Scott Bickford Posted July 18, 2005 at 08:16 PM Posted July 18, 2005 at 08:16 PM The VATUSA Web site is experiencing difficulties. You can still reach us at http://208.56.247.54 If you have problems, please state as much information as possible such as url, what you were trying to do and what the result was (error messages). This will help us fix it as soon possible. Thanks for your patience. Scott Bickford Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Merkey 936144 Posted July 19, 2005 at 06:08 PM Posted July 19, 2005 at 06:08 PM It looks like a domain squatter has hijacked your domain. Every time I go to the vatusa.org domain, I get one of those infamous domain squatting pages we all love to hate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Sculley-Beaman Posted July 19, 2005 at 06:32 PM Posted July 19, 2005 at 06:32 PM ditto. I just was going to vatusa.org and that page came up like matthew said, so I came here to find out what happened. Tough luck. Its horrible the things that people do these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Baxter 920557 Posted July 19, 2005 at 06:37 PM Posted July 19, 2005 at 06:37 PM what a loser Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross Carlson Posted July 19, 2005 at 07:35 PM Posted July 19, 2005 at 07:35 PM What about using subdomains, such as vatusa.vatsim.net? Nobody can squat on those, as long as you retain control of the parent domain (vatsim.net) that is. Developer: vPilot, VRC, vSTARS, vERAM, VAT-Spy Senior Controller, Boston Virtual ARTCC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Collier 892337 Posted July 19, 2005 at 09:43 PM Posted July 19, 2005 at 09:43 PM sub-domains, actually thats a REALLY good idea, each artcc/division/region goes the way it currently does, uses it's own hosting, but VATSIM has sub-domain redirects for EVERY artcc/division/region - certainly would eradicate not being able to find the website! Lee Lee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Kocher 919807 Posted July 19, 2005 at 11:35 PM Posted July 19, 2005 at 11:35 PM Could someone explain to me what domain squatting is ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owen Catherwood 903683 Posted July 19, 2005 at 11:58 PM Posted July 19, 2005 at 11:58 PM this isn't a squatter, guys, it's simply the people who leased the vatsim.org name to us. It's the standard "nobody owns this domain at this time because the domain expired or has never been used". It appears it has been re-registered, but now it takes a while for the new DNS translation to propogate through all the routers. KZSE C3/Facilities Administrator Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross Carlson Posted July 20, 2005 at 04:00 AM Posted July 20, 2005 at 04:00 AM The new DNS has already propagated. That's why we're all seeing the generic web site. If the current owner really does intend to have it point to the VATSIM web site, then he/she needs to update the new DNS servers. Owen, how do you know that it's not a squatter? The domain is currently registered to Colleen Donahue. I did a search in the VATSIM member database, and found no matches, even with different last names. Anyone recognize that name? Developer: vPilot, VRC, vSTARS, vERAM, VAT-Spy Senior Controller, Boston Virtual ARTCC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Elchitz 810151 Posted July 20, 2005 at 04:21 AM Posted July 20, 2005 at 04:21 AM Too bad the re-registration of this domain was possibly overlooked or dropped somewhere. I don't know Colleen Donahue but notice that she lives in Simi Valley, CA. It's a little ironic actually, I've only known one other person in my life from that town.... well at least this what my spidey sense is telling me. It's been wrong before... Good thing he's not the only one with a few good cards left... Ian Elchitz Just a guy without any fancy titles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Johnson 814050 Posted July 21, 2005 at 01:31 AM Posted July 21, 2005 at 01:31 AM It's a little ironic actually, I've only known one other person in my life from that town.... well at least this what my spidey sense is telling me. It's been wrong before... Good thing he's not the only one with a few good cards left... ***Paging Mr. Sketch Rosen...*** Jim Johnson VP - Membership (VATGOV12) j.johnson(at)vatsim.net Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Graham 923971 Posted July 21, 2005 at 02:09 AM Posted July 21, 2005 at 02:09 AM haha how about vatusa.us! haha View My Logbook! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyler Devereaux 816023 Posted July 21, 2005 at 02:35 AM Posted July 21, 2005 at 02:35 AM I say VAT.US =\ Although anything that will get the site working so I can submit an ARTCC Transfer request would be nice since VATUSA5 is unable to do it for me =( Tyler "T" Devereaux VATUSA-816013-Controller Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Johnson 814050 Posted July 21, 2005 at 04:44 AM Posted July 21, 2005 at 04:44 AM Although anything that will get the site working so I can submit an ARTCC Transfer request would be nice since VATUSA5 is unable to do it for me =( Tyler, Try this page: http://208.56.247.54/html/modules.php?op=modload&name=PN_Content&file=index&req=visit&artid=33 Jim Johnson VP - Membership (VATGOV12) j.johnson(at)vatsim.net Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyler Devereaux 816023 Posted July 21, 2005 at 05:08 AM Posted July 21, 2005 at 05:08 AM Rg, thanks. Im well familiar with that page.. I visit it about 5 times each day to see if the form works. The problem with that page is, the script "formproc.php" (which is where the form directs the browser on submission) does its stuff.. then it directs you to a vatusa.org page. So I can never complete the process because that script always directs the browser to a link on vatusa.org (instead of the IP.. its a simple matter of using some variables in your code instead of typing 'vatusa.org' in the parts of code that redirect). Incidently, since Im tired of seeing that