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User:DarkXander/Meetfurries.com

2015-01-26T21:42:40Z

68.14.248.244: Created page with 'MeetFurries.com can be added to the list of Furry Dating sites being used to Scam Furrys and rape away their hard earned money with little to nothing in return. They are oper...'

MeetFurries.com can be added to the list of Furry Dating sites being used to Scam Furrys and rape away their hard earned money with little to nothing in return.

They are operated by datingvip.com which is not a furry organization at all. Just another scammer who farms whatever market they can find.

It is my hope someone else will re-form this article in the proper scheme, i am just providing the information for it and sources.

I will provide a youtube video that also proves that they flat out lie about their local member counts using a random number generator.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOmpXojpPl0

Also providing a screenshot that shows that their "upgrade to premium" page shows the site is actually hosted on datingvip.com, and that their pricing is robbery even if they were really providing a usefull services. They charge you to send messages of any kind....
http://furrtrax.com/meetfurries.PNG

i created the account, DontScamFurries as a free account, and it immediatly pulled me to that upgrade page, before i was even able to view anything, or enter profile information of any kind.

FurrTrax

2014-10-24T19:33:47Z

68.14.248.244: /* Hardware */

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{{unref}}
{{Infobox website
| title = FurrTrax
| image = [[File:FurrTraxLogo.png|225px]]
| caption =
| author = * '''Owner:''' [[DarkXander]]
* '''Administrators''': [[DarkXander]], [[Kovu]], [[Foxxer (USA)|Foxxer]]
* '''Moderators''': [[Lucas Villan]], [[Loki]], [[Sickle]], [[Pandora]], [[Tailz]], [[Rafe]], [[Leon Schafer]], [[Unicorn]], [[Siris]]
| url = http://www.furrtrax.com/
* http://furrtrax.com/furrtrax/login.php#_modules (mobile site)
| status = Online
| began = May 20, 2013
| ended =
| genre = Social network
| rating = [[File:Censor NC17 button.png]]
}}
'''FurrTrax''' is a [[W:social networking service|social networking]] and [[W:Mass collaboration|collaboration site]] to help members of the [[furry fandom]] organize, plan events, make friends, find other [[furries]] in their local areas, and those with similar interests.

The site is also accessible on [[W:smartphones|smartphones]] and [[W:Tablet computer|tablets]] via its own mobile portal and a dedicated [[W:Android (operating system)|Android]] [[W:Mobile app|app]].

== History ==

For a long time the furry community had been very scattered,{{clarify}} and attempts by similar projects such as [[YiFFr]]<ref name="Yiffr fails">[https://twitter.com/Yiffr/status/314157169106898945 YiFFR Discontinued]</ref>, while good intentioned, failed due to lack of maintenance, upkeep, etc.

When the strongest of the remaining projects ('''YiFFr''') went down permanently, it became clear another option was necessary and fast. Two weeks after the failure of YiFFr, the very first core program and associated [[W:MySQL|MySQL]] backend for the FurrTrax project were born. First starting out as a mobile website only, which still exists today. With the second revision of the core program and database schema chatrooms were added, customizable user profile pages were added, and a bunch of minor [[W:XSS|XSS]] and MySQL injection flaws were fixed up with the help of several members for security testing efforts.

Three weeks after the failure of YiFFr, the [[W:Alpha (programming language)|alpha]] version of the FurrTrax android app was released, which was little more then a browser launcher that opened the Mobile site. At the second month of operations, a more functional app version was released which while still relying on the mobile website, was not a launcher. It was in of itself a separate browser program just for FurrTrax. The app also was given the ability to submit [[W:GPS|GPS]] location data to determine the distance between the site's users, and helping members locate nearby potential friends.

