[UCIMC-Tech] [RFU] Rfu site hacked

[Stewart Dickson]

Thank you, Chris!  -Stewart

On Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 1:30 PM, Chris Ritzo <chris.ritzo at gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm definitely in favor of getting more tech folks involved in system admin
> stuff as well as people from working groups taking ownership of website
> content. Very much in favor of the diy aspect of hosting ourselves. Stewart
> is right, it's not difficult *relatively* and our main impediment is that
> we've done this so long with only 1 or 2 people, that we are backtracking a
> little to provide proper access control.
>
> Sites we host are either static html, php sites; drupal based; or wordpress.
> Chambana.net hosts all so for wordpress, we aren't on wordpress.com, but
> host on our own server.
>
> For WRFUs site, the group can choose any of these options. The test site can
> be up within a few hours.
>
> On the system admin side of this conversation, on my to do list has been to
> organize those tech meet ups. That's been delayed since our last one (during
> GRC) due to getting our new webserver up (now done, work is proceeding to
> migrate all our websites to it). Josh also is implementing some ACLs in the
> openldap server so that we can properly delegate admin access to new folks
> and ensure separation of access to imc servers and other chambana.net
> servers for other groups. That should happen in the next month or so.
>
> Until then, I'll send email out to set a regular meetup time for those folks
> interested in sysadmin, web admin, etc work. We can begin with going through
> the imcs portion of chambana.net servers, network, services, etc.
>
> If Saturday mornings work for folks, give a shout out.
>
> Thanks,
> Chris
>
> On Dec 11, 2012 11:41 AM, "Dane Spudic" <danespudic at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hey,
>>
>> I definitely understand and prefer using the decentralized, local
>> grassroots system rather than a centralized source like Wordpress.
>> Chambana.net really matches the DIY style of the UC-IMC and IMC's in
>> general.
>>
>> Dane
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 11:31 AM, Stewart Dickson <mathartspd at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Yeah, the thing here is that WRFU/Chambana.net is served locally, at
>>> our own grassroots Internet Service Provider, Chambana.net and not at
>>> a centralized place, like Wordpress.
>>> Thus, the daunting task is up to us to own our own web server.
>>>
>>> This should not be too difficult.
>>>
>>> There are plenty of people who came to the IMC-Tech meetups during the
>>> summer and during Grassroots Radio Conference who know generally how
>>> to do this.
>>> The only missing link is knowing the specifics of the Chambana.net
>>> servers.   Chris and Josh King and maybe Stuart Levy know some of
>>> this.
>>>
>>> We need an informal, but functional program of IMC-Tech shadowing,
>>> when server tasks are performed, so that this knowledge can get
>>> transferred out of the hands
>>> and minds of a very few people.
>>>
>>> -Stewart
>>>
>>> On Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 11:20 AM, Dane Spudic <danespudic at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> > Hey all,
>>> >
>>> > Does the website need to be a certain format/style ? I have been the
>>> > webmaster for a volunteer group but it was Wordpress. My partner
>>> > Melissa and
>>> > I designed this website for our group
>>> > (http://madinfoshop.wordpress.com/about/ )
>>> >
>>> > It was easy to keep up but since it was free it would have ads on the
>>> > bottom
>>> > of the webpages that were contradictory to the article (e.g. an article
>>> > criticizing capitalism and commodity fetish with an ad about Black
>>> > Friday at
>>> > Best Buy.)
>>> >
>>> > Dane
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > On Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 9:22 AM, Chris Ritzo <chris.ritzo at gmail.com>
>>> > wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >> Maybe someone besides me would like to begin organizing IMC tech
>>> >> meetups.
>>> >>
>>> >> My free time is tapped right now migrating websites to a new server
>>> >> and
>>> >> working with others to be able to delegate admin rights to those folks
>>> >> who
>>> >> expressed interest in tech work. Sorry it's happening slower than some
>>> >> might
>>> >> expect, however we should be ready for that by January.
>>> >>
>>> >> Regarding the RFU site, I did mention that WRFU needs a webmaster or
>>> >> two-
>>> >> to work on content. The old site is insecure and old and the content
>>> >> needs
>>> >> to be moved to a new site. That's not IMC-Tech's role. The working
>>> >> group
>>> >> needs to manage its own website. I've tried to engage with RFU folks
>>> >> for
>>> >> months to work on a new site- no one ever responds. So who's it going
>>> >> to be?
>>> >>
>>> >> _______________________________________________
>>> >> RFU mailing list
>>> >> RFU at lists.chambana.net
>>> >> http://lists.chambana.net/mailman/listinfo/rfu
>>> >
>>> >
>>
>>
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