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EarlG

(21,894 posts)
Sat Feb 29, 2020, 01:39 PM Feb 2020

Image hotlinking on DU is temporarily disabled (UPDATE 3: PARTIALLY FIXED)

This discussion thread was locked by EarlG (a host of the Announcements group).

Last edited Tue Mar 3, 2020, 11:50 AM - Edit history (4)

Third update: Please see this annoucement for updated details.

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Second update: image hotlinking has been disabled again. Please see this annoucement for details.

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Update: image hotlinking should now be working again. Thanks for your patience.

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Original message:

We are currently making some software patches and as part of the process image hotlinking is temporarily disabled. This means that if you paste the URL of an image into one your posts, the image will NOT display like it normally does -- instead you'll just see the URL.

Once the patches are complete, things should return to normal and any image URL you posted will display as an image again.

We apologize for the inconvenience -- thanks for your patience while we work on this. Hopefully it will not take too long.

The DU Administrators
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Image hotlinking on DU is temporarily disabled (UPDATE 3: PARTIALLY FIXED) (Original Post) EarlG Feb 2020 OP
We appreciate the Admins. MontanaMama Feb 2020 #1
K&R livetohike Feb 2020 #2
Oh, so THAT'S why . . . Thanks for strengthening my best resource for sanity. NBachers Feb 2020 #3
Does this have something to do with yonder Feb 2020 #4
Yes, it is related to that EarlG Feb 2020 #7
Not sure if you are aware, but I sent Elad a PM at 10:57 am on that guy A HERETIC I AM Feb 2020 #14
A GOOD hacker. Laelth Feb 2020 #15
Thanks for letting us know, EarlG. We were worried about that/him. Rhiannon12866 Mar 2020 #16
Thank you! PatSeg Feb 2020 #5
Kick dalton99a Feb 2020 #6
K and R Kali Feb 2020 #8
Take your time. It's Mercury Retrograde till the tenth of March... working fine now, thanks lambchopp59 Feb 2020 #9
Thanks! I thought it was my computer. DemoTex Feb 2020 #10
Does this relate to why tweets no longer show up as embedded? n/t eggplant Feb 2020 #11
Nice quick fix. Thanks!!! George II Feb 2020 #12
Thanks, Earl. n/t PatrickforO Feb 2020 #13
Looks like images are back - THANKS discntnt_irny_srcsm Mar 2020 #17
what he said Kali Mar 2020 #18

MontanaMama

(23,242 posts)
1. We appreciate the Admins.
Sat Feb 29, 2020, 01:42 PM
Feb 2020

Many thanks.

livetohike

(22,084 posts)
2. K&R
Sat Feb 29, 2020, 02:01 PM
Feb 2020

NBachers

(17,007 posts)
3. Oh, so THAT'S why . . . Thanks for strengthening my best resource for sanity.
Sat Feb 29, 2020, 02:34 PM
Feb 2020

yonder

(9,631 posts)
4. Does this have something to do with
Sat Feb 29, 2020, 02:37 PM
Feb 2020

that curiously ominous post this morning from a new DUer? Since removed, it was entitled "Nice forum you got here".

This person registered yesterday, has/had 50 some posts since and appeared to be examining DU for vulnerabilities. They seemed to be knowledgeable, wrote intelligently and apparently was able to log another poster out after being challenged. Shades of election day 2016.

If legit, I don't know why they didn't take their concerns directly to the administrators rather than post publically in The Lounge. That was weird.

As it stands, this whole episode was somewhat unnerving and a hat tip to all of you who do the nuts and bolts stuff behind the scenes.

EarlG

(21,894 posts)
7. Yes, it is related to that
Sat Feb 29, 2020, 02:57 PM
Feb 2020

The good news is that the person was actually trying to be helpful, although the fact that they posted the issue publicly did cause a bit of a stir. But they drew our attention to something that needed fixing, and they have been in touch with Elad while he works on it.

A HERETIC I AM

(24,321 posts)
14. Not sure if you are aware, but I sent Elad a PM at 10:57 am on that guy
Sat Feb 29, 2020, 07:26 PM
Feb 2020

And his curious thread.

I thought that was a rather strange way of doing things, as if he was posting on a board full of IT experts.

Anyway, glad you guys got the heads up.

Laelth

(32,017 posts)
15. A GOOD hacker.
Sat Feb 29, 2020, 08:49 PM
Feb 2020

I am glad to hear it because I interacted with that person and hoped, quite sincerely, that my doing so would not cause significant damage.

If said person helps us eliminate a vulnerability, I am glad.

-Laelth

Rhiannon12866

(203,041 posts)
16. Thanks for letting us know, EarlG. We were worried about that/him.
Sun Mar 1, 2020, 01:44 AM
Mar 2020

PatSeg

(46,804 posts)
5. Thank you!
Sat Feb 29, 2020, 02:40 PM
Feb 2020

dalton99a

(81,073 posts)
6. Kick
Sat Feb 29, 2020, 02:48 PM
Feb 2020

Kali

(54,990 posts)
8. K and R
Sat Feb 29, 2020, 03:10 PM
Feb 2020

lambchopp59

(2,809 posts)
9. Take your time. It's Mercury Retrograde till the tenth of March... working fine now, thanks
Sat Feb 29, 2020, 03:27 PM
Feb 2020
Work computers, my laptop, my phone have lived in glitchyland since it began. Even the almanac page I'm referencing just froze, reload and last Sunday it was all I could do at work to keep all the machines running.

DemoTex

(25,371 posts)
10. Thanks! I thought it was my computer.
Sat Feb 29, 2020, 03:31 PM
Feb 2020

I was seeing the URL minus the .jpg file extension. Now I'll post some pics!

eggplant

(3,893 posts)
11. Does this relate to why tweets no longer show up as embedded? n/t
Sat Feb 29, 2020, 03:54 PM
Feb 2020

George II

(67,782 posts)
12. Nice quick fix. Thanks!!!
Sat Feb 29, 2020, 04:11 PM
Feb 2020

PatrickforO

(14,516 posts)
13. Thanks, Earl. n/t
Sat Feb 29, 2020, 04:11 PM
Feb 2020

discntnt_irny_srcsm

(18,470 posts)
17. Looks like images are back - THANKS
Mon Mar 2, 2020, 09:41 PM
Mar 2020

Kali

(54,990 posts)
18. what he said
Mon Mar 2, 2020, 11:59 PM
Mar 2020
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