OK - Where'd everyone go???

[GlenM]

IMO I believe we need to reunify all the supporters groups.

There seems to be alot of supporter group disconnect.

I agree each should have it's own identity, however it should be all about the team not what the management is currently doing to sign players etc.

Everyone wants a winner believe me.

I remember back when this all started the enthusiam, energy and support were really good.

Now were all banging heads because we don't agree with the state of the team.

Yes, agreed we haven't made the playoffs etc.

Things will come in due time.

There definitely should be accountability, but we should just continue to support the team the best way we can.

Everything else will fall into place in due time.

Building a winner starts with a culture from the ground up.

Look at alot of the successful teams, there culture, mentality, support is constant with winning.

GlenM

[jloome]

IMO I believe we need to reunify all the supporters groups.

I've never had the impression they were unified to begin with, not as a general rule. U-sector dates back to the Lynx. RPB was a new group for TFC; that's where the divide comes in.

[ag futbol]

@ yagbod - I have same problem with mobile. The buttons normally under the posts are gone. Not able to quote or edit

[GlenM]

I've never had the impression they were unified to begin with, not as a general rule. U-sector dates back to the Lynx. RPB was a new group for TFC; that's where the divide comes in.

I didn't realize that USector was a group before TFC.

Yes, agreed.

There's a divide.

GlenM

[Yagbod]

Who cares if there is a divide or what people on their board say? No disrespect to U-Sector intended but they do not bring much to the table anymore. There are groups in 127 and 111 bringing a lot more. Lets focus on building relationships with active supporters rather than focusing on the negatives from a section that isn't much different from the half dozen sections to the west of them. It's history now.

[Leedsoronto]

HORRAY !!!!!!

:@)

Fingers crossed

[phonzo]

It should be back up for now. Props to a lot of guys that worked hard behind the scenes; a lot of headaches were had and the timing couldn't have been worse.

We we will try to share some details when we can...

[tfcmanu]

WoW did'nt realize how much I missed this site.

[eustacchio]

Well, so much for my recently enhanced productivity rates.

[bones]

Since we're going full steam ahead back on the old site I have removed the temporary site so there is no confusion. Don't worry about any lingering accounts, I cleaned up real good before I deleted the whole thing boys and girls

Bones...

[Mark in Ottawa]

Where did I go?? Well ... nowhere ... I was still here in the footy wilderness but things have been looking up.

Our NASL franchise is forming up nicely and the stadium construction is on schedule.
The small supporters group we had has split & morphed into 3 supporters groups and the Ottawa Fury FC have been hosting meet & greets to give us all a chance to get to know one another from both the franchise and supporter sides of things.

We have a M&G on Oct. 24th at which we expect the team will unveil its inaugural kit.

On the TFC front ... I have been following the "soap opera that is" and wondering what will be next.

[Richard]

Question regarding passwords, were they in any shape compromised? I assume you would have informed us if this was the case.

[SweetOwnGoal]

I actually dropped by the U-Sector board for the first time. I didn't last too long. The first thread I went to was the player speculation thread they had. The latest page they had going on that thread was all about bashing the RPB board and the people on it. Joking how they want to take it down by crashing a server among other immature talk. It was real interesting to read how much some U-Sec guys put us down. I lost any respect I had for them. I have been on this board a long time and have yet to see a bashing of another supporter group in any thread that was tolerated at all. I guess when you are jealous you lash out. Sincerest form of flattery? Maybe they should be discussing why 113 is a ghost town compared to 112 instead. Glad to be back with you RPB.

Are you familiar with the concept of irony?

[Phil]

Question regarding passwords, were they in any shape compromised? I assume you would have informed us if this was the case.

I don't think so. All the admins had to change passwords as that is the only ones that can make structural changes to the DB. However its always a good idea to cycle and or change them often, especially after a compromise. You can never be too safe.

[Fort York Redcoat]

Since we're going full steam ahead back on the old site I have removed the temporary site so there is no confusion. Don't worry about any lingering accounts, I cleaned up real good before I deleted the whole thing boys and girls

Bones...

