WEEKLY TCCOM REPORT #83

FROM: TCCOM/HA Elwood the Brave DATE SUBMITTED: 19th November 2016

NEWS HEADLINES

* heavy database attacks - continuing * HA Anahorn Dempsey stepping down at the end of the year * Hammer COM open for applications * Hammer MShipE processed

OVERVIEW

Here we go with another TCCOM report. Last weekend started a huge attack on the TIE Corps database with an SQL injection attack and heavy changes to the data displayed on our website. At first glance we were able to restore those changed/damaged data from a backup automatic taken by the server. For a couple of days no further attack/changed data occurred, and we thought that with some slight changes to the security of our website we were safe for now. Apparently we were wrong. The attack continued yesterday, right in time after I gave the green light for using the database again. This means that we'll have to live without a working safe database a while longer. Grand Admiral Rapier, High Admiral Zsinj, High Admiral Anahorn Dempsey and the TCCS are working on a solution. Please let them work it out. They have a plan and are working hard on it with all the free time they have beside job and family used for this project. Until they are done we'll handle activity tracking manually with mails, again, as it has been done in the early days of this community. Everyone that did something, please make sure to mail it to your direct superior. He'll track it and make a weekly report about his subordinates activities to his superior. Still every pilot should keep pilot files and MP match screenshots for submission to the database once we have a working and safe database again. For competitions that rely on our database activity tracking using our different killboards, those are be on hold until we've solved the database issues. As soon as he database goes life again the TCCS together with the persons responsible for these comps will take a look at the comps and see how we'll handle those and the activities during the absence of a working database. All competitions that don't rely on the killboards should be no problem. Just send your submissions for those to the person(s) running those competitions. If you don't have the mail address of the one hosting a competition, just send a mail to the TIE Corps mailing list asking who is responsible for that competition. I am sure that the person responsible will get back to you soon and tell you how to get your submission to him. One more thing about the database issue. The work on this database is and always was voluntary work done by a very limited number of people that volunteered for doing it. They did it in their limited free time with a full time job and family. There haven't been many people volunteering for this job in the past and I am very grateful for those that did and that did all the work that has been done without asking for anything in return. Yes, there have been security issues with what they've done. Maybe others might have not made these mistake. But we only had those people that made those mistakes do all the work that had to be done. I think we should all be grateful for the job our database admins have done, past and present. All of them. Of course we can all discus the security issues, of course we can discus the look and feel of the site, of course we can discus about everything. In the end all that matters is how we do it and if we did it in time, the right time. So let's not blame people that sacrificed a great amount of their rare free time time for our community for mistakes they made, please. If you have good ideas how to treat the actual database issue or if you want to help with doing something concrete, mail the responsible people (Rapier, Zsinj and Dempsey) directly, cc'ing me and the SOO. We are always grateful for help. But that database wasn't the only issue the TCCS had to deal with lately. High Admiral Anahorn Dempsey has expressed the intention to step down from the Hammer COM position by the end of the year. Because of this, we're looking for a replacement that will take over as Hammer COM at the beginning of 2017. If you think you got what it takes to command your own ISD, send an application to me, cc'ing the SOO. Minimum reqirements: * SM/4 (or equivalent) * succesfull ToD of at least 4 month in a command position in the past The first MShipE for this evaluation round has been processed, but due to the database issues the medals will not be handed out before we're done with the database fixes.

PROMOTIONS / RANK CHANGES

NONE

TRANSFERS

NONE

OPEN COMMAND POSITIONS

ISD II Hammer COM - applications go to the TCCOM Elwood the Brave and the SOO Pellaeon Sin Flight III Flight Leader - applications go to Sin CMDR Jarek La'an and Warrior COM Plif Theta Flight II Flight Leader - applications go to Theta CMDR Mark Schueler and Warrior COM Plif

