[Geoserver-users] GeoServer Blog SPAM

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Is http://blog.geoserver.org/ a legitimate GeoServer outlet?

I ask because the posts there seem to be filled with pharma SPAM. Either it's been hacked or it's posing/ripping off GeoServer content.

  Sean

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Hi Sean,

Yes, blog.geoserver.org is legitimate. However, your email makes me
think you're not looking at the same page that I am, so I have attached
a screenshot of what the page currently looks like.

Can you please provide me with what ip address blog.geoserver.org
resolves to? i.e. open up a prompt / terminal and type
ping blog.geoserver.org

If this is anything but 64.147.114.82 then you are not looking at the
correct page. One of our sister sites has been having DNS issues, but I
have no reason to believe this should affect

Unless others report the same issue I recommend that you contact your
ISP and have them check their DNS server, alternatively that you switch
and use something like OpenDNS: http://www.opendns.com

Have a nice weekend,
-Arne

Sean Fulton wrote:

Is http://blog.geoserver.org/ a legitimate GeoServer outlet?

I ask because the posts there seem to be filled with pharma SPAM.
Either it's been hacked or it's posing/ripping off GeoServer content.

Sean

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Arne,

blog.geoserver.org does resolve to that address for me. The SPAM is not visible on the web page itself but is visible in the source (e.g. http://dpaste.com/55263/) and I do see it in the RSS feed.

It's only in the last two posts "GeoServer 1.6.4 Released" and "Coming Attractions".

Does no one else see it?

  Sean

On 2008-06-07 01:15:46 -0400, Arne Kepp <ak@anonymised.com> said:

Hi Sean,

Yes, blog.geoserver.org is legitimate. However, your email makes me
think you're not looking at the same page that I am, so I have attached
a screenshot of what the page currently looks like.

Can you please provide me with what ip address blog.geoserver.org
resolves to? i.e. open up a prompt / terminal and type
ping blog.geoserver.org

If this is anything but 64.147.114.82 then you are not looking at the
correct page. One of our sister sites has been having DNS issues, but I
have no reason to believe this should affect

Unless others report the same issue I recommend that you contact your
ISP and have them check their DNS server, alternatively that you switch
and use something like OpenDNS: http://www.opendns.com

Have a nice weekend,
-Arne

Sean Fulton wrote:

Is http://blog.geoserver.org/ a legitimate GeoServer outlet?

I ask because the posts there seem to be filled with pharma SPAM.
Either it's been hacked or it's posing/ripping off GeoServer content.

Sean

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My bad, you were absolutely right. We received another email giving us
more details.

There was spam all over the page and in the RSS feed. The reason I
didn't see it was that it was enclosed with CSS and XML markup that made
it invisible in most browsers, including Firefox 3 and Opera, which I
currently use.

Thank you for reporting this, we've reverted to the default template
until we can say with confidence the loophole is not present in our
customized template.
-Arne

Arne Kepp wrote:

Hi Sean,

Yes, blog.geoserver.org is legitimate. However, your email makes me
think you're not looking at the same page that I am, so I have attached
a screenshot of what the page currently looks like.

Can you please provide me with what ip address blog.geoserver.org
resolves to? i.e. open up a prompt / terminal and type
ping blog.geoserver.org

If this is anything but 64.147.114.82 then you are not looking at the
correct page. One of our sister sites has been having DNS issues, but I
have no reason to believe this should affect

Unless others report the same issue I recommend that you contact your
ISP and have them check their DNS server, alternatively that you switch
and use something like OpenDNS: http://www.opendns.com

Have a nice weekend,
-Arne

Sean Fulton wrote:
  

Is http://blog.geoserver.org/ a legitimate GeoServer outlet?

I ask because the posts there seem to be filled with pharma SPAM.
Either it's been hacked or it's posing/ripping off GeoServer content.

Sean

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