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Quite a bit earlier than originally planned, the first Release Candidate for Geeklog 1.3.11 is now available for download.

Geeklog 1.3.11 is effectively a bugfix release over 1.3.10 and is intended to replace it. The change in the version number was necessary since one of the bugfixes involves a change in the database.

It also ensures compatibility with PHP 4.1.x, fixes a bug in the archiving option, several bugs in the calendar, and a host of other fixes

We intend to release the final version of 1.3.11 before the end of the year, so feedback on how this Release Candidate performs would be welcome. Since there weren't any changes in the themes, language files, or config.php, updates should be relatively painless. As usual, the file docs/changed-files provides a list of all the files that actually changed.

This isn't exactly Geeklog-related, but since quite a few sites seem to be running phpBB (with or without the phpBBBridge), I'd like to point out that there's a worm going around at the moment that exploits a bug in phpBB versions 2.0.10 and earlier.

This seems to be the first time (at least that I'm aware of) that an automatic exploit for a web application is in the wild. The worm uses Google to search for phpBB boards, infects them, and then continues to spread from there. Infected sites show a red text "NeverEverNoSanity WebWorm Generation" (followed by a number) on a black background. More information about the worm can be found in the usual places, e.g. Bugtraq.

So to all phpBB users out there: Upgrade to phpBB 2.0.11 ASAP.

Update: According to F-Secure, Google is now blocking the requests of the worm (dubbed "Santy"), which should stop it for now (until a new worm comes, that uses another search engine ...). It's still strongly recommended to update phpBB, of course.

The official release version of Geeklog 1.3.10 is now finally available for download. Thanks to everyone who contributed code, ideas, criticism, and time for testing the release candidates.

A quick recap of some of the new features: New default theme (HTML compliant, at last), SpamX plugin included, story archive option, editable story IDs, autolinks, and more.

We hope you'll like it.