[Imc-aotearoa-ed] password rotation/site instability

finn c. imc-aotearoa-ed at lists.indymedia.org
Tue, 18 Mar 2003 10:38:58 +1200


Hi,

Theres been a few complaints recently about articles being hidden, and
[apparently] nobody on the ed collective hiding them. Aside from a
legitimate password holder using it maliciously, theres a couple of
possible causes I can think of:

*The database is getting flaky. This can be fixed, not sure how though.
*Someone has the password and it using it maliciously. It would be quite
easy to get hold of the password, but the hiding is quite random . .

This is all quite odd, and even thought I think that the former cause is
more likely I think it is time for a password rotation - we should be
doing this once a month anyway.

I'm going to email *current* users of the password - according to the
wiki, just Kerry - a new one. We should start monthly password rotations
from now on.

Does anyone want to learn feature uploading + editorial process? It's
getting lonely out here.

Seeya,
finn