D. V. Devnull

Augh. He's back. Pinkbullet3 is back. And I read this thread. *facepalm* #-o ~D. V. "Dang." Devnull (p.s.: My post is intentionally sarcastic. Note the tongue-out post icon.)

Not fast enough. <*Drops into a fast run and blows right by you, making the air shockwave and blow you over in the process*> [bOOM!] :lol: And the next word coming to mind? How about ... Nekomimi ...? :P ~Mr. D. V. "I'm a running gag! Eat Dust and/or Hairballs!" Devnull

Profiling this with a post so I can read it later. :shades: BTW, if I ever get back (after overcoming that dang Jagex-made Java Upgrade wall) into RuneScape again, I may cause your blog to pick up a case of "DIY, even with Player-to-Player-Trading"... That's pretty much how most of my RS existence has been, because I'm (more like "I was", because I've been forcibly retired by lack of a mandatory Java version) a 100% F2P-Only Player myself. ;) ~D. V. "I'll be back to read... Beware if I return to RS!" Devnull

Looks like the security warning I was seeing around the time of my last post has gone away, albeit I'm noticing the advert still trying to load (and still not loading thanks to the block) in my ABP list. In case it wasn't just a totally random anomaly, I thank all of you who spent time to take care of that. :thumbsup: ~D. V. "Thanks for the fix?" Devnull

First off, there is more than me using the PC at home, so yes I must log in/out when starting/finishing use of Tip.It's Forums Area. Second, ABP = AdBlock Plus (which happens to be an excellent FireFox advert removal extension), and I'm primarily using it because of a "No Adverts" house policy. I do help to keep the PCs here fully secured. (Heck, my parents are more of a security risk than I am!) :geek: At this point, the reason I'm still seeing this problem is because both ABP gets delayed post-FF-upgrade from reacting until FF has seen all the page elements (which there's nothing I can do to change that, BTW), and the Advert is still trying to poke it's ugly head in on pages that are meant to be fully secure. I have done all that I can, and so that's why I've posted back to this thread to get the problem removed from the pages on this site where security is a concern. Just that one non-https request is enough to make FireFox decide to annoy me. :| Pardon me while I buzz off now and wait for someone in Tip.It Forums' Staff to reply. -.- ~Mr. D. V. "Already got the advert remover... But it ain't enough." Devnull

To add to all of the above, BlazeTMF, you should also learn to check the message source and headers. It so happens these days that Jagex will send from an "@email.runescape.com" or "@email.jagex.com" address, and the last hop before your mail server should be something like ".cheetahmail.com" when you check inside to see the delivery path. If you don't see all of that, the message is likely fake, no matter what the final product looks like. Also, make sure to check your status bar (or other such URL-displaying object) to see where links lead, and NEVER trust what it looks like on the surface. :geek: Beyond that, enjoy having fun on RuneScape! :thumbsup: ~Mr. D. V. "Yeah, I really hate when people try to scam others!" Devnull

Congratulations on becoming a Board Moderator, Ellac! :thumbsup: BTW, I'm liking your sense of style and humor on your Profile/Siggy/etc. ... I'll definitely look forward to seeing you around Tip.It Forums! :shades: ~D. V. "Nice! Cya Round!" Devnull

So, I just landed up with a FireFox browser upgrade shoved in my face by my parents about 24 to 48 hours ago which I had only enough control over to barely avoid some major hiccups. :-| Unluckily, I could not escape one particular hiccup. Due to the BurstNet Advert still trying to load on the login page (and other such security-requiring pages), even though I've got ABP running, FireFox's upgraded version is now being even more of a pain to me by alerting me to non-encypted content and deciding the connection is no longer fully secure. (My guess is that ABP is being delayed on its' defensive filtering, enabling FireFox itself to be more aware of page objects. I'm also now realizing that this is the exact picture I didn't want to see anyone fall head-first into.) :wall: Seeing as I know this would cause worry to less tech-savvy people (heck, it annoys the [beep] outta me), I'm firing off this post to bring the remaining issues on this thread back to the surface. Don't worry, I already understand those who are working on issues like these have lives of their own to live. (Personally, I hope they're having fun too. For some reason, I prefer happy, stress-free Forum Admins attacking issues like these.) I'm only trying to poke in and query as to make sure this hasn't been forgotten. :o I'll look forward to replies to this thread. ;) ~Mr. D. V. "Stuck with another bug buzzing in my ear... Any news?" Devnull

