Some forum is talking about a brute force attack on my forum.

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Originally Posted by Mist

I say we don't. Actions such as this are completely illegal and discussion of them will not be tolerated in jest or in seriousness. Hackers are people I have zero respect for. But in regards - .htaccess the admin and mod directories with as difficult and as long a password as you want it to be. And make sure you add some of the administration protection hacks that we have here. That way you can't be demoted as administrator. Also take backups. I doubt if they'll do this but it's best to be safe than sorry

I agree with Mist. I was hacked and destroyed by code kiddies with nothing better to do.
All that because I used another BBS and gave some kids free web space to help them out.

I say leave it alone and block the guys.