SECURITY WARNING ROCKSOLID / RSLIGHT DEVELOPMENT DISCONTINUED

RESCUE & MIGRATION SOLUTION AVAILABLE

For RockSolid Light / RSLight administrators with running instances:

We have developed rescue tools to help preserve your community data:

- DATA IMPORTER: Nearly completed, Go-based tool to extract and migrate
your newsgroup articles, user data, and configuration safely

- BACKUP SOLUTION: Automated backup system to preserve years of
community discussions and technical knowledge

- MIGRATION ASSISTANCE: Step-by-step guidance to move to secure
modern alternatives while preserving your community's history

- RESCUE TIMELINE: Backup/Import Tools are ready!

If you are currently running RockSolid Light or RSLight:

1. DO NOT DELETE data immediately - we can help rescue your data first!

2. Reply to this message in news.admin.peering and we will get in touch with you!

3. Full migration support to modern, secure newsgroup solutions

Your community's discussions and knowledge are valuable digital heritage.
Don't let years of technical conversations disappear - let us help you
preserve and migrate safely.

Time is critical - compromised systems risk data corruption.
Reach out immediately for rescue assistance.

DIGITAL PRESERVATION NOTICE:
This disclosure serves as both security warning and digital archaeology
to preserve Retro Guy's legacy work while protecting the community.

FOR EXISTING COMMUNITIES:
1. IMMEDIATE: Disconnect RockSolid Light systems from network (preserve data) 2. Backup newsgroup content and user data
3. Audit for compromise indicators
4. Plan migration to secure alternatives

Tribute: While security flaws led to compromise, they also enabled rescue
of years of valuable community discussions that honor Retro Guy's dedication
to free, open-source newsgroup software.

"Preserving digital heritage, protecting the community."

--
RockSolid Security Team - Rest in Peace - Retro Guy

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* Digital Preservation & Security Team wrote:

SECURITY WARNING ROCKSOLID / RSLIGHT DEVELOPMENT DISCONTINUED

RESCUE & MIGRATION SOLUTION AVAILABLE

For RockSolid Light / RSLight administrators with running instances:

We have developed rescue tools to help preserve your community data:

[...]

Time is critical - compromised systems risk data corruption.
Reach out immediately for rescue assistance.

As this post originates from an allegedly compromised system,
why should anyone trust you?

--
Пу́тін — хуйло́
https://www.eternal-september.org

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[email protected] (Digital Preservation & Security Team) posted:

SECURITY WARNING ROCKSOLID / RSLIGHT DEVELOPMENT DISCONTINUED

RESCUE & MIGRATION SOLUTION AVAILABLE

i.e. "Nice server you've got there, it'd be a shame if anything
was to happen to it" :-/

Unfortunately the novaBBS website has been non-functional for a couple
of days now. I don't see anybody rushing to rescue it :-(

--
Colin Macleod ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ https://cmacleod.me.uk

TIL: Graffiti-ing a few planes is terrorism, but shooting
starving people trying to find food is not - who knew???

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Marco Moock <[email protected]> posted:

Unfortunately the novaBBS website has been non-functional for a couple
of days now. I don't see anybody rushing to rescue it :-(

Works for me
https://news.novabbs.org/common/grouplist.php

Yes, that works now. I had been trying https://www.novabbs.com
which still seems to be flaky.

--
Colin Macleod ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ https://cmacleod.me.uk

TIL: Graffiti-ing a few planes is terrorism, but shooting
starving people trying to find food is not - who knew???

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On 28.06.2025 09:14 Uhr Colin Macleod wrote:

[email protected] (Digital Preservation & Security Team) posted:

SECURITY WARNING ROCKSOLID / RSLIGHT DEVELOPMENT DISCONTINUED

RESCUE & MIGRATION SOLUTION AVAILABLE

i.e. "Nice server you've got there, it'd be a shame if anything
was to happen to it" :-/

Unfortunately the novaBBS website has been non-functional for a couple
of days now. I don't see anybody rushing to rescue it :-(

Works for me
https://news.novabbs.org/common/grouplist.php

The original operator died in May.


--
kind regards
Marco

Send spam to [email protected]

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* Colin Macleod wrote:

Marco Moock <[email protected]> posted:

Unfortunately the novaBBS website has been non-functional for a couple
of days now. I don't see anybody rushing to rescue it :-(

Works for me
https://news.novabbs.org/common/grouplist.php

Yes, that works now. I had been trying https://www.novabbs.com
which still seems to be flaky.

The web portal seems to be overloaded at times. I got several
"Gateway timed out", "Message server not available" and authentication failures. One time, I was able to see the "There are currently 851 users online" message, which is most likely more than the server memory can accomodate.