* June 11, 2013 - FurrTrax was hit with its first internet based attack originating from Japan, from several IP Ranges.<ref>[http://furrtrax.com/indexsub.php?module=newsview&id=7 ''Trend Micro attempts to access FurrTrax Server.''] post by DarkXander on [[FurrTrax]]. Posted June 11, 2013. Retrieved November 20, 2013.</ref> The IP Ranges were soon traced back to [http://www.trendmicro.com/us/index.html Trend Micro]'s Japanese datacenter. While the exact intent for the attack remains a mystery, they were attempting to access the chat log files stored in a secondary directory which was protected from outside access. This however did not stop them from continuing to try to guess URLs inside the folder for a number of hours until DarkXander was able to find a working telephone number for the Japanese branch of Trend Micro and question them why they were attempting to gain access to a protected section of the FurrTrax server. After a threat of legal action by DarkXander(owner), Trend Micro Japan confirmed their servers were the source of the attack, but claimed no knowledge of why it was happening, and hinted it was probably some sort of malfunction. It has now come to light that these unauthorized access attempts were a security test being conducted by Trend Micro without authorization of FurrTrax, for their SiteSafety Product<ref>[http://global.sitesafety.trendmicro.com/result.php?urlname=http://furrtrax.com ''Trend Micro Result of Un-Authorized Security Test of FurrTrax.com''] Discovered by DarkXander October 24, 2014</ref>
* June 20, 2013 - FurrTrax.com was launched with 75% of the working functionality of the mobile app, but missing a main site logo.<ref>[http://furrtrax.com/indexsub.php?module=newsview&id=9 ''FurrTrax Website Launched''] post by DarkXander on FurrTrax. Posted June 20, 2013. Retrieved November 20, 2013.</ref> This made the service usable from both mobile devices and standard computers.
* July 17, 2013 -FurrTrax steadily keeps increasing its user base, caping at 2000 members in a month and a half.<ref>[http://furrtrax.com/indexsub.php?module=newsview&id=12 ''2000 Members''] post by DarkXander on FurrTrax. Posted July 17, 2013. Retrieved November 20, 2013.</ref> By then it became increasingly clear that the systems own popularity may eventually lead to a overload on the server, to combat this, all MySQL transactions were optimized and streamlined and many queries were combined to save [[W:CPU|CPU]] cycles. At the same time another round of security testing was carried out,y and many small and medium sized vulnerabilities in the system were corrected.
* August 17, 2013 - Datacenter upgrades were completed for the FurrTrax server,<ref>[http://furrtrax.com/indexsub.php?module=newsview&id=16 ''SpeedTest Result after Datacenter Upgrades''] post by DarkXander on FurrTrax. Posted August 17, 2013. Retrieved November 20, 2013.</ref> including a massive increase in bandwidth to support higher membership levels, the following is a speedtest.net result taken from the actual FurrTrax server from inside the datacenter.
* September 12, 2013 - FurrTrax had its first unplanned downtime when the emergency system shutdown was tripped due to a cooling system failure.<ref>[http://furrtrax.com/indexsub.php?module=newsview&id=22 ''Site Downtime Earlier today''] post by DarkXander on FurrTrax. Posted September 12, 2013. Retrieved November 20, 2013.</ref> All systems shut down before any heat problems could occur, and all systems came back up about an hour later once the faulty cooling system in the rack was replaced.
* May 20, 2014 - <ref>[http://furrtrax.com/7777.png ''FurrTrax hits 7777 Members in early morning hours''] Screenshot by DarkXander on May 20, 2014.</ref>FurrTrax hits 7777 Members in early morning hours.
* October 15, 2014 - <ref name="securityflaw">[http://furrtrax.com/uploads/1/furrtraxsecurityauditcensored.PNG ''FurrTrax Security minorly compromised, Chatrooms Flooded''] Screenshot by DarkXander on Sept 30, 2014.</ref>FurrTrax Security recently compromised resulting in the flooding of chatrooms with random posts by unknown assailant, No data was stolen but chatrooms were mildly defaced. A independent security audit Conducted by [http://www.beyondsecurity.com/ ''Beyond Security''] found some underlying Security Flaws<ref name="securityflaw" />. All medium and high level security flaws were fixed by the end of the same day by DarkXander<ref name="securityfixed">[http://furrtrax.com/uploads/1/furrtraxsecurityauditsecured.PNG ''FurrTrax Security Scores 100% after Fixes by DarkXander''] Screenshot by DarkXander on Sept 30, 2014.</ref>. FurrTrax Security is now tested frequently to ensure safe use for all members<ref name="securitydaily">[http://www.beyondsecurity.com/vulnerability-scanner-verification/furrtrax.com ''FurrTrax Daily Security Report'']</ref>.
* October 16, 2014 - <ref>[http://furrtrax.com/indexsub.php?module=newsview&id=90 ''FurrTrax finishes Member Groups functions in Website and Mobile''] Post by DarkXander on Oct 14, 2014.</ref>Members can now create Member Group pages somewhat simular to Facebook to discuss and promote their topics of interest and promote discussion of such.

