25 replies to this topic

[Blake]

Guys I have noticed that many people have been voicing there concerns with GSO and the way the community has been going. I understand the concerns and I recognize that many of these issues stem from the fact that I have not been around. It is tough for a community to stay active when the founder is MIA. I promise that I will be more active on the board and hopefully bring some spirit back to the site.

This apology goes to the many faithful users and more importantly to my admin team. I am sorry guys.

[Blake]

;-) thanks bud, but I do feel bad about dumping my baby

[Edu]

no problem bud. well, sometimes we are busy with family/business stuff and cannot contribute as much as we wanted. I know you dont have to give satisfaction to the public but it was a nice atitude to post this topic to all the GSO members. btw, did u get my last PM ?

[Blake]

Thanks bud, and right now I am still catching up on the pm's

[Kenny]

ahhhh i love it when we get new admins....

[Blake]

[Ryan M]

No apology necessary bud Glad to have ya back.

[khilari]

The archive stuff is enough to keep me busy on this forum I am glad you are back. Lets rock all over again!

[Edu]

@Blake

No thanks posts
btw yes good to have u back, try to come more often bud, I miss you in the specialist section...havent seen posts from u since I got in there. I noticed sometimes u post some Windows related stuff posted on Digg.com, maybe u will like a couple of things I posted in the specialist section

@Kenny
LOL

[tibbar]

the biggest problem GSO has right now is lack of innovation. I've been inactive for some time now, focussing on work, private developments and real life, and since then have not really seen any new projects or new developments on GSO - people are still digging up my old threads.

Maybe this is a general symptom of the security community now - as in it's more about profit and money than sharing - so if you develop something new, you tend to keep it private.

Either way something needs to be done here, or the site will continue to slide.

[Kenny]

i agree tibbar...several noted places are going through a bad patch...and their doors are open all the time... we are closed most of the year...but at Present our doors are open again and will remain open till we feel the need to close...many new security forums have sprouted over the past few years...many of us now are spoilt for choice there are so many about.

i myself don't find the time these days to do anything... (ie) Exploits , coding , tutorials , etc...i just don't have time on my hands like i use to...am like you...i do miss the old days my friend ....sad to say ....i don't think the internet will ever be like the past...thats life mate

[Edu]

i agree tibbar...several noted places are going through a bad patch...and their doors are open all the time... we are closed most of the year...but at Present our doors are open again and will remain open till we feel the need to close...many new security forums have sprouted over the past few years...many of us now are spoilt for choice there are so many about.

i myself don't find the time these days to do anything... (ie) Exploits , coding , tutorials , etc...i just don't have time on my hands like i use to...am like you...i do miss the old days my friend ....sad to say ....i don't think the internet will ever be like the past...thats life mate

hmmmmmmmm tell me what kind of stuff you think it would be good for the forums as in programs, exploits and tutorials?

I have posted a few tutorials in the last days plus an article at Windows section, some of them written by myself. Now I am currently writing an article on Windows/Internet Explorer security zones and will explain in a detailed way the settings for each zone. Hopefully this article will help people in understanding them better and possibly search for a way to defeat a feature introduced in Windows XP SP2 called local machine zone lockdown, which blocks any kind of active content such as scripts and activex from running on the computer, eg when u open a local html document. I find this an interesting issue since to the current day I havent seen any public code that could defeat that feature.

well, let´s discuss some ideas and get active again

[zorin-]

i agree tibbar...several noted places are going through a bad patch...and their doors are open all the time... we are closed most of the year...but at Present our doors are open again and will remain open till we feel the need to close...many new security forums have sprouted over the past few years...many of us now are spoilt for choice there are so many about.

i myself don't find the time these days to do anything... (ie) Exploits , coding , tutorials , etc...i just don't have time on my hands like i use to...am like you...i do miss the old days my friend ....sad to say ....i don't think the internet will ever be like the past...thats life mate

The amount of new members joining and posting one liners such as "thanks" and other lame stuff need to be punished more severely. I see the same posts everyday and continually report them. The mods/admins here do a good job; very rarely does something major happen like on other security forums so it that respect, GSO is great.

hmmmmmmmm tell me what kind of stuff you think it would be good for the forums as in programs, exploits and tutorials?

If more of the members write new tutorials then this would improve the overall content of the forums. I've been writing a tutorial recently on installing a SSH server, configuring it, securing it and am adding a part on how to tunnel traffic through the SSH server. Still, I'm hesitating on if to post it or not because it’s not really to do with security like others are. I can write plenty of networking tutorials if that is what is wanted on this board.

To improve this board more perhaps we could start some projects. Looking back on the older sections from a few years back quite a few were started and were successful. So what does everyone think about this?

To Blake, don't worry about not being here as much, your team does a great job

[Tyler]

appology accept Blake, its hard when its a hobby and you have tons of other priorities that sometimes you dont get around to the things you love but i guess thats just the way the wind blows.