TCCOM COMPETITIONS

TCoP - 2016 (TIE Corps on Patrol) - whole TC including TCCS last weeks mission results: TIE Free 184: ISD Challenge Resupply 1st Elwood the Brave (34,665) 2nd Coranel Both (18,010) XvT Free 133: When Corals Attack 1st Coranel Both (57,785) 2nd Elwood the Brave (50,051) XWA Free 117: TIE Fighter: Demonstration 1st Coranel Both (1184) 2nd Elwood the Brave (286) monthly standings November 2016: Coranel Both 34 (+11) points Elwood the Brave 29 (+10) points annual standings 2016: Golbez Harvey 389 points Coranel Both 317 (+11) points Anahorn Dempsey 77 points Elwood the Brave 78 (+10) points Wraith 18 points Milo Antu 13 points Repulsor 12 points Rau Aznabel 10 points Tac Balon 9 points Dan-Elin 8 points Hawkins 7 points Plif 5 points Ibram Gaunt 5 points Trideo Arkson 5 points Zeke Freeman 4 points Mark Schueler 3 points Archenksov 3 points Bodhan Grayson 2 points Ulrich Drachen 1 point Rathe Alima 1 point activity points: Coranel Both 7 points Anahorn Dempsey 3 points Elwood the Brave 2 points Wraith 2 points Repulsor 2 point Zeke Freeman 2 points Milo Antu 2 points Plif 1 point Mark Schueler 1 point Ulrich Drachen 1 point Ibram Gaunt 1 points Trideo Arkson 1 point Bodhan Grayson 1 point Dan-Elin 1 points Rathe Alima 1 point next weeks missions: TIE Free 193: Red Baron's Demise XvT Free 135: Avenger Squadron: Trial by Fire XWA Free 124: Procure the Seraph Because of the actual database issues, pilot files go directly to my inbox. Once the database is ready again, please submit those pilot files for bsf yourself. To prevent people from having issues getting the mission files from the database, I attached those to this mail.

TC COMPETITIONS

SP comps TCoP 2016 Ace of the TIE Corps MP comps MP Ace of the TIE Corps 2016 MP Co-Op Ace of the TIE Corps 2016 TIE Corps on Recon 2016 TIE Corps vs. AI (TCAI) COO's Star Wars Challenge; Episode II COO Monthly Assignment: SC: PvP Efficiency TIE Corps on Mission (TCoM) - November mobile game comps NONE other comps Dempsey's Weekly Screenshots COO Riddle A TIE Corps Story On The Outside Looking In

SHIP / WING / SQUADRON Comps

Hammer comps Hammer's SP Pilot of the Month Hammer's MP Pilot of the Month Hammer squadron comps Alpha Dog of the Month Alpha Trivia Beta Pilot of the Month Delta Weekly Trivia 2016 Epsilon Scholar of the Month Epsilon Weekly Trivia 2016 Epsilon SP Ace of the Month 2016 Epsilon MP Ace of the Month 2016 Epsilon November Strategos Warrior comps Warrior Trivia Chapter Five Warrior squadron comps Sinner's Delight 2016

TC/EH Combat Events

COO's Monthly Challenge 2016 - November

TCCOM'S ACTIVITIES

Mail activity TIE Free 184 XvT Free 133 XWA Free 117 played 22:08 hours of SC played 11:55 hours of BF3 played 2:25 hours of STO FCHG Rank: Archon (4,094 points) Combat Rating: Top Ace 4th (2,959 points) [TOP GUN of the TIE Corps] COOP/PVE Rating: Ace Ranger 1st (4,148 points)

FINAL WORDS

Stay tuned, we'll get the database issues fixed as soon as possible. We'll keep you informed. Until then please follow Colonel Madon's advice not to put any information on our database, prevent scripts from our site being executed on your browser and treat the TC and EH website with utmost precaution. respectfully submitted Woody TCCOM/HA Elwood the Brave/TC-1/ISD II Challenge IC/GOE/GSx4/SSx14/BSx21/PCx20/ISMx21/IS-3PW-54GW-192SW-292BW-14SR-30BR/MoI/MoT-3bh/LoC-PSx5-RSx2-CSx3-Rx4/LoS-PSx8-TS-CSx9-Rx3/DFC-BW-Rx3/MoC-3doc-3poc-4goc-5soc-36boc/CoLx6/CoB/LoAx2/OV-16E [ARCN] [Top Ace 4th] [Ace Ranger 1st] TOP GUN of the TIE Corps [07/2015 - 06/2016] [10/2016 - today] - Ace of the TIE Corps [2012] - MP Ace of the TIE Corps [2015] - MP COOP Ace of the TIE Corps [2015] {IU:C/TC, C/DB, C/DIR, S, XWAC, KRATH, OBELISK, SITH, UL, REP, SM2, SM3, SM4, WM, IO, BTL, AIM, M1, M2, ICQ, MS1, CBX, DW, FLA, LIN, GFX, IBX, PHP, VBS, XML, HIST, INO, INTEL, PRER, GR, MAN1, MAN2, WKS, AF, DL, JO1, RG, HAD, GHA, THR, OSS, INTC, CRD, EJE, TD, FT, MI, SPW, SN1, SMA, SN2, SN3, SN4, SU, CC, VS1, VS2, VS3, VS4, ESET, ESET, ISET, AWAK, BWAK, XWAK, YWAK, AT1, DT1, DT2, CM1, CM2, ARTY1, LSC, LST, TLC, 2, BFM, SFT, EAW, STM, XWAI, XTT, TIE, SC, HTML/1, HTML/2, SFW, ARG/1, 1, 1, MCBS, XAM, XMD}