== Hardware ==

The FurrTrax [[W:Computer|rig]], a [[W:Multi-core processor|Quad Core System]] with [[W:Gigabyte|16GB]] of [[W:Random-access memory|RAM]], and a [[W:Terabyte|1TB]] total [[W:Solid-state_drive|Solid State Drive]] storage system, was built in its entirety by DarkXander on [[W:Linux|Linux]] using [[W:PHP|PHP]], [[W:Java_(programming_language)|Java]], and MySQL. All PHP programming was written from scratch in [[W:Gedit|Linux G-Edit]].

FurrTrax was originally Stored on a 2TB [[W:RAID|RAID]] System but the system began to encounter frequent errors, and traffic was approaching the limit of the systems [[W:Input/output|I/O]] speed, so the FurrTrax server was upgraded to All Solid State Drives for their higher reliability and greater I/O Speed Capacity.

FurrTrax does not use or rely on any third party frameworks, [[W:Content_management_system|CMS systems]], or [[W:Library (computing)|libraries]]. As all the code was written from scratch, and not publicly released, It provided a added layer of security since no one other then DarkXander knows how the Programming and MySQL systems truly function. The server is hosted in a PhoenixNAP Datacenter in Phoenix, Arizona.

== References ==
<REFERENCES/>

== External Links ==

* [https://www.facebook.com/groups/furrtrax/ FurrTrax] on [[Facebook]]
* [http://twitter.com/furrtrax/ FurrTrax] on [[Twitter]]
* [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=appinventor.ai_masterxbkc.FurrTraxFull FurrTrax Android app] at [[W:Google Play|Google Play]]

{{website-stub}}
[[Category:Social networking websites]]
[[Category:2013 births]]

FurrTrax

2014-10-24T19:24:06Z

68.14.248.244:

{{cleanup}}
{{unref}}
{{Infobox website
| title = FurrTrax
| image = [[File:FurrTraxLogo.png|225px]]
| caption =
| author = * '''Owner:''' [[DarkXander]]
* '''Administrators''': [[DarkXander]], [[Kovu]], [[Foxxer (USA)|Foxxer]]
* '''Moderators''': [[Lucas Villan]], [[Loki]], [[Sickle]], [[Pandora]], [[Tailz]], [[Rafe]], [[Leon Schafer]], [[Unicorn]], [[Siris]]
| url = http://www.furrtrax.com/
* http://furrtrax.com/furrtrax/login.php#_modules (mobile site)
| status = Online
| began = May 20, 2013
| ended =
| genre = Social network
| rating = [[File:Censor NC17 button.png]]
}}
'''FurrTrax''' is a [[W:social networking service|social networking]] and [[W:Mass collaboration|collaboration site]] to help members of the [[furry fandom]] organize, plan events, make friends, find other [[furries]] in their local areas, and those with similar interests.

The site is also accessible on [[W:smartphones|smartphones]] and [[W:Tablet computer|tablets]] via its own mobile portal and a dedicated [[W:Android (operating system)|Android]] [[W:Mobile app|app]].