--
Пу́тін — хуйло́
https://www.eternal-september.org

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On Sat, 28 Jun 2025 12:49:42 -0000 (UTC) Ray Banana wrote:

* Colin Macleod wrote:

Marco Moock <[email protected]> posted:

Unfortunately the novaBBS website has been non-functional for a
couple of days now. I don't see anybody rushing to rescue it
:-(

Works for me
https://news.novabbs.org/common/grouplist.php

Yes, that works now. I had been trying https://www.novabbs.com
which still seems to be flaky.

The web portal seems to be overloaded at times. I got several
"Gateway timed out", "Message server not available" and
authentication failures. One time, I was able to see the "There are
currently 851 users online" message, which is most likely more than
the server memory can accomodate.

I assume those are crawlers.

An they consume much more resources that normal users.

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In article <[email protected]>,
Ray Banana <[email protected]> wrote:

* Digital Preservation & Security Team wrote:

SECURITY WARNING ROCKSOLID / RSLIGHT DEVELOPMENT DISCONTINUED

RESCUE & MIGRATION SOLUTION AVAILABLE

For RockSolid Light / RSLight administrators with running instances:

We have developed rescue tools to help preserve your community data:

[...]

Time is critical - compromised systems risk data corruption.
Reach out immediately for rescue assistance.

As this post originates from an allegedly compromised system,
why should anyone trust you?

--
Пу́тін — хуйло́
https://www.eternal-september.org

Good popint. Check the paths.
--
Member - Liberal International This is [email protected] Ici [email protected]
Yahweh, King & country!Never Satan President Republic!Beware AntiChrist rising! Look at Psalms 14 and 53 on Atheism ;
All I want to hear from JEsus Christ is WEll done Good and Faithful servant

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In article <[email protected]>,
Colin Macleod <[email protected]d> wrote:

[email protected] (Digital Preservation & Security Team) posted:

SECURITY WARNING ROCKSOLID / RSLIGHT DEVELOPMENT DISCONTINUED

RESCUE & MIGRATION SOLUTION AVAILABLE

i.e. "Nice server you've got there, it'd be a shame if anything
was to happen to it" :-/

Unfortunately the novaBBS website has been non-functional for a couple
of days now. I don't see anybody rushing to rescue it :-(

What took it down?

--
Colin Macleod ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ https://cmacleod.me.uk

TIL: Graffiti-ing a few planes is terrorism, but shooting
starving people trying to find food is not - who knew???

--
Member - Liberal International This is [email protected] Ici [email protected]
Yahweh, King & country!Never Satan President Republic!Beware AntiChrist rising! Look at Psalms 14 and 53 on Atheism ;
All I want to hear from JEsus Christ is WEll done Good and Faithful servant

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In article <[email protected]>,
Marco Moock <[email protected]> wrote:

On 28.06.2025 09:14 Uhr Colin Macleod wrote:

[email protected] (Digital Preservation & Security Team) posted:

SECURITY WARNING ROCKSOLID / RSLIGHT DEVELOPMENT DISCONTINUED

RESCUE & MIGRATION SOLUTION AVAILABLE

i.e. "Nice server you've got there, it'd be a shame if anything
was to happen to it" :-/

Unfortunately the novaBBS website has been non-functional for a couple
of days now. I don't see anybody rushing to rescue it :-(

Works for me
https://news.novabbs.org/common/grouplist.php

The original operator died in May.

Who is the successora

--
kind regards
Marco

Send spam to [email protected]

--
Member - Liberal International This is [email protected] Ici [email protected]
Yahweh, King & country!Never Satan President Republic!Beware AntiChrist rising! Look at Psalms 14 and 53 on Atheism ;
All I want to hear from JEsus Christ is WEll done Good and Faithful servant

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In article <[email protected]>,
Colin Macleod <[email protected]d> wrote:

Marco Moock <[email protected]> posted:

Unfortunately the novaBBS website has been non-functional for a couple
of days now. I don't see anybody rushing to rescue it :-(

Works for me
https://news.novabbs.org/common/grouplist.php

Yes, that works now. I had been trying https://www.novabbs.com
which still seems to be flaky.

Flaky is not good news.

--
Colin Macleod ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ https://cmacleod.me.uk

TIL: Graffiti-ing a few planes is terrorism, but shooting
starving people trying to find food is not - who knew???

--
Member - Liberal International This is [email protected] Ici [email protected]
Yahweh, King & country!Never Satan President Republic!Beware AntiChrist rising! Look at Psalms 14 and 53 on Atheism ;
All I want to hear from JEsus Christ is WEll done Good and Faithful servant

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In article <[email protected]>,
Ray Banana <[email protected]> wrote:

* Colin Macleod wrote:

Marco Moock <[email protected]> posted:

Unfortunately the novaBBS website has been non-functional for a couple >>> > of days now. I don't see anybody rushing to rescue it :-(

Works for me
https://news.novabbs.org/common/grouplist.php

Yes, that works now. I had been trying https://www.novabbs.com
which still seems to be flaky.

