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# State of the Thunix - May 09, 2019
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Another month, another update!
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Not too much to announce, as far as front end changes. New user requests
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should happen much faster now that we've written/stolen a tool from
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tilde.team that we can use to expedite user creation, and automation of
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a bunch of the steps we take to onboard users.
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We're considering adding in user aging for accounts. Lots of accounts
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get created, and then never logged into. This can actually post a
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security problem for the system, as often times, accounts get created
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now, to be used months from today for botnets and the like. Let us know
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what your thoughts are on a reasonable time to age off users. At this
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time, I am personally leaning towards 180 days. Plenty of time to log
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into your shell, and use it a bit. And, once every 6 months isn't much
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to ask, since we expect members to actually contribute to the community,
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anyways.
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We've terminated one account already for running a botnet member from
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here, and we'll keep a vigilant eye for any others.
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This leads to another point: Just running a znc process doesn't count
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for login. Neither does checking your email. You'll need to actually log
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into the shell, in order to reset the counter. You should, anyways,
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since we have a lot of services internally, that we don't offer external
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access too.
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We are also looking at terminating the minecraft and minetest instances
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here. If anyone is using them, speak up now, or forever hold you peace!
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Not really. We wouldn't be deleting anything, just shutting down the
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processes, and removing them from the backup scheme.
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We do need to welcome our newest sysadmin here: fosslinux. Give them a
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warm welcome if you see them around.
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And again, any questions, or concerns, feel free to drop myself, or any
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of the other admins a line.
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Ubergeek/ub3g33k
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