Re: [cobalt-users] hack recovery question

["Andy Clyde, oxfordmusic.net" <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>
>
> >         Ouch!  That's why I'm so glad our entire
> >farm is in a 24/7 supported NOC.  Only took 45
> >minutes to start fresh, then it was hours on
> >end for me to do the hard part.
>
>
> Problem here is that it takes time to install the updates and add
security.
> You may be hacked again before this is done.  Best to do the updates on a
> local network before opening it up to the real world.
>

the reason my colo apparently can't do a rebuild til tomorrow is that we
need to pay for it before they will do the work. obviously tech support are
still there but the accounts dept went home about 7 hrs ago!

i assume they're going to rebuild it off-line. they did say it would be
rebuilt fully patched...
watch this space!

andy