http://blog.garethjmsaunders.co.uk/archives/2005/07/26/i-got-hacked/ The Revd Gareth J M Saunders' weblog Mon, 13 Oct 2008 07:56:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.11 http://blog.garethjmsaunders.co.uk/archives/2005/07/26/i-got-hacked/#comment-7040 Wed, 27 Jul 2005 21:52:41 +0000 http://blog.garethjmsaunders.co.uk/archives/2005/07/26/i-got-hacked/#comment-7040 Hi Gareth. I don't know the answer here, but I do wonder if it's a bit like "spam" in that they are attacking Pipex, or whoever, rather than you personally. I guess working out your own particular ftp password would be just too difficult, but perhaps sending a simple plain text message to the host system, replacing all occurances of "index.html" etc, might do it. I tried on my own sites to avoid this problem, using a different entry page, such as "homepage.htm" or "main.htm" but then people tell you that if you want search engines to find you, and to be able to view your URL without an extension, you have to use "index". A weak link (sic) I would suggest. I also hope the perpetrators get caught and then forced to spend 20 years of Sundays tied to a railing in Argos... Hi Gareth. I don’t know the answer here, but I do wonder if it’s a bit like “spam” in that they are attacking Pipex, or whoever, rather than you personally. I guess working out your own particular ftp password would be just too difficult, but perhaps sending a simple plain text message to the host system, replacing all occurances of “index.html” etc, might do it. I tried on my own sites to avoid this problem, using a different entry page, such as “homepage.htm” or “main.htm” but then people tell you that if you want search engines to find you, and to be able to view your URL without an extension, you have to use “index”. A weak link (sic) I would suggest. I also hope the perpetrators get caught and then forced to spend 20 years of Sundays tied to a railing in Argos…

]]> http://blog.garethjmsaunders.co.uk/archives/2005/07/26/i-got-hacked/#comment-7038 Tue, 26 Jul 2005 10:45:10 +0000 http://blog.garethjmsaunders.co.uk/archives/2005/07/26/i-got-hacked/#comment-7038 nasty! nasty!

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