[TriEmbed] web site security

[Pete Soper]

(I'll try to limit this kind of msg to once every 13th blue moon)

Here's a status update about the TriEmbed web site security.

Just now we had our first attempt by somebody trying to get into the 
TriEmbed blog site via the "login" link and one of the security plugins 
locked them out. The user named "greexyvek" is someplace in Europe.

But this could happen to any of you who do have an account: the plugin 
is as picky as your local bank and disables your login if you fat-finger 
the password three times in a row. But if this happens the same kind of 
immediate notification will happen and  I would of course ordinarily 
just reset the thing.

Meanwhile, the blog site has gotten several thousand attempted spam 
comments since the site was created in June. All but a couple were 
automagically parked by a different security plugin (the remaining few 
generate a request to OK the comment and I do that as fast as I can). 
There is a tiny chance a legitimate comment was shunted. If that 
happened I'd of course want to hear from you to fix it: no way, no how 
would I consciously censor a comment by a legitimate TriEmbed person.

Coincidentally when I looked at the spam comments again just now I 
noticed that near the top of the pile is one from "greexyvek" about a 
sonic skin cleanser...

-Pete

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