And the usual proper rewards will be given to the most frequent poster I assume?

IS MY NO-PRIZE IN THE MAIL????????

[mowe]

God damn I missed this site. I tried looking for other places for TFC discussion but couldn't find anything good.

It went down at the WORST time too. Just think of how epic the Urruti traded thread would've been.

TFC continues to be TFC.

[JayMolly]

God damn I missed this site. I tried looking for other places for TFC discussion but couldn't find anything good.

It went down at the WORST time too. Just think of how epic the Urruti traded thread would've been.

TFC continues to be TFC.

We agree. Thank goodness the RPB Forum is up and running again!

Many things to discuss even though there are only three games to go.

We will watch TFC in Philadelphia and pvr the Leaf home opener. GO TFC GO!

[NolbertoS]

So anybody have a cliffnotes on what happened?? And did the admins make provisions in case another disgruntled MLSE staff tried to hack the site for good??

[Initial B]

Wow I missed this site. Gald it's back. What happened?

[Shakes McQueen]

Wow I missed this site. Gald it's back. What happened?

My understanding: Several forum sites running a certain version of vBulletin were hacked, almost at random, by a group of Indian/Pakistani hackers. Probably just because they could.

My initial assumption was that someone with a beef hacked us, but it appears that was wrong.

- Scott

[DOMIN8R]

I offer my heartfelt thanks to those who worked or volunteered to get it back up. We owe you a debt of gratitude.

For whatever the reasons, I hope that we have taken steps to mitigate the risk of downtime in the future. If it is deemed to risky to continue to use the existing bulletin board platform, I hope that we can explore alternatives - even if that means higher operating costs which translates into higher membership dues.

Thanks again!

[Shakes McQueen]

I offer my heartfelt thanks to those who worked or volunteered to get it back up. We owe you a debt of gratitude.

For whatever the reasons, I hope that we have taken steps to mitigate the risk of downtime in the future. If it is deemed to risky to continue to use the existing bulletin board platform, I hope that we can explore alternatives - even if that means higher operating costs which translates into higher membership dues.

Thanks again!

I believe the hack was due to us using an outdated version of the vBulletin software. The up-to-date software doesn't have the same vulnerability.

- Scott

[bones]

I offer my heartfelt thanks to those who worked or volunteered to get it back up. We owe you a debt of gratitude.

For whatever the reasons, I hope that we have taken steps to mitigate the risk of downtime in the future. If it is deemed to risky to continue to use the existing bulletin board platform, I hope that we can explore alternatives - even if that means higher operating costs which translates into higher membership dues.

Thanks again!

There is an up coming Exec meeting to discuss things like this going forward.

Steps have been taken to prevent the same exploit from being used to compromise the database again. This exploit was also used for hundreds and hundreds of vB sites out on the interwebs. There is more work that needs to be done in the future and I will bring it up in the meeting to make sure decisions that the Execs make are based on all the info and experience we have available.

Bones...

[bones]

I believe the hack was due to us using an outdated version of the vBulletin software. The up-to-date software doesn't have the same vulnerability.

- Scott

The exploit existed in almost all versions of vB unfortunately. As a fix one of the recommendations is to upgrade to a newer version to make sure that after being hacked that the hacker didn't corrupt any files outside of the DB. By upgrading, you basically replace all the basic files used by vB. The key is to remove any and all files in a specific folder AFTER the upgrade.

Bones...

[Cashcleaner]

Any thoughts for maybe having a backup board in case the primary gets compromised again?

[Phil]

Any thoughts for maybe having a backup board in case the primary gets compromised again?

We did that with a free one, but it would be hard to manage two boards at once. It means twice the work and opens us up to confusion.

We have identified a new group of guys in Chris and bones that have the specific skills needed after having a few guys take a step back and others were tied up in real life work / overseas holidays. If anyone has skills or expertise on forum software / database stuff please PM me so if there is anything in the future we need we can escalate it more efficiently.