 | Highlighted Topic Discussions  |
Posted by: Viz0n on June 9th, 2009
One of the changes coming out later this week, is highlighted topic discussions. What we are planning to do is pick a topic every week which we consider to be of great interest. Topics will range from currently event, debates, updates, exploits, ect... These topics will be displayed on the front/main page to encourage others to join in and participate.
Who knows... maybe your topic will make the front page? ;)
While we are working to edit our CMS so that we can work this new idea in, be sure to checkout this weeks topic: Open vs Closed Source : Is one more secure then the other?
| Security/Hacking Articles and Tutorials Clean Up |
Posted by: Viz0n on May 23rd, 2009
| Join The Team! |
Posted by: Viz0n on May 18th, 2009
As mentioned here, we have lots of plans in stored for r00t, and would love for you to be a part of the team which will lead the developments. While we don't have any mandatory requirements, applicants should have a desire to be in the security/hacking/technological field. Should you be interested in a field, please send me a pm and we will get back to you at the earliest time.
All applicants will be screened by current staff and respected community members(members with a community rank of 6 and above), and the top picks will become the new official team members in the areas that they wish to serve.
When sending your pm, please remember to include:
- Why you wish to join X team
- Why you believe you would be good
- What you have currently done for r00t.
- And anything else that you wish to say. ;)
Positions
Forum/Community ModeratorDescription
As a Forum/Community Moderator, your job will be to watch over the forums and ensure that topics are in their correct forums, spam and crap posts are deleted, members are kept in line, and that the community is kept in good condition, while helping with growth and development.
Tasks- View the forum a several times a day
- Move/Delete topics as required
- Ban spammers/abusive members looking to cause trouble
- Encourage community growth and development
Database MaintainerDescription
As a Database Maintainer, you will have complete control and administration powers over Database material to help keep the database clean, organized, and growing. You will also be required to help with submitting content to the system.
Tasks- View submitted content on a daily basis and sort/accept/deny entries
- Submit content to help grow the database
Wiki/r00tpedia MaintainerDescription
As a Wiki/r00tpedia Maintainer, you will have complete control over maintaining content and doing most of the work when submitting and laying out content. Previous wiki experience is a major plus.
Tasks- Manage and organize content on the Wiki
- Submit, edit, and remove content as needed
Please keep in mind that ANYONE can submit content to the database and wiki, but the maintainers job is to keep everything organized, clean, and growing.
| r00t Development 2.2 (updated daily) |
Posted by: Viz0n on April 25th, 2009
After some thinking and our decision to make r00t more "community" ran, it made sense to keep all development plans and discussions in public. Therefore, this topic will be used for planning, ideas, and progress updates. As always, the entire community is welcomed and encouraged to chime in.
Currently, we are working on getting a bunch of ideas together before we start development early this summer.
Development Plans/Ideas
/r00t/- Configure Weekly/Daily poll, quote, tip to change
- Get more news added to the front page. Important developments for example.
- New Team Color ideas.
- Allow the ability to change the entire r00t network site with .css file, and allow users to run their own CSS style, giving them control on how they wish r00t to look(must be logged in).
/r00tpedia/- Upload the old database, files, and connect the user to the forum account.
- Put together a dedicated wiki team to help grow and expand the wiki with information ranging from security to hacking hardware devices
/db/- Put together a dedicated wiki team to help grow and expand the database with source code and open source security tools for download
- Improve the submission system so that it is more user friendly.
- IDEA: Include the name of the user who sent in the submission so that award can be given based on submissions?
- IDEA: Based on submissions, give power to control the database(edit, modify).
- Award Article Medals based on the number of personal guides/articles submitted(original work).
/links/- Setup a cron php script to wipe all in/out every month
- Automate the sign up process
- ERROR: When links come in and out, don't show/load the links page
Community Goals- Encourage the posting of new topics and ideas
- Build up a bigger affiliate list with more sites to create a network connection
- Get more members on IRC for more live action chatting
| Downtime.... |
Posted by: Viz0n on April 23rd, 2009
Anyway, I've got r00tsec on a temporary server for the time being till we get the funds to put it on it's own server. Basically, SG rm -rf'd their server without telling me, but we are back up.
| UPDATE: Plans in the making |
Posted by: Viz0n on April 3rd, 2009
Starting now, r00tsecurity will start getting reorganized and redeveloped and ready to burst into full operating potential come this summer. The start of this year has been slow mostly due to me spending most if not all of my time on SolidNode.com. Now that SolidNode is almost stable and able to run on it's own power, I'll be able to start focusing on r00tsecurity again.
What are our plans? One of them will be to finish the database project and get a stable team put together for that system alone, and keep it rolling. r00tsecurity is a community and I want to make it more community ran. Basically, as you gain reputation and rank in the community, you will gain more power and control to help guide the community in it's mission to achieve it's goal to become the #1 site for security and technology discussions on the net.
How can you help and start getting involved? We plan to put together an official r00t team by early May, so for anyone who is looking to get involved with r00t, during the month of April is your chance to let us know and show you want to be on the team(s). By being active(posting new topics and posts, helping answer questions, and other tasks which help grow the community), will help put you on the draft list of possible candidates to be chosen.
| Greetz out to the following: |
Posted by: Viz0n on March 18th, 2009
I figure it is time that we all recognize all of the people who have helped keep r00tsecurity on the web over the past year!
ElectRo - The kitties thank you for you major donations and hope that you have been having a great time at basic training and can't wait till you come back!
agriloan - <3 this guy. He donated a $100 when we really needed it the most! Kitties thank you a lot!
Tully - From ZeroDayExile.com for $85 in supporting the kittens!
g0hn - Thanks for the $200 donations over the past several months, they have been a great help in keeping the server up!
GoneGirl - Yes, you are a girl, but the $150 has played a major part in helping us!
slinky - for his $5 donation to the community!
dell23 - for his $1.50 donation to help the kittens.
Haxd4x - For buying the kittens $5 worth of MeowMix!
I know there are some others and I'm sorry if I have forgotten you, but please send me a PM and I'll get you listed! The kittens thank you for your support!
NOTICE: Kitties are giving out DEDICATED ACCESS to anyone who donates
| r00t IRC goes "Scene Ran" |
Posted by: Viz0n on February 2nd, 2009
In order to better connect to "The Scene" and create a bigger community, we have decided to make our IRC Channel more community friendly.
Some of the changes will be that instead of just r00tsecurity running the channel alone, owners of other well known and respected communities(non skid) will also have administrator powers in the channel. Opers[+o] will then become the administrators of such communities, and HalfOp[+h] will be other staff/team members. Finally. Voice[+v] will be respected and known members from "The Scene".
While some people may worry that this change will be bad, I believe it will play a major part in connecting to the communities, encouraging communication, and setting the standards in The Scene.
Owners[+q] will be r00tsecurity community staff, which will consist of ViSiOn and DeLusion`, and they have the final say regarding ANY situation/issue.
In order for you to get involved as one of the admins for the channel, you and your community/site needs to be involved with the channel. This means idling on the channel and letting the community get to know you.
Note for those with +a: Please read the topic posted in "The Scene" forum for rules and guidelines.
http://r00tsecurity.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=8900
Be sure to start encouraging your members to come by and idle!
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| Quote of the Week |
ViSiOn: Sean, how is MeOS 5.6 treating you as an OS? :p
Sean: It's not bad actually. kernel exploit came out the other day tho it's patched something with the purring module had a buffer overflow
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Use strong passwords: Even if your hash gets dumped, it will be a pain to crack and in most cases will get skipped over.
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