Forum Maintenance Announcements

[number6]

Forum software has been upgraded.
One change/feature is the forums supports a standardized URL for ToS: https://forum.defcon.org/terms-of-service
This is a place-holder which re-iterates over the same items as users see when they sign-up to join the forums. It may be changed without announcement or notice.

Other changes:

• Resolved an issue that caused the Upload Attachments button to appear malformed.
• The system will now remove the "Answered" status flag on topics where the answer is deleted.
• Resolved an issue with extraneous Name Card data preventing JSON returns. (Not reported to us here.)
• Private Messages will no longer be put into moderation automatically. (was not an issue for us, but could have become an issue: users are still presently allowed to DM each other without moderation.)

Please let us know if you see any issues. Reply here, or email us with the "Contact Us" link to report bugs and software failure.

[number6]

Maintenance scheduled for forums, Friday, October 28, 2022 starting at around 11:00pm PDT, expected to be intermittently down for 1 hour.

Maintenance is complete. I will be testing forums after upgrade.

Please let us know if you see issues.

Thanks!

[number6]

Minor forum maintenance planned for today, October 31, 2022 from 2pm-6pm pdt.

[number6]

Maintenance on forum should now be complete. Expect more maintenance on or after 6AM PDT on November 1, 2022

Thanks!

[number6]

And another round of maintenance complete. Re-upgraded openssl after earlier downgrade before November 1 release.

Please let us know if you see issues. Thanks!

[number6]

Forum software (and more) has been upgraded. Please let us know if you see problems.

Some changes:

• URL Preview: wen bare URL are included, a preview of the contents fo the URL will be displayed instead of the URL. We may turn this off if people prefer it to not be enabled.

Bugs the vendors claims as fixed:

• Resolved an issue that prevented proper resizing video thumbnails in responsive views.
• Page navigation data will no longer be cached.
• Added a new method to update a user's password
• Resolved an issue that could result in PHP Warnings using Style Variable inheritance.

Again, please let us know if you see issues. Thanks!

[number6]

We have some work planned for the forums tonight, starting at around 9pm PDT, Feb 10, 2023.
We expect a down-time of from 3-5 hours.
Thanks!

[number6]

We have some work planned for the forums tonight, starting at around 9pm PDT, Feb 10, 2023.
We expect a down-time of from 3-5 hours.
Thanks!

Work on the forum server is complete and it has returned to normal service.

If you find problems, please let us know.

Thanks!

[number6]

Forums going down for maintenance at 1:45PM PDT on Feb 18, 2023.

Expecting intermittent interruptions over 30 minutes.

[number6]

Forums going down for maintenance at 1:45PM PDT on Feb 18, 2023.

Expecting intermittent interruptions over 30 minutes.

Please report any new problems with forums since maintenance. Thanks!

[The Dark Tangent]

The forums Tor onion address is now back in action!

We were down for a couple weeks on the onion side resolving a TLS certificate issue. All fixed!

Haven't tried DEF CON Fourms over Tor? Check out
https://ezdhgsy2aw7zg54z6dqsutrduhl2...gs6wfad.onion/

[number6]

Scheduled maintenance is planned for the hours of ~5pm PST until 10pm PST on Friday March 17.
Except service interruptions during this window.

[number6]

Maintenance mostly completed. Please let us know if you see issues. Several items were upgraded.
Thanks!

One of the things upgraded was new forum software. New features include:
* RSS content caching for speedier results to those people still using RSS feeds
* URL/Image preview with attachments has been improved: scaling, link preview, image preview

[number6]

A service interruption to the DEF CON forums is planned for Monday night, 8pm PST, Monday, April 17, 2023. Down-time is expected to last from 1 to 5 hours depending on problems encountered.

Thanks!

[number6]

Several system libraries and the kernel have all been upgraded. A significant change has been made to the crypto/hashing libraries used. None of the tests I've completed show problems. I also tested use of the app and no problem with login, reading or posting.

If it is all working, this should have zero impact on old features and introduces no new features to the forum software.

Please let us know if you notice any new problems since this upgrade.

Thanks!