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List:       kde-community
Subject:    Re: Shutdown of paste.kde.org
From:       Ben Cooksley <bcooksley () kde ! org>
Date:       2019-02-03 0:18:21
Message-ID: CA+XidOEQUoP6nWjv9dZAdcMSn00=GRpdxRJ=CQR49Dtw3FsjWA () mail ! gmail ! com
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On Sun, Feb 3, 2019 at 12:52 PM Valorie Zimmerman
<valorie.zimmerman@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Ben

Hi Valorie,

> 
> On Sat, Feb 2, 2019 at 11:46 AM Ben Cooksley <bcooksley@kde.org> wrote:
> > 
> > Hi all,
> > 
> > For some time now Sysadmin has been aware that the application we use
> > to run paste.kde.org is unmaintained, and therefore represents a
> > security risk. Additionally, for a long time now we've been forced to
> > require people to login in order to create pastes there, due to the
> > severity of the abuse we've experienced.
> > 
> > Because this makes it functionally equivalent to the pastebin
> > functionality included in both Phabricator
> > (phabricator.kde.org/paste/) and Gitlab (invent.kde.org/snippets)
> > we've decided that it would be best if paste.kde.org were to be
> > discontinued.
> > 
> > We'll be shutting this service down in approximately one weeks time.
> > Should anyone be using it to store content for long term purposes we'd
> > advise you to migrate it to either Phabricator, Gitlab or somewhere
> > more permanent (like a wiki) before the shutdown.
> > 
> > Following the shutdown we will be erasing the database, so any pastes
> > not saved elsewhere before this time will be lost.
> > 
> > Should anyone have any questions regarding this, please let us know.
> > 
> > Regards,
> > Ben Cooksley
> > KDE Sysadmin
> 
> 
> Besides having access to maintained code, are the new services also requiring \
> logins? Seems like this would cut down immensely on the spam, malware, pirated \
> stuff, illegal porn, etc. that pastebins seem to host.

Yes, both Phabricator and Gitlab will require login to create pastes/snippets.

Cheers,
Ben

> 
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