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This vendor risk report is based on UpGuard’s continuous monitoring of Muck Rack's security posture using open-source, commercial, and proprietary threat intelligence feeds. The results are summarized into a security rating based on the analysis of hundreds of individual checks across five risk categories: website security, email security, phishing & malware, brand & reputation risk, and network... Security problems are, fortunately, rather rare on MUCKs. Most MUCKs function — quite successfully — in a climate of trust, but giving thought to security issues is one of your responsibilities as an administrator. The issues are magnified if you become an administrator on a large MUCK, or if your MUCK attracts a sizeable player base. In this section, `security' is meant as `protection against unauthorized modification or destruction of the database itself, or of database objects'.

This is somewhat different than the related issue of privacy. Privacy issues are discussed in Section 5.2.4. Being able to log onto the server account the MUCK is run from is the trump card of all security concerns. With access to this account, someone bent on mischief or destruction can do anything: change God's password, alter logs, or destroy the database and all backups. Someone bent on safeguarding the MUCK can undo any damage: no matter what has gone wrong or been destroyed on the MUCK, the world can be restored to sane and healthy condition by restoring... So, control over and awareness of who has access to this account is the foremost security concern.

If you own the machine the MUCK runs on, and are able and willing to do all site administration tasks, the issue is considerably simplified: don't give anyone else the password to the account. For most MUCKs, the situation is a bit more murky. Often someone else owns the machine. Sometimes the site administrator is a wizard on the MUCK, but only marginally involved in its day-to-day affairs. Sometimes several staff members end up having access to the account: God has access because it is, after all, her world; the site admin has access because it is, after all, his computer; the... (For some things, you can enlist server-side help from staff members without giving them access to the account.

For example, a separate account could be set up for the security wiz, and you could copy the log back ups to a directory in that account, rather than game/logs. A separate account can be set up for the wizard who does character creation, with char requests to be mailed there, or mail can be forwarded to her.)

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This Vendor Risk Report Is Based On UpGuard’s Continuous Monitoring

This vendor risk report is based on UpGuard’s continuous monitoring of Muck Rack's security posture using open-source, commercial, and proprietary threat intelligence feeds. The results are summarized into a security rating based on the analysis of hundreds of individual checks across five risk categories: website security, email security, phishing & malware, brand & reputation risk, and network.....

This Is Somewhat Different Than The Related Issue Of Privacy.

This is somewhat different than the related issue of privacy. Privacy issues are discussed in Section 5.2.4. Being able to log onto the server account the MUCK is run from is the trump card of all security concerns. With access to this account, someone bent on mischief or destruction can do anything: change God's password, alter logs, or destroy the database and all backups. Someone bent on safegu...

If You Own The Machine The MUCK Runs On, And

If you own the machine the MUCK runs on, and are able and willing to do all site administration tasks, the issue is considerably simplified: don't give anyone else the password to the account. For most MUCKs, the situation is a bit more murky. Often someone else owns the machine. Sometimes the site administrator is a wizard on the MUCK, but only marginally involved in its day-to-day affairs. Somet...

For Example, A Separate Account Could Be Set Up For

For example, a separate account could be set up for the security wiz, and you could copy the log back ups to a directory in that account, rather than game/logs. A separate account can be set up for the wizard who does character creation, with char requests to be mailed there, or mail can be forwarded to her.)