Re: AVSIM hacked and destroyed???
Posted: 11 Sep 2009, 15:29
Fair point Skip. 

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Ben Hartmann wrote:
The Police Constabulary of London??? It Doesn't exist!!!.....seriously, this guy watches too much TV!!!
Ben
I can confirm that - the servers are located here in Herndon, Virginia and Avsim's headquarters are in Charlottesville ..... and no, I had nothing to do with the the whole affair.Ben Hartmann wrote:Under international law, the alleged hacker must be charged in the country were the physical server is located. Avsim servers to my knowledge are US and therefore subject to US law.
Rgds
Ben
Obviously they need the Flying Squad.Garry Russell wrote:I think what he was saying the was the Police force of London in other words who they are rather than atempting to call them by their official name![]()
That's how I read it anyway
Garry
Ben Watson wrote:Hi Nigel, the upload part of any system is its week spot from a security point of you, so having got everything else sorted you'd want to be bloody sure of your security messures before giving the world access to your server.
nigelb wrote:Ben Watson wrote:Hi Nigel, the upload part of any system is its week spot from a security point of you, so having got everything else sorted you'd want to be bloody sure of your security messures before giving the world access to your server.![]()
That makes a lot of sense. Guess I wasn't tinking (as usual). I was going to claim it was late, but I see that would not wash!
Nigel²