form (and filling it out) Ive made a simple lil webpage on my home machine that acts as if it were the form at the link you gave me. basically my lil webpage just has a submit button and it submits all my data to the vatusa link as if I'd filled out that form, but saves me the trouble of filling it out. Tyler "T" Devereaux VATUSA-816013-Controller Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Bickford Posted July 21, 2005 at 12:40 PM Author Posted July 21, 2005 at 12:40 PM I say VAT.US =\ Although anything that will get the site working so I can submit an ARTCC Transfer request would be nice since VATUSA5 is unable to do it for me =( I have fixed the redirect. Let me know how it works. Scott Bickford Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Bickford Posted July 21, 2005 at 01:00 PM Author Posted July 21, 2005 at 01:00 PM The VATUSA Web site is experiencing difficulties. You can still reach us at http://208.56.247.54 If you have problems, please state as much information as possible such as url, what you were trying to do and what the result was (error messages). This will help us fix it as soon possible. Thanks for your patience. boing. Please reply to this message if your having problems. I will try to [Mod - Happy Thoughts]ist you as soon as possible. Scott Bickford Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Graham 923971 Posted July 21, 2005 at 02:28 PM Posted July 21, 2005 at 02:28 PM (edited) The VATUSA Web site is experiencing difficulties. You can still reach us at http://208.56.247.54 If you have problems, please state as much information as possible such as url, what you were trying to do and what the result was (error messages). This will help us fix it as soon possible. Thanks for your patience. boing. Please reply to this message if your having problems. I will try to [Mod - Happy Thoughts]ist you as soon as possible. ahah Edited July 21, 2005 at 07:29 PM by Guest View My Logbook! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyler Devereaux 816023 Posted July 21, 2005 at 07:23 PM Posted July 21, 2005 at 07:23 PM Ah thanks much Scott!! Just a quick suggestion from another PHP guy: On formproc.php it doesn't have provisions for if people put special characters (',\,etc) into the "Transfer Reason" (the form field name is 'reason') field. As such, if you put soemthing like an apostrophe in your reason, it will screw up the SQL code that the script tries to send to the database (the apostrophe is evaluated as a closing quote for the SQL and causes an error). Simple fix: For the example, let $reason be the variable [Mod - Happy Thoughts]igned to the reason text entered in the forum instead of directly calling $reason in your sql query, call addslashes($reason). So maybe your script has the query somewhat like this: mysql_query('INSERT INTO `artcc_transfers` VALUES ('.$cid.','.$artcc.','.$reason.')'); You could fix the problem doing this: mysql_query('INSERT INTO `artcc_transfers` VALUES ('.$cid.','.$artcc.','.addslashes($reason).')'); Of course, you will need to strip_slashes() the $reason data when you pull it out of the database or else you'll have a string that has added a '\' directly before any quotes or backslashes. Hope this helps, and thanks again Tyler "T" Devereaux VATUSA-816013-Controller Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Graham 923971 Posted July 21, 2005 at 07:28 PM Posted July 21, 2005 at 07:28 PM this is interesting, i just looked up the domain. Domain ID:D75100086-LROR Domain Name:VATUSA.ORG Created On:17-Jul-2001 21:37:49 UTC Last Updated On:18-Jul-2005 09:31:34 UTC Expiration Date:17-Jul-2006 21:37:49 UTC Sponsoring Registrar:eNom, Inc. (R39-LROR) Status:CLIENT TRANSFER PROHIBITED Registrant ID:9814274AB47E5C31 Registrant Name:Colleen Donahue View My Logbook! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Bickford Posted July 21, 2005 at 07:39 PM Author Posted July 21, 2005 at 07:39 PM Ah thanks much Scott!! Thanks for the suggestion, the php code was written by someone else. Like you said there's probably other places where the addslashes would need to be added. Scott Bickford Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Bickford Posted July 21, 2005 at 07:45 PM Author Posted July 21, 2005 at 07:45 PM this is interesting, i just looked up the domain. Domain ID:D75100086-LROR Domain Name:VATUSA.ORG Created On:17-Jul-2001 21:37:49 UTC Last Updated On:18-Jul-2005 09:31:34 UTC Expiration Date:17-Jul-2006 21:37:49 UTC Sponsoring Registrar:eNom, Inc. (R39-LROR) Status:CLIENT TRANSFER PROHIBITED Registrant ID:9814274AB47E5C31 Registrant Name:Colleen Donahue ya I believe only Jeff can renew it since he's has the p[Mod - Happy Thoughts]word for it. Hopefully tomorrow... Scott Bickford Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Graham 923971 Posted July 21, 2005 at 07:57 PM Posted July 21, 2005 at 07:57 PM am i in the right year? is it 2006 already? View My Logbook! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross Carlson Posted July 21, 2005 at 08:05 PM Posted July 21, 2005 at 08:05 PM Of course, you will need to strip_slashes() the $reason data when you pull it out of the database or else you'll have a string that has added a '\' directly before any quotes or backslashes. Hope this helps, and thanks again You won't need to strip the slashes. MySQL will remove them before storing the field value during the insert. Developer: vPilot, VRC, vSTARS, vERAM, VAT-Spy Senior Controller, Boston Virtual ARTCC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Bickford Posted July 21, 2005 at 08:07 PM Author Posted July 21, 2005 at 08:07 PM am i in the right year? is it 2006 already? I believe enom is / was (?) used by the host and according to support the "Status:CLIENT TRANSFER PROHIBITED " just needs to be "unlocked" by Jeff and then he can fix it. I thought I read something about 30 day period for him to renew, but I could be mistaken. Scott Bickford Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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