GeekShed IRC Network
New Staff Member -tengrrl
Jul 2nd
We would like to announce the addition of a new staff member to our team.
Today, we have asked tengrrl to join our network staff, and she has gratefully accepted. We are very lucky to have another experienced person on the team.
There is a lot to learn, and we are confident she will master this with time. Please welcome tengrrl to our staff and congratulate her on her new position.
Today, we have asked tengrrl to join our network staff, and she has gratefully accepted. We are very lucky to have another experienced person on the team.
There is a lot to learn, and we are confident she will master this with time. Please welcome tengrrl to our staff and congratulate her on her new position.
Denial of Service
Apr 26th
As I write this, GeekShed is suffering a large scale Denial of Service attack. It is expected that the attack is the result of a user being banned in the channel owned by Chris Pirillo. Following this ban, much flooding ensued. After this was quashed by #chris ops, a botnet was set on GeekShed. This was a relatively admirable botnet however it was fairly easily quashed by network staff.
Most of the servers that make up GeekShed are currently being bombarded with large volumes of ICMP and UDP traffic. Despite them being in data centres with large backbones and DDOS protection, they cannot withstand the volume of traffic being thrown at them and have buckled. Many of the servers have had to be null routed to prevent damage to other machines and customers. This is the second attack GeekShed has suffered as a result of someone being disgruntled at Chris Pirillo. Sadly, as Chris is currently now tucked up in bed and only offers the channel as a means for people to discuss tech related issues, this doesn’t affect him.
The people who are affected are the network staff who give their time and money to keep GeekShed running. The same network staff who donate their own servers for the good of GeekShed. The same network staff who are dragged out of bed at 4am to watch as their business sites crumble as a result of a misplaced attack.
It saddens me that someone would launch such an attack against a network of volunteers with such little cause. We must now sit out this attack and hope that the perpetrator realises the error of their ways or finds a more worthwhile place to attack. Until this time, service will be intermittent.
Most of the servers that make up GeekShed are currently being bombarded with large volumes of ICMP and UDP traffic. Despite them being in data centres with large backbones and DDOS protection, they cannot withstand the volume of traffic being thrown at them and have buckled. Many of the servers have had to be null routed to prevent damage to other machines and customers. This is the second attack GeekShed has suffered as a result of someone being disgruntled at Chris Pirillo. Sadly, as Chris is currently now tucked up in bed and only offers the channel as a means for people to discuss tech related issues, this doesn’t affect him.
The people who are affected are the network staff who give their time and money to keep GeekShed running. The same network staff who donate their own servers for the good of GeekShed. The same network staff who are dragged out of bed at 4am to watch as their business sites crumble as a result of a misplaced attack.
It saddens me that someone would launch such an attack against a network of volunteers with such little cause. We must now sit out this attack and hope that the perpetrator realises the error of their ways or finds a more worthwhile place to attack. Until this time, service will be intermittent.
What Do YOU Want To See?
Feb 24th
My week long break from courses is coming up soon, and I have nothing to do for it. So I figured that I would put a day or two towards GeekShed. The only problem is that I don’t know what I should do. This is where you, the users, come into play. Although we always welcome input from our users, whether it’s a comment left here, on the forums, in #help, on twitter, or directly to a staffer, the whole purpose of this post is to solicit ideas on what you would like to see.
Here are the ground rules:
I will be leaving comments on this post open for a week, at which point I’ll close them and decide which item I will be working on.
If you have any questions or need something clarified, please /join #help and speak with Ryan, or you may post in this topic on the forum. Please leave comments here for suggestions only.
Here are the ground rules:
- It should have something to do with the website, especially the parts that are driven by WordPress (basically everything except the forums), as that is my primary area of responsibility.
- It should be something that can be done in 12-24 hours. My break is only a week long, and as much as I love GeekShed, I don’t want to undertake something that will take the entire break.
- It should be something that will benefit the majority of users (i.e. not a post about why people should join your channel).
- Obviously, the suggestion must conform to the Network’s Terms of Use.
I will be leaving comments on this post open for a week, at which point I’ll close them and decide which item I will be working on.
If you have any questions or need something clarified, please /join #help and speak with Ryan, or you may post in this topic on the forum. Please leave comments here for suggestions only.
Common Question – How did WyldRyde spend my money?
Oct 26th
There have been many questions directed at us lately about the status of donations made to WyldRyde. In this post we hope to clear it up for all users and prevent the pain of answering the same question many times.
GeekShed is a separate entity to WyldRyde and its staff have never had any knowledge of WyldRyde’s accounts or expenditure. We strongly sympathise with users who would like these questions answered, but kindly ask you to refer them to WyldRyde.
At GeekShed, we offer complete transparency of our accounts – simply because we have nothing to hide. We openly welcome comments or questions about our expenditure.
We understand that users like their donor vhosts and these have already been ported over to the new domain. Once our vhost policy is established, we will publish more information on the future of these vhosts. We do, however, vow that your vhost will not be lost and that your donor level, as shown in the vhost, will remain the same – although the wording is subject to change.
We apologise unreservedly for the problems you are having and hope that your questions will be answered within a satisfactory time scale.