== History ==

For a long time the furry community had been very scattered,{{clarify}} and attempts by similar projects such as [[YiFFr]]<ref name="Yiffr fails">[https://twitter.com/Yiffr/status/314157169106898945 YiFFR Discontinued]</ref>, while good intentioned, failed due to lack of maintenance, upkeep, etc.

When the strongest of the remaining projects ('''YiFFr''') went down permanently, it became clear another option was necessary and fast. Two weeks after the failure of YiFFr, the very first core program and associated [[W:MySQL|MySQL]] backend for the FurrTrax project were born. First starting out as a mobile website only, which still exists today. With the second revision of the core program and database schema chatrooms were added, customizable user profile pages were added, and a bunch of minor [[W:XSS|XSS]] and MySQL injection flaws were fixed up with the help of several members for security testing efforts.

Three weeks after the failure of YiFFr, the [[W:Alpha (programming language)|alpha]] version of the FurrTrax android app was released, which was little more then a browser launcher that opened the Mobile site. At the second month of operations, a more functional app version was released which while still relying on the mobile website, was not a launcher. It was in of itself a separate browser program just for FurrTrax. The app also was given the ability to submit [[W:GPS|GPS]] location data to determine the distance between the site's users, and helping members locate nearby potential friends.

* June 11, 2013 - FurrTrax was hit with its first internet based attack originating from Japan, from several IP Ranges.<ref>[http://furrtrax.com/indexsub.php?module=newsview&id=7 ''Trend Micro attempts to access FurrTrax Server.''] post by DarkXander on [[FurrTrax]]. Posted June 11, 2013. Retrieved November 20, 2013.</ref> The IP Ranges were soon traced back to [http://www.trendmicro.com/us/index.html Trend Micro]'s Japanese datacenter. While the exact intent for the attack remains a mystery, they were attempting to access the chat log files stored in a secondary directory which was protected from outside access. This however did not stop them from continuing to try to guess URLs inside the folder for a number of hours until DarkXander was able to find a working telephone number for the Japanese branch of Trend Micro and question them why they were attempting to gain access to a protected section of the FurrTrax server. After a threat of legal action by DarkXander(owner), Trend Micro Japan confirmed their servers were the source of the attack, but claimed no knowledge of why it was happening, and hinted it was probably some sort of malfunction. It has now come to light that these unauthorized access attempts were a security test being conducted by Trend Micro without authorization of FurrTrax, for their SiteSafety Product<ref>[http://global.sitesafety.trendmicro.com/result.php?urlname=http://furrtrax.com ''Trend Micro Result of Un-Authorized Security Test of FurrTrax.com''] Discovered by DarkXander October 24, 2014</ref>
* June 20, 2013 - FurrTrax.com was launched with 75% of the working functionality of the mobile app, but missing a main site logo.<ref>[http://furrtrax.com/indexsub.php?module=newsview&id=9 ''FurrTrax Website Launched''] post by DarkXander on FurrTrax. Posted June 20, 2013. Retrieved November 20, 2013.</ref> This made the service usable from both mobile devices and standard computers.
* July 17, 2013 -FurrTrax steadily keeps increasing its user base, caping at 2000 members in a month and a half.<ref>[http://furrtrax.com/indexsub.php?module=newsview&id=12 ''2000 Members''] post by DarkXander on FurrTrax. Posted July 17, 2013. Retrieved November 20, 2013.</ref> By then it became increasingly clear that the systems own popularity may eventually lead to a overload on the server, to combat this, all MySQL transactions were optimized and streamlined and many queries were combined to save [[W:CPU|CPU]] cycles. At the same time another round of security testing was carried out,y and many small and medium sized vulnerabilities in the system were corrected.
* August 17, 2013 - Datacenter upgrades were completed for the FurrTrax server,<ref>[http://furrtrax.com/indexsub.php?module=newsview&id=16 ''SpeedTest Result after Datacenter Upgrades''] post by DarkXander on FurrTrax. Posted August 17, 2013. Retrieved November 20, 2013.</ref> including a massive increase in bandwidth to support higher membership levels, the following is a speedtest.net result taken from the actual FurrTrax server from inside the datacenter.
* September 12, 2013 - FurrTrax had its first unplanned downtime when the emergency system shutdown was tripped due to a cooling system failure.<ref>[http://furrtrax.com/indexsub.php?module=newsview&id=22 ''Site Downtime Earlier today''] post by DarkXander on FurrTrax. Posted September 12, 2013. Retrieved November 20, 2013.</ref> All systems shut down before any heat problems could occur, and all systems came back up about an hour later once the faulty cooling system in the rack was replaced.
* May 20, 2014 - <ref>[http://furrtrax.com/7777.png ''FurrTrax hits 7777 Members in early morning hours''] Screenshot by DarkXander on May 20, 2014.</ref>FurrTrax hits 7777 Members in early morning hours.
* October 15, 2014 - <ref name="securityflaw">[http://furrtrax.com/uploads/1/furrtraxsecurityauditcensored.PNG ''FurrTrax Security minorly compromised, Chatrooms Flooded''] Screenshot by DarkXander on Sept 30, 2014.</ref>FurrTrax Security recently compromised resulting in the flooding of chatrooms with random posts by unknown assailant, No data was stolen but chatrooms were mildly defaced. A independent security audit Conducted by [http://www.beyondsecurity.com/ ''Beyond Security''] found some underlying Security Flaws<ref name="securityflaw" />. All medium and high level security flaws were fixed by the end of the same day by DarkXander<ref name="securityfixed">[http://furrtrax.com/uploads/1/furrtraxsecurityauditsecured.PNG ''FurrTrax Security Scores 100% after Fixes by DarkXander''] Screenshot by DarkXander on Sept 30, 2014.</ref>. FurrTrax Security is now tested frequently to ensure safe use for all members<ref name="securitydaily">[http://www.beyondsecurity.com/vulnerability-scanner-verification/furrtrax.com ''FurrTrax Daily Security Report'']</ref>.
* October 16, 2014 - <ref>[http://furrtrax.com/indexsub.php?module=newsview&id=90 ''FurrTrax finishes Member Groups functions in Website and Mobile''] Post by DarkXander on Oct 14, 2014.</ref>Members can now create Member Group pages somewhat simular to Facebook to discuss and promote their topics of interest and promote discussion of such.

