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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 > >