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NerfHaven hack 2011

Posted by btrettel on April 1, 2011

There has been much speculation about what precisely is going on at NerfHaven recently. The problems at NH are not an April Fools’ joke. The forum software NH uses is vulnerable to SQL injection attacks, and based on the available evidence, it seems that a hacker decided to gets some kicks by screwing with NH.

I should remind my readers that something similar happened back in 2006, and NH is still running fine. If you are truly paranoid, you can download every thread at NH as of March 30st here.

The problems will be remedied by cx once he has the time. Please be patient until then. I suggest changing your password to something that you do not use on any other websites in the meantime, as the hacker could potentially decrypt bad passwords with the access he has right now. This, of course, is unlikely, but if you are security-conscious, it’s a good idea.

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Older blog posts at trettel.org

Posted by btrettel on January 9, 2011

Before I would occasionally blog about Nerf projects at my personal website, trettel.org. Now that I have launched a blog specifically for Nerf, that practice will end.

My old Nerf related posts are accessible in the fang2 and fang4 categories at trettel.org.

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NerfEngrWiki launched

Posted by btrettel on January 7, 2011

Today I am launching NerfEngrWiki, the Nerf engineering Wiki. This Wiki will primarily be used by myself to organize what I know about how to engineer Nerf guns. Others are welcome to help out, though I do not expect anyone to make that effort.

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Blog launch

Posted by btrettel on January 6, 2011

I decided I should put my Nerf projects and random thoughts about ballistics on its own blog. Several people in the hobby are interested in reading what I right but not interested in the rants I post on trettel.org, so this should work out for the best.

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