BTW, if you're using FF 2.*, 3.*, and/or higher, you can also set "browser.sessionstore.postdata" to "-1"... That should also retain your posts in the event of a crash. :shades: ~D. V. "Backup option for you..." Devnull

Having read this, I think I'll just go dive under a rock. Darn updates springing up behind my back... <.< (As if it wasn't bad enough that their new Minimum Java Requirement knocked me off RS, and now they're out to go crazy...) ~D. V. "Feeling mentally run over by Jagex..." Devnull

Seeing as it is pertinent to this conversation, don't the Tip.It Forum Admins also have to confirm Profile Photo changes? :huh: ~D. V. "Just making sure..." Devnull

I guess it was time I got into this and pwned with my first shot. :twisted: EAT A LOAD FULL OF ........................... JACKIE CHAN'S ABILITIES! :D (Credits to whoever made the "Jackie Chan Wallpapers" site...) ~Mr. D. V. "You know you can't beat this without a nuke!!!" Devnull (p.s.: Yeah, I know, I had to fix the darn image and it took 3 minutes!)

I saw the shift back to the forum's own server. Awesome fix that you laid down there. :thumbsup: And thanks for the heads-up about the certificates coming from the CDN server network. I'll remember that in the future if it happens again. :D ~D. V. "Liking the awesome..." Devnull (p.s.: I'll go update the header on this thread with a [solved]...)

Just read the "Interview with Peter" a short time ago. Awesome read, especially the joke about Silverion's Closet. :lol: As for Tripsis's answer about "Boxers or Briefs?", however, I must disagree. BRIEFS FTW! :P ~D. V. "Got me grinning... nice!" Devnull (p.s.: Haven't read the other article yet. Don't know whether I'll post again if I do...)

I'm only talking about removing them from the secure sections of the forums, and only for security and defense purposes. About a mere Eight (this number might be slightly off) pages, I think? BTW, yes, Adware can lead to Keyloggers. All those prying jerks have to do is get something that won't set an AV off in, and then download the rest to your computer. From there, the keylogger part can easily get hold of another Forum Admin's credentials, and then BLAM, Forum.Tip.It is down again. I really don't want that happening again, ever. This last time was a freaking headbanger. :wall: ~Mr. D. V. "Pardon me for being a pessimist... We don't need worst-case happening..." Devnull

Thanks for the warning... At least I know I can expect a chance of failed login if I attempt to get on RuneScape right now. :-| BTW, don't let Obtaurian turn you into a Sith, okay? ;) ~D. V. "Oh boy..." Devnull

@ Peter -- I just checked #2 (Advert During Recovery Process) and found the advert still trying to load right at the start of the Recovery Process pages on these forums. There should not be an advert during that for security purposes. Pardon me for being paranoid, but I'm thinking about helping keep people's accounts safe, and adverts are not part of the security equation. :huh: ~D. V. "Security is key when recovering an account..." Devnull (EDIT: p.s.: Two days later, and I'm realizing... The adverts shouldn't be on any pass change or login screens period. Basically, anywhere that it goes secure mode, the adverts shouldn't exist and shouldn't try to load. You might want to have a whack at that?)

Pardon the pun, but that's some cool stuff! :D Now if only they could do away with the track, and just have it hover over literally anything... You know, like dirt, grass, sidewalk, marble, wood, etc. ... The possibilities are endless! Can you imagine something like that hoverboard from "Back To The Future"? I can! :idea: ~D. V. "Wow, the possibilities!" Devnull

Hello again, everyone... So, this morning I went to log in to Tip.It Forums, but only to be suddenly greeted with a "Security Error: Domain Name Mismatch" dialog from my browser. Why? The cert is marked with "*.netdna-ssl.com" instead of the proper "forum.public.cdn.tip.it". Having denied connections in secure mode to that server, I was still able to log in, but the login page looked terrible. :( Anyway, I wanted to know whether that mismatched certificate (and the associated connections) are safe to accept, or if I should hold off until someone here can get that fixed... :?: ... Particularly since this can leave considerable security concerns for anyone who runs into this situation. :mellow: ~Mr. D. V. "On the sidelines, running smack into those ugly bugs..." Devnull

