FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions

[Sword Saint]

In this thread you can ask questions of the staff concerning board policy and functions in order to receive a reply that all might see and benefit from.  Obviously, we expect this thread to stay on-topic at all times to avoid clutter.

[Crystal Shards]

Are YouTube videos allowed to be posted in the CD in the interest of humor/discussion?

~Crystal

[Sword Saint]

Yes, provided they don't violate any content rules.

[Ayanami]

There is a couple of questions that I would like to ask and that is why the Veterens does not have a different color upon their screen names as thier screen name color is the same as a regular members' which is white? Shouldn't they have a different color to make them more special?

[Lord Glenn]

It's because there would be too many colors in the active users list if they were added for any of the other groups than the staff. (They also wouldn't get the signature "blue gray" color that was used on FESS3/2/4, since blue is being used by Lieutenants.) Not to mention, their Veteran usergroup icons are enough to separate them from everyone else.

[Balcerzak]

Do any of the staff/administrators/etc. have access to our passwords?  In other words, is it safe (well as save as it ever is) to use our FESS password as a password for other fora?

[Furby]

Do any of the staff/administrators/etc. have access to our passwords?  In other words, is it safe (well as save as it ever is) to use our FESS password as a password for other fora?

Technically, yes. However, the only one who really could is 'Bus, since he hosts the server we're on.

However, there's little need to worry, since 'Bus couldn't care less about what we do on other boards, unless it has something directly to do with FESS.

[Superbus]

Do any of the staff/administrators/etc. have access to our passwords?  In other words, is it safe (well as save as it ever is) to use our FESS password as a password for other fora?

We can NOT view your password. They are encrypted by the system, though I'm not sure what the encryption strength is. Blacken or Togie might know better. They're encrypted at the SQL level.

We CAN change your password, but we cannot view it. So the only way I or any other admin can know your password is if it's either told to me by the user, or I make it myself.

So in other words, if I REALLY REALLY wanted to log into our SQL server, take what I'm pretty sure is a 128 bit hash and spend hours decrypting it, then yes, I technically could. But I have no interest in it, nor would I - a security engineer by trade - sacrifice my members' security like that.

[Israel011]

We can NOT view your password. They are encrypted by the system, though I'm not sure what the encryption strength is. Blacken or Togie might know better. They're encrypted at the SQL level.

We CAN change your password, but we cannot view it. So the only way I or any other admin can know your password is if it's either told to me by the user, or I make it myself.

So in other words, if I REALLY REALLY wanted to log into our SQL server, take what I'm pretty sure is a 128 bit hash and spend hours decrypting it, then yes, I technically could. But I have no interest in it, nor would I - a security engineer by trade - sacrifice my members' security like that.

Kind of relate to this.
If someone hacks into our account do we report to a mod?
Just in case this happens.

[Superbus]

If you know it happened, then yes. Before doing this, make sure to go to whatismyip.com and give us that IP; we can compare that IP to past posts.