Just wanted to correct a mistake in what I wrote above. Obviously you can't clear the password hashes while retaining a link between people and their accounts, so it would more accurately be stated as all accounts are gone and you have to create a new account.
On Tue, Jul 6, 2021 at 12:42 AM Robert Levy <r.p.l...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Alan, > > Just as a thought. If it's minimal work on your end (eg. if the folks > from Roam research who chimed in above pick it up) why not clear the > password hashes and let the new maintainer handle the communication that > passwords need to be reset? > > Rob > > On Sun, Jul 4, 2021 at 1:26 PM Alan Malloy <malloyal...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> TL;DR: Turning off 4clojure.com by the end of July 2021 >> >> Hello, 4clojure problem solvers. You've probably noticed SSL errors on >> 4clojure.com over the last week. The old decrepit system 4clojure runs >> on has finally gotten out of date enough that I can't even figure out how >> to get it recent enough that SSL certs will auto-renew anymore. >> >> In principle I could start from scratch on a new server and move 4clojure >> over, but I won't. 4clojure has been piggybacking along on a server that I >> use for personal reasons, and over the years I have less and less reason to >> keep paying for that server - it's now pretty much just 4clojure costing me >> an embarrassing amount of money every month because I haven't wanted to >> disappoint the community by shutting it down. This SSL thing is just what >> made me finally pull the trigger. >> >> I don't have a specific EOL date in mind, but sometime near the end of >> the month, since that's the billing cycle. Until that time, 4clojure still >> works, as long as you don't mind clicking through the security warnings - >> it really is still me hosting the site, and since the connection is still >> HTTPS (albeit with an invalid cert) I think that means your data is still >> safe. If you have solutions to problems you're proud of, you've still got >> some time to print them out and put them up on your refrigerator. >> >> I'm not seeking new maintainers. I'd feel uncomfortable handing over a >> database with so many email addresses and password hashes in it to anyone. >> The service has had a good run - just over a decade since the first >> release >> <https://github.com/4clojure/4clojure/commit/ff457d0b3b5f5e5a74316a1747809c25b84b3b5e>. >> I hope you enjoyed it during that time. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "Clojure" group. >> To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com >> Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with >> your first post. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Clojure" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/clojure/385cdef8-fa40-47ba-b5b1-0b3a7cc34935n%40googlegroups.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/clojure/385cdef8-fa40-47ba-b5b1-0b3a7cc34935n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/clojure/CAEToNjiTvXHpZj653-Urho1Z7r7%2BXKU6u%2BxZ-ihob%2BQE_3WCjQ%40mail.gmail.com.
