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Contents 1 Important Notes 2 Updates 3 Meta Tag 4 DDoS Attack 4.1 CastleCops Response 5 Outstanding Issues 5.1 Reduced PNG Images Result in Blank Page 5.1.1 Status 5.1.2 Workaround 5.1.3 Further discussion 5.1.4 Examples 5.2 Uploaded Image will not Display 5.2.1 Status 5.2.2 Workaround 5.2.3 Examples 5.3 Thumbnail Image will not Display 5.3.1 Status 5.3.2 Workaround 5.3.3 Examples 5.4 Blank Page after "Save page" 5.4.1 Status 5.4.2 Workaround

[edit] Important Notes

• When upgrading, ensure these are re-applied:

Namespace Permissions--Robin 20:38, 30 April 2007 (EDT)

• includes/Wiki.php comment line 257: $article = $rarticle; --Paul 17:31, 18 April 2007 (EDT)
• PageSecurity: Disabling Feeds --Paul 10:20, 21 February 2007 (EST)
• When upgrading, ensure these are re-applied: Preventing Access--Paul 09:18, 12 February 2007 (EST)

[edit] Updates

• Mediawiki upgraded from 1.10.0 to 1.11.0 but failed. 1.11.0 has issues that need resolving. Downgraded to 1.10.2. --Paul 22:44, 20 September 2007 (EDT)
• Mediawiki upgraded from 1.9.2 to 1.10.0 --Robin 18:23, 16 May 2007 (EDT)
• Mediawiki upgraded from 1.7.1 to 1.9.2. --Paul 16:51, 10 February 2007 (EST)
• Upgraded to PHP 5.2.0. --Paul 21:12, 2 November 2006 (EST)

[edit] Meta Tag

Added to MonoBook.php: <META NAME="ROBOTS" CONTENT="NOARCHIVE" /> --Paul 20:49, 13 February 2007 (EST)

[edit] DDoS Attack

March 1, 2007: Fraud Phishing and Financial Misdeeds: Internet Fraudsters fail to keep CastleCops down

February 24, 2007, Digg: Despite Ddos Attack Castle Cops Celebrates Five Years (second digg)

February 23, 2007, Washington Post (Security Fix): Fraudsters Declare War on Anti-Scam Services

February 23, 2007, InfoWorld: Bots and DDoS attacks: a primer

February 23, 2007, WindowsITPro: CastleCops Endures DDoS Attack (Registration Required to View)

February 22, 2007, Digg: CastleCops being pounded by a DDos attack

February 21, 2007, Security Garden (Blog): CastleCops: "We Will Not Be Silenced!"

February 21, 2007, Bits from Bill (BillPStudios Blog): DDoS Attack on CastleCops.com

February 20, 2007, The Register: Phish fighters floored by DDoS assault

February 19, 2007, Daily Kos: Anti-spammer under net attack from spammers

February 16, 2007, Zdnet: Massive DDoS attack KOs CastleCops

February 14, 2007, InfoWorld: CastleCops under DDoS attack Media:Example.ogg

[edit] CastleCops Response

March 1, 2007 News Site: Services Update

February 23, 2007 News $33,000 for DDoS Bandwidth Charges

February 22, 2007, Happy Events forum topic: Happy Birthday, CastleCops!

February 20, 2007 News We will not be silenced!

February 19, 2007 News We shall prevail!

[edit] Outstanding Issues

[edit] Reduced PNG Images Result in Blank Page

[edit] Status

Cause unknown, no solution known

[edit] Workaround

Avoid use of PNG images using wiki reduction functions.

Instead use full size images or other image formats.

[edit] Further discussion

Noted at Ikeb's talk page

Another discussion

[edit] Examples

Several test examples

Example demo

[edit] Uploaded Image will not Display

[edit] Status

Cause unknown, no solution known

[edit] Workaround

None known

[edit] Examples

http://wiki.castlecops.com/Image:MRP_AVGAS.jpg

[edit] Thumbnail Image will not Display

[edit] Status

Cause unknown, no solution known

[edit] Workaround

None known

[edit] Examples

Icesword image at Lists_of_freeware_antirootkit

( [[Image:icesword.gif|thumb| '''IceSword''']] )

[edit] Blank Page after "Save page"

[edit] Status

Limited to Staff: namespace, cause unknown, no solution known

[edit] Workaround

After saving page changes, remove the displayed URL's &action=submit suffix, and refresh the page.