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<p>[QUOTE="Arnox, post: 14580, member: 1"]</p><p>HUGE changes are coming. Date is rather unknown but I want to get this done when I can. At the same time though, I think these changes would line up super well with Sanctuary's 10th anniversary. Sanctuary was first launched on May 9th, 2014, so our release date for Sanctuary 3.0 would be May 9th, 2024 if we went with that. Some of these major changes have been discussed before but it's time to now lay out a formal plan for what we want to do and to discuss it as a community.</p><p></p><p>The major changes are as follows:</p><p></p><p><strong>1. At Least 10 GB of Off-Shore Resilient File Storage per Registered User</strong></p><p></p><p>Users will simply need to PM the administrator in order to activate file storage. There will also probably be a limited activation code system in place in order to ration disk space and as a defense against file spam uploading attacks. And finally, we will update our rules regarding what copyrighted stuff exactly we will be hosting. These are the tentative rules for that:</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><strong>2. Rebasing on XenForo 2.3.x</strong></p><p></p><p>Although we're good for XF security right now, we've been using the same major XF version for a while. It's great. It's stable. It works beautifully for the forums, but while we're doing this, might as well upgrade to the new hotness as well. We'll be getting a fuckton of new features in the process.</p><p></p><p><strong>3. (Probably) New Server Hosts</strong></p><p></p><p>I am actually kinda reluctant to do this. Leaseweb has been with us since the very beginning and we've never been harassed by any person whether in the company or without. They've also been the ones who've bailed us out of many denial-of-service attacks in the distant past. I don't know if we've ever received any DMCA notices or other such nonsense, but if we have, Leaseweb is probably just tossing them in the trash as well. lol</p><p></p><p>Long story short, they've protected us and kept us going... But... There's still two major problems. For one, we're hosted in the Netherlands. And the Netherlands now has <a href="https://intosanctuary.com/index.php?threads/the-netherlands-our-place-of-hosting-apparently-has-a-hate-speech-law.1246/">hate speech laws.</a> Yayyyyy... And the second thing is simply that Leaseweb is expensive. Like, damn, son. You get quality, but you're certainly gonna pay for it. And with the connection speed we require along with the storage space needed, this is just untenable on my budget. I can't do it. So, we have to switch.</p><p></p><p><strong>4. Massive Server Security Overhaul</strong></p><p></p><p>When I started Sanctuary, I didn't quite know what I was doing, but I learned and I at least made sure to do the bare basics of server security. And this may have worked out fine for a while since we were just running a rinky dink forum in the middle of nowhere, but now, with file hosting on the horizon, it's time to start putting on our big boy pants and majorly harden the server. Although I can only do so much, and regardless of how much I do, a dedicated adversary with enough skills and/or resources could get in anyway, it's still no excuse to not at least do my absolute best and make that as hard and as annoying as possible.</p><p></p><p>So, I am going to personally go through every part of the server installation and configuration to make sure there is as little attack surface as possible and that, in the event of an attack, it can be quickly mitigated and shut down.</p><p></p><p><strong>5. (Probably) Video Hosting and Playback Capabilities</strong></p><p></p><p>Since we're allowing file hosting now, and since we'll have infinite bandwidth, we'll then be fully able to stream video to others. I'm just gonna tell everyone right off the bat here, we are not YouTube. We will not be able to host infinite videos and stream them at 4K resolution. Not gonna happen. Not without an even more massive server host upgrade anyway. With that said, we can still definitely serve SOME video. So, that's what we're going to do. Might as well.</p><p></p><p>-</p><p></p><p>Again, all these changes proposed above are open to discussion. And you better discuss it now, because when these changes go live, I don't wanna hear, "Oh what's thisssss? I didn't want thatttttt.... " Too bad.</p><p></p><p><strong>UPDATE 1</strong>: After some thinking, I think we will do a May 9th, 2024 rollout for sure. XF 2.3 is coming very, very soon now, yes, but I want to make sure the bugs are worked out of it and that the add-ons we currently use (not very much) will fully support it. That will take some time after launch. We may do the server host change earlier than that though as the Leaseweb contract is starting to get closer to renewal.</p><p>[/QUOTE]</p>