== Hardware ==

The FurrTrax [[W:Computer|rig]], a [[W:Multi-core processor|Quad Core System]] with [[W:Gigabyte|16GB]] of [[W:Random-access memory|RAM]], and a [[W:Terabyte|2TB]] [[W:RAID|RAID]] system, was built in its entirety by DarkXander on [[W:Linux|Linux]] using [[W:PHP|PHP]], [[W:Java_(programming_language)|Java]], and MySQL. All PHP programming was written from scratch in [[W:Gedit|Linux G-Edit]].

FurrTrax does not use or rely on any third party frameworks, [[W:Content_management_system|CMS systems]], or [[W:Library (computing)|libraries]]. As all the code was written from scratch, and not publicly released, It provided a added layer of security since no one other then DarkXander knows how the Programming and MySQL systems truly function. The server is hosted in a PhoenixNAP Datacenter in Phoenix, Arizona.

== References ==
<REFERENCES/>

== External Links ==

* [https://www.facebook.com/groups/furrtrax/ FurrTrax] on [[Facebook]]
* [http://twitter.com/furrtrax/ FurrTrax] on [[Twitter]]
* [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=appinventor.ai_masterxbkc.FurrTraxFull FurrTrax Android app] at [[W:Google Play|Google Play]]

{{website-stub}}
[[Category:Social networking websites]]
[[Category:2013 births]]

FurrTrax

2014-10-24T19:16:47Z

68.14.248.244:

