OpenX was hacked on my server yesterday but all is well now. - Page 2

dunc · 2010-09-14, 11:24 PM

What alternatives are there?

I've looked around and haven't found much at all

Mr Spock · 2010-09-15, 12:49 AM

What version option were you using the hosted or self hosted application?
What would be the safer option ?

LD · 2010-09-15, 07:04 AM

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Originally Posted by dunc

What alternatives are there?

I've looked around and haven't found much at all

AdPeeps is pretty good.

Cleo · 2010-09-15, 07:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Mr Spock

What version option were you using the hosted or self hosted application?

Self hosted and I think the version that got hacked was 2.8.4 .

dunc · 2010-09-15, 08:01 AM

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Originally Posted by LD

AdPeeps is pretty good.

That's really interesting, because a good friend told me about this about 3 years ago, and then another recommended it a couple of weeks ago - and now you

Sending them questions now

Thanks LD

bDok · 2010-09-15, 12:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Cleo

I liked this program a whole lot more back when it was PhpAdsNew. The admin was way less confusing and it did everything that I needed it to do and was simple to use.

It seems like it has turned into bloatware with all kinds of features that are only needed by a few.

I wonder how much easier PhpAdsNew was? Now that I'm starting to dial in OpenX it seems to just make sense. I haven't setup target stuff based on what's in the URL. Which I need to do for setting up content delivery to my link lists. However, as of right now the way I'm using it I'm pretty happy with how things are running.

Being able to split test banners and see which one gets better click thru is just awesome. Or during promotions I can just cram a spot with a certain sponsor is really nice too.

I will say though it's been kinda of a bitch to wrap my head around and there is still a ton of stuff I bet it can do that I have no clue about.

cd34 · 2010-09-16, 03:25 PM

OpenX Security Update
Security is an important priority at OpenX and we're constantly working to provide security patches and bug fixes as soon as we become aware of any potential issue. As these issues are discovered, we validate, patch and release as quickly as we can. But it's important to understand that avoiding potential security issues also requires server administrators to be vigilant and upgrade their systems to new, patched versions as soon as they become available.
It has been brought to our attention that there is a vulnerability in the 2.8 downloadable version of OpenX that can result in a server running the downloaded version of OpenX being compromised. We have already closed this vulnerability with the latest version of our software. To avoid this issue, we recommend that all users immediately upgrade their systems to 2.8.7.

http://blog.openx.org/09/security-update/

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2010-09-16, 03:25 PM	#32
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2010-09-15, 12:49 AM	#27
Mr Spock You can now put whatever you want in this space :) Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Vulcan Posts: 695	What version option were you using the hosted or self hosted application? What would be the safer option ?