Just a reminder, everyone, this conversation is today at 7PM GMT (3PM
EDT/Noon PDT) in #code4lib.

Hope to see you all there,
-Ross.

On 7/27/07, Ed Summers <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> As you may have seen or experienced code4lib.org is down for the count
> at the moment because of some hackers^w crackers who compromised anvil
> and defaced various web content and otherwise messed with the
> operating system. anvil is a machine that several people in the
> code4lib community run and pay for themselves.
>
> Given that code4lib has grown into a serious little gathering, with
> lots of effort being expended by the likes of Jeremy Frumkin and Brad
> LaJenuesse to make things happen -- it seems a shame to let this sort
> of thing happen. We don't have any evidence, but it seems that the
> entry point was the fact that various software packages weren't kept
> up to date.
>
> Anyhow, this is a long way of inviting you to a discussion Aug 1st
> @7PM GMT in irc://chat.freenode.net/code4lib to see what steps need to
> be taken to help prevent this from happening in the future.
> Specifically we're going to be talking about moving some of the web
> applications to institutions that are better set up to manage them.
>
> If this interests you at all try to attend!
>
> //Ed
>
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