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-- OriginalOwner_ [tinyurl.com] writes:

from the older-and-wiser dept.

Clem Lefebvre, the honcho at Linux Mint, has commented [linuxmint.com] in some forum threads February 24 regarding what they were doing for several days while the site was offline.

You're now [behind] HTTPS [at the forum] (that doesn't protect against the kind of attacks we went through, but it helps if you're hacked locally)

[...]We're also behind a global [firewall] and we've got new friends at Sucuri.net who scan our server for malware.

This phpbb is also version 3.1, so you'll see a few differences and some new features compared to the previous forums.

...and later in the day [linuxmint.com]

- The firewall filters a lot of bandwidth and saves a lot of processing dedicated to the constant pounding of DDOS, malware, poking, and all the bad stuff that bots send continuously over the internet. That means less work for the server [which is why it's faster for you now].

[...]The phpbb team reached out to us during the attacks to see how they could help. I asked about updates vs customizations. [Fancy theming is] not a priority right now,

It appears there were things they already had on their list and getting pwned kicked that stuff into gear.

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