{{cleanup}}
{{unref}}
{{Infobox website
| title = FurrTrax
| image = [[File:FurrTraxLogo.png|225px]]
| caption =
| author = * '''Owner:''' [[DarkXander]]
* '''Administrators''': [[DarkXander]], [[Kovu]], [[Foxxer (USA)|Foxxer]]
* '''Moderators''': [[Lucas Villan]], [[Loki]], [[Sickle]], [[Pandora]], [[Tailz]], [[Rafe]], [[Leon Schafer]], [[Unicorn]], [[Siris]]
| url = http://www.furrtrax.com/
* http://furrtrax.com/furrtrax/login.php#_modules (mobile site)
| status = Online
| began = May 20, 2013
| ended =
| genre = Social network
| rating = [[File:Censor NC17 button.png]]
}}
'''FurrTrax''' is a [[W:social networking service|social networking]] and [[W:Mass collaboration|collaboration site]] to help members of the [[furry fandom]] organize, plan events, make friends, find other [[furries]] in their local areas, and those with similar interests.

The site is also accessible on [[W:smartphones|smartphones]] and [[W:Tablet computer|tablets]] via its own mobile portal and a dedicated [[W:Android (operating system)|Android]] [[W:Mobile app|app]].

== History ==

For a long time the furry community had been very scattered,{{clarify}} and attempts by similar projects such as [[YiFFr]]<ref name="Yiffr fails">[https://twitter.com/Yiffr/status/314157169106898945 YiFFR Discontinued]</ref>, while good intentioned, failed due to lack of maintenance, upkeep, etc.

When the strongest of the remaining projects ('''YiFFr''') went down permanently, it became clear another option was necessary and fast. Two weeks after the failure of YiFFr, the very first core program and associated [[W:MySQL|MySQL]] backend for the FurrTrax project were born. First starting out as a mobile website only, which still exists today. With the second revision of the core program and database schema chatrooms were added, customizable user profile pages were added, and a bunch of minor [[W:XSS|XSS]] and MySQL injection flaws were fixed up with the help of several members for security testing efforts.

Three weeks after the failure of YiFFr, the [[W:Alpha (programming language)|alpha]] version of the FurrTrax android app was released, which was little more then a browser launcher that opened the Mobile site. At the second month of operations, a more functional app version was released which while still relying on the mobile website, was not a launcher. It was in of itself a separate browser program just for FurrTrax. The app also was given the ability to submit [[W:GPS|GPS]] location data to determine the distance between the site's users, and helping members locate nearby potential friends.

