 2 to 3. Since installing Sentinel(tm), I receive maybe 2 or 3 per week, tops.

Posted: Sat Jun 12, 2004 5:47 pm

and there was me thinking I bored them to death Laughing

I'll never understand the kick they get out of bringing sites down. It's beyond me.

I'm just glad I've got Sentinel there waiting to kick ass if they pay me a call Twisted Evil

Posted: Sat Jun 12, 2004 6:38 pm

Muffin wrote:

I'm just glad I've got Sentinel there waiting to kick ass if they pay me a call Twisted Evil

And take names Wink

Posted: Sun Jun 13, 2004 4:08 am

hehehe <evil cackle>

Client Joined: Jan 29, 2004 Posts: 624

Muffin wrote:

and there was me thinking I bored them to death Laughing

I'll never understand the kick they get out of bringing sites down. It's beyond me.

I'm just glad I've got Sentinel there waiting to kick ass if they pay me a call Twisted Evil

Ah, they are just in training for you!

http://www.hackthissite.org/

That's a nuke site where members get points for managing to hack it. Presumably this gives 'em confidence for the real WWW.

Regular Joined: May 31, 2004 Posts: 95 Location: NY

That site is actually kinda neat.

Posted: Fri Jun 25, 2004 6:59 pm

Yup sho nuff Smile

Posted: Sat Jun 26, 2004 2:16 pm

Hmmm wonder if anyone's tried to hack it? lol

Posted: Sat Jun 26, 2004 3:42 pm

You mean a non-member? Sure, probably. Why would a site that allows members to hack it be exempt from hacking per se? Smile

But it'd be illegal and perps could be prosecuted if caught, and that raises the question whether hackthissite would call the cops if a non-member hacked it...! BTW that site has a very similar IP # to majidonline, which is of note only to myself.