The web portal seems to be overloaded at times. I got several
"Gateway timed out", "Message server not available" and authentication >failures. One time, I was able to see the "There are currently 851 users >online" message, which is most likely more than the server memory can >accomodate.

Interested. Can anyone nmap what is going on?

--
Пу́тін — хуйло́
https://www.eternal-september.org

--
Member - Liberal International This is [email protected] Ici [email protected]
Yahweh, King & country!Never Satan President Republic!Beware AntiChrist rising! Look at Psalms 14 and 53 on Atheism ;
All I want to hear from JEsus Christ is WEll done Good and Faithful servant

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In article <20250628160741.7774d4a5@zbook>,
Marco Moock <[email protected]> wrote:

On Sat, 28 Jun 2025 12:49:42 -0000 (UTC) Ray Banana wrote:

* Colin Macleod wrote:

Marco Moock <[email protected]> posted:

Unfortunately the novaBBS website has been non-functional for a
couple of days now. I don't see anybody rushing to rescue it
:-(

Works for me
https://news.novabbs.org/common/grouplist.php

Yes, that works now. I had been trying https://www.novabbs.com
which still seems to be flaky.

The web portal seems to be overloaded at times. I got several
"Gateway timed out", "Message server not available" and
authentication failures. One time, I was able to see the "There are
currently 851 users online" message, which is most likely more than
the server memory can accomodate.

I assume those are crawlers.

An they consume much more resources that normal users.

I see crawlers here. They cannot get in.
--
Member - Liberal International This is [email protected] Ici [email protected]
Yahweh, King & country!Never Satan President Republic!Beware AntiChrist rising! Look at Psalms 14 and 53 on Atheism ;
All I want to hear from JEsus Christ is WEll done Good and Faithful servant

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In article <[email protected]>,
Colin Macleod <[email protected]d> wrote:

Marco Moock <[email protected]> posted:

On Sat, 28 Jun 2025 12:49:42 -0000 (UTC) Ray Banana wrote:

* Colin Macleod wrote:

Marco Moock <[email protected]> posted:

Unfortunately the novaBBS website has been non-functional for a
couple of days now. I don't see anybody rushing to rescue it
:-(

Works for me
https://news.novabbs.org/common/grouplist.php

Yes, that works now. I had been trying https://www.novabbs.com
which still seems to be flaky.

The web portal seems to be overloaded at times. I got several
"Gateway timed out", "Message server not available" and
authentication failures. One time, I was able to see the "There are
currently 851 users online" message, which is most likely more than
the server memory can accomodate.

I assume those are crawlers.

An they consume much more resources that normal users.

Perhaps it's under attack by the so-called
"Digital Preservation & Security Team" who keep posting here?

Who the hell are they?

--
Colin Macleod ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ https://cmacleod.me.uk

TIL: Graffiti-ing a few planes is terrorism, but shooting
starving people trying to find food is not - who knew???

--
Member - Liberal International This is [email protected] Ici [email protected]
Yahweh, King & country!Never Satan President Republic!Beware AntiChrist rising! Look at Psalms 14 and 53 on Atheism ;
All I want to hear from JEsus Christ is WEll done Good and Faithful servant

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On Sat, 28 Jun 2025 14:30:01 GMT, Colin Macleod <[email protected]d> wrote:

Marco Moock <[email protected]> posted:

On Sat, 28 Jun 2025 12:49:42 -0000 (UTC) Ray Banana wrote:

* Colin Macleod wrote:

Marco Moock <[email protected]> posted:

Unfortunately the novaBBS website has been non-functional for a
couple of days now. I don't see anybody rushing to rescue it
:-(

Works for me
https://news.novabbs.org/common/grouplist.php

Yes, that works now. I had been trying https://www.novabbs.com
which still seems to be flaky.

The web portal seems to be overloaded at times. I got several
"Gateway timed out", "Message server not available" and
authentication failures. One time, I was able to see the "There are
currently 851 users online" message, which is most likely more than
the server memory can accomodate.

I assume those are crawlers.
An they consume much more resources that normal users.

Perhaps it's under attack by the so-called
"Digital Preservation & Security Team" who keep posting here?

certainly brazen (textbook ad copy from troll farm's vast arsenal)
attack . . . seems particularly cavalier in this nntp server-savvy
group . . . possibly a rogue agent with some personal axe to grind

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