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What is wrong with it? Nothing loads up.

It is having issues. It is a CP thing.

Well shit.... so hard to follow the GDT with 900 people posting to it... ****ity **** ****.

Huh, didn't realize it was down. I can look into it, but it won't be today.

Bring back the is Charles done thread that was deleted.

What ???? How bout you just do your job around here and earn your check.

Should be fixed now. Somehow the main index file got deleted, but a simple re-upload took care of it.

So...turns out there's a security issue with flashchat, which really sucks because we don't have a lot of other easy options. Until we figure it out, though, chat may unfortunately not be an option during games.

I will miss you chat forever and ever.

One option is to just use some random free chat software out there in the world. We couldn't link it to vBulletin to pull in usernames and such, but it should work. Here's one I'm playing with.

http://www.chatzy.com/83514677519792

I suppose one advantage of that is that it should work fine regardless of the CP server.

Thanks for your work DaFace, no matter the outcome.

What is the current setup? 123 Flash?

What about AJAX shoutbox? MGC Chatbox?

Na, it's a shitty old flash-based chat room (appropriately called "FlashChat"). It's nice because it's one of the few free options that integrate directly with vBulletin, but it hasn't been updated since 2010 and has a known exploit out there in the world. We could technically downgrade back to an old version, but it's probably not worth it.

Really, for what we use it for, I'd bet we'd be fine just using Chatzy (or similar). It's pretty basic (not easy to "skin" to make it look Chiefs-themed). Rooms expire after 14 days of inactivity, but that would get us through the season just fine, and it's easy to re-create a room any time. Only downside would be the inability to keep banned users out or prevent fakes (like me logging in as GoChiefs for example). But...meh. I doubt that'd be a deal killer.

I looked at it, seems like a relatively simple solution to limp around with for a while.

I had edited my other post while you were responding, but I was asking about AJAX based vB chat mods like Shoutbox and MGC Chatbox as potential long-term solutions. Would they offer better security? Or, are they limited by the relative insecurity of JS?

I haven't looked into them much, but the usual issue is that we're running on vBulletin 3.8, and most of the more modern mods require vB 4.0 or later. If you see a 3.8 board out there running a good chat system, definitely post a link so we can check it out.

I went ahead and made the call that we'll temporarily switch to Chatzy. The link in the header will now take you there.