Nice F2P Newbie Blog. I'll be watching this. :shades: ~Mr. D. V. "Hmm... Interesting." Devnull

Nice fix. :thumbsup: I just wish it didn't have the downside of meaning that Peter doesn't get to see the problem directly. :wall: Ah well, I guess he can ask you for a description of what it looked like? That, or I get to go find another example for his eyes. :blink: ~D. V. "Eh... *facedesk* ..." Devnull

Thanks for the fixes so far! :thumbsup: As for the Post Snapback Issue, I'll direct you to an example of what I'm talking about. Have a look at... "Golden/Holiday Scythe Discussion" (Location: http://forum.tip.it/topic/303410-goldenholiday-scythe-discussion/) ...and notice the linked quote down in the 20th post there of the first page. I see proper snapback images on all the other proper quotes with proper links on that page, but not on that one specific proper quote even though it has a proper link. I'm thinking this is an anomaly-class bug due to how rarely it occurs, but it finally got to me. Heck, I wouldn't be at all surprised if for some unknown reason, it fails to reveal itself to you, and you see the snapback image right where it should be. I've even bypassed my own cache to check. :( As always, I'm not trying to be pushy here. I'm just trying to help fix the bugs. Please fix it at your own speed? |^_^| ~D. V. "This is definitely a weird one..." Devnull

Another fine masterpiece you have there, teezkut. Well done! =D> ~D. V. "Nice one!" Devnull

Alright, thanks for the heads-up. :thumbsup: We decided we had no use for it and it was creating annoying problems for people anyway. We did say it was likely nothing would come of it. Ah... Oh well, I'll just keep my eyes open for whatever awesome idea pops up next on the forums. :wink: ~D. V. "Mhm... Alright." Devnull (p.s.: Thanks for the fast response!)

Hi, Tip.It Forum Staff... While I was running the recovery on my account, as well as 'reading'/'posting replies to' a couple of threads, I hit some very odd bugs that could make people question if they're really on Tip.It's Forums. I think I'll just get to business, and list them off here, in the order that I noticed them (with appropriate emote for how much it annoyed me)... Missing Favorite Icon <_< (Probably not the first priority, but might be a good first-up for a second. Having that customary "Rune Tips" favicon screams "We Are Tip.It!", and not having it there could make some people question if they've come to the right website.) Advert During Recovery Process :angry: (Okay, this one NEEDS to be a First Priority. It's a good thing I run ABP and have it set to kill BurstNet Ads due to my past bad experiences with them and a 'no ads' house policy on the computers here, or I would have as equally been stuck with a "Not 100% Secure" warning. Removing the Advert during the recovery process is Deadly Critical for making sure people don't stop in their tracks and discontinue attempting to recover because they don't think they've reached the right website and/or don't think they can attain a secure connection for some reason. Which, BTW, if BurstNet is doing any odd peeking they haven't made you aware of, you don't want them to see users' account recovery processes! So get that advert out of those pages already!!!) Post Snapback Image Missing :unsure: (This one's probably last place for priority. It does help, however, to see those snapback icons because it quickly identifies a quote. Yes, even quicker than the boxing around the quote, in my opinion.) RS stat signature missing :( (Anything but last priority here. I don't know if you're waiting for the on-server process to re-cache the missing stat data before sigs are properly generated again, or if there's considerable hand-work still to be done yet such as needing re-ups from users for images and such. I can tell you it was pretty disconcerting, however, to see a "MySQL Error" image in-place of my friendly purple stat siggy.) ...and I'll leave it at that for this thread. (I didn't notice any other immediately obvious items, but I'll start a thread for them if needs be.) Feel free to reply or not, but I would at least hope the two most critical of these gets fixed quickly. (PLEASE?) Until then, pardon me while I stick with this worrisome look on my face... :wacko: ~Mr. D. V. "Your Friendly Bug Finder on these forums..." Devnull (p.s.: What became of the "Members+" Group? It was helpful in finding newbies to greet, among other things!)