Hacked!

Posted on by Ian C.

Sorry about that 😦

Some “tactical” fools decided to replace the “SSI” file on my site – this file normally creates the right hand column of links, etc and so instead allowed them to temporarily overlay every one of my webpages with some junk graphic.

The original file is back and all seems fine – as far as I can tell, they were able to do this because by default MovableType deliberately creates files with the “world write” attribute turned on! Don’t know why, but it’s annoying.

I’ve turned it off, and asked MT for guidance; meanwhile I’m hoping that (a) it doesn’t cause any other troubles and (b) my site is now safe again.

I suppose I should be flattered that someone thought my site worth targetting! 😉

Site5 hosting

Posted on by Ian C.

After a year of website hosting with InMotionHosting, it’s time for me to move once again.
Why? Well …
Firstly InMotionHosting is relatively expensive (I was paying $14/month for 4GB storage and 50GB bandwidth); I was prepared to pay extra for reliability – and they have been reasonably reliable. But …
Secondly there are some other proven reliable lower cost hosting companies – in particular Site5 which has been hosting NEMINI, JWardell and, through BungleSolutions, a number of other MINI related websites including MINIsOnTop and MINIs-Making-A-Wish.
Thirdly, Site5 offer much more (11GB storage and 400GB bandwidth) for almost half the price – $7.77/month!
Finally, Site5 allow me multiple websites in the one package.

Thus with renewal approaching on my InMotionHosting contract, I decided to switch to Site5 – in theory by the time you see this entry, the switch is complete and everything is working properly … but please let me know if you have any troubles; thanks!