[QUOTE="Arnox, post: 14580, member: 1"] HUGE changes are coming. Date is rather unknown but I want to get this done when I can. At the same time though, I think these changes would line up super well with Sanctuary's 10th anniversary. Sanctuary was first launched on May 9th, 2014, so our release date for Sanctuary 3.0 would be May 9th, 2024 if we went with that. Some of these major changes have been discussed before but it's time to now lay out a formal plan for what we want to do and to discuss it as a community. The major changes are as follows: [B]1. At Least 10 GB of Off-Shore Resilient File Storage per Registered User[/B] Users will simply need to PM the administrator in order to activate file storage. There will also probably be a limited activation code system in place in order to ration disk space and as a defense against file spam uploading attacks. And finally, we will update our rules regarding what copyrighted stuff exactly we will be hosting. These are the tentative rules for that: [B]2. Rebasing on XenForo 2.3.x[/B] Although we're good for XF security right now, we've been using the same major XF version for a while. It's great. It's stable. It works beautifully for the forums, but while we're doing this, might as well upgrade to the new hotness as well. We'll be getting a fuckton of new features in the process. [B]3. (Probably) New Server Hosts[/B] I am actually kinda reluctant to do this. Leaseweb has been with us since the very beginning and we've never been harassed by any person whether in the company or without. They've also been the ones who've bailed us out of many denial-of-service attacks in the distant past. I don't know if we've ever received any DMCA notices or other such nonsense, but if we have, Leaseweb is probably just tossing them in the trash as well. lol Long story short, they've protected us and kept us going... But... There's still two major problems. For one, we're hosted in the Netherlands. And the Netherlands now has [URL='https://intosanctuary.com/index.php?threads/the-netherlands-our-place-of-hosting-apparently-has-a-hate-speech-law.1246/']hate speech laws.[/URL] Yayyyyy... And the second thing is simply that Leaseweb is expensive. Like, damn, son. You get quality, but you're certainly gonna pay for it. And with the connection speed we require along with the storage space needed, this is just untenable on my budget. I can't do it. So, we have to switch. [B]4. Massive Server Security Overhaul[/B] When I started Sanctuary, I didn't quite know what I was doing, but I learned and I at least made sure to do the bare basics of server security. And this may have worked out fine for a while since we were just running a rinky dink forum in the middle of nowhere, but now, with file hosting on the horizon, it's time to start putting on our big boy pants and majorly harden the server. Although I can only do so much, and regardless of how much I do, a dedicated adversary with enough skills and/or resources could get in anyway, it's still no excuse to not at least do my absolute best and make that as hard and as annoying as possible. So, I am going to personally go through every part of the server installation and configuration to make sure there is as little attack surface as possible and that, in the event of an attack, it can be quickly mitigated and shut down. [B]5. (Probably) Video Hosting and Playback Capabilities[/B] Since we're allowing file hosting now, and since we'll have infinite bandwidth, we'll then be fully able to stream video to others. I'm just gonna tell everyone right off the bat here, we are not YouTube. We will not be able to host infinite videos and stream them at 4K resolution. Not gonna happen. Not without an even more massive server host upgrade anyway. With that said, we can still definitely serve SOME video. So, that's what we're going to do. Might as well. - Again, all these changes proposed above are open to discussion. And you better discuss it now, because when these changes go live, I don't wanna hear, "Oh what's thisssss? I didn't want thatttttt.... " Too bad. [B]UPDATE 1[/B]: After some thinking, I think we will do a May 9th, 2024 rollout for sure. XF 2.3 is coming very, very soon now, yes, but I want to make sure the bugs are worked out of it and that the add-ons we currently use (not very much) will fully support it. That will take some time after launch. We may do the server host change earlier than that though as the Leaseweb contract is starting to get closer to renewal. [/QUOTE]
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