* June 11, 2013 - FurrTrax was hit with its first internet based attack originating from Japan, from several IP Ranges.<ref>[http://furrtrax.com/indexsub.php?module=newsview&id=7 ''Trend Micro attempts to access FurrTrax Server.''] post by DarkXander on [[FurrTrax]]. Posted June 11, 2013. Retrieved November 20, 2013.</ref> The IP Ranges were soon traced back to [http://www.trendmicro.com/us/index.html Trend Micro]'s Japanese datacenter. While the exact intent for the attack remains a mystery, they were attempting to access the chat log files stored in a secondary directory which was protected from outside access. This however did not stop them from continuing to try to guess URLs inside the folder for a number of hours until DarkXander was able to find a working telephone number for the Japanese branch of Trend Micro and question them why they were attempting to gain access to a protected section of the FurrTrax server. After a threat of legal action by DarkXander(owner), Trend Micro Japan confirmed their servers were the source of the attack, but claimed no knowledge of why it was happening, and hinted it was probably some sort of malfunction. It has now come to light that these unauthorized access attempts were a security test being conducted by Trend Micro without authorization of FurrTrax, for their SiteSafety Product<ref>[http://global.sitesafety.trendmicro.com/result.php?urlname=http://furrtrax.com ''Trend Micro Result of Un-Authorized Security Test of FurrTrax.com''] Discovered by DarkXander October 24, 2014</ref>
* June 20, 2013 - FurrTrax.com was launched with 75% of the working functionality of the mobile app, but missing a main site logo.<ref>[http://furrtrax.com/indexsub.php?module=newsview&id=9 ''FurrTrax Website Launched''] post by DarkXander on FurrTrax. Posted June 20, 2013. Retrieved November 20, 2013.</ref> This made the service usable from both mobile devices and standard computers.
* July 17, 2013 -FurrTrax steadily keeps increasing its user base, caping at 2000 members in a month and a half.<ref>[http://furrtrax.com/indexsub.php?module=newsview&id=12 ''2000 Members''] post by DarkXander on FurrTrax. Posted July 17, 2013. Retrieved November 20, 2013.</ref> By then it became increasingly clear that the systems own popularity may eventually lead to a overload on the server, to combat this, all MySQL transactions were optimized and streamlined and many queries were combined to save [[W:CPU|CPU]] cycles. At the same time another round of security testing was carried out,y and many small and medium sized vulnerabilities in the system were corrected.
* August 17, 2013 - Datacenter upgrades were completed for the FurrTrax server,<ref>[http://furrtrax.com/indexsub.php?module=newsview&id=16 ''SpeedTest Result after Datacenter Upgrades''] post by DarkXander on FurrTrax. Posted August 17, 2013. Retrieved November 20, 2013.</ref> including a massive increase in bandwidth to support higher membership levels, the following is a speedtest.net result taken from the actual FurrTrax server from inside the datacenter.
* September 12, 2013 - FurrTrax had its first unplanned downtime when the emergency system shutdown was tripped due to a cooling system failure.<ref>[http://furrtrax.com/indexsub.php?module=newsview&id=22 ''Site Downtime Earlier today''] post by DarkXander on FurrTrax. Posted September 12, 2013. Retrieved November 20, 2013.</ref> All systems shut down before any heat problems could occur, and all systems came back up about an hour later once the faulty cooling system in the rack was replaced.
* May 20, 2014 - <ref>[http://furrtrax.com/7777.png ''FurrTrax hits 7777 Members in early morning hours''] Screenshot by DarkXander on May 20, 2014.</ref>FurrTrax hits 7777 Members in early morning hours.
* October 15, 2014 - <ref name="securityflaw">[http://furrtrax.com/uploads/1/furrtraxsecurityauditcensored.PNG ''FurrTrax Security minorly compromised, Chatrooms Flooded''] Screenshot by DarkXander on Sept 30, 2014.</ref>FurrTrax Security recently compromised resulting in the flooding of chatrooms with random posts by unknown assailant, No data was stolen but chatrooms were mildly defaced. A independent security audit Conducted by [http://www.beyondsecurity.com/ ''Beyond Security''] found some underlying Security Flaws<ref name="securityflaw" />. All medium and high level security flaws were fixed by the end of the same day by DarkXander<ref name="securityfixed">[http://furrtrax.com/uploads/1/furrtraxsecurityauditsecured.PNG ''FurrTrax Security Scores 100% after Fixes by DarkXander''] Screenshot by DarkXander on Sept 30, 2014.</ref>. FurrTrax Security is now tested frequently to ensure safe use for all members<ref name="securitydaily">[http://www.beyondsecurity.com/vulnerability-scanner-verification/furrtrax.com ''FurrTrax Daily Security Report'']</ref>.

== Hardware ==

The FurrTrax [[W:Computer|rig]], a [[W:Multi-core processor|Quad Core System]] with [[W:Gigabyte|16GB]] of [[W:Random-access memory|RAM]], and a [[W:Terabyte|2TB]] [[W:RAID|RAID]] system, was built in its entirety by DarkXander on [[W:Linux|Linux]] using [[W:PHP|PHP]], [[W:Java_(programming_language)|Java]], and MySQL. All PHP programming was written from scratch in [[W:Gedit|Linux G-Edit]].

FurrTrax does not use or rely on any third party frameworks, [[W:Content_management_system|CMS systems]], or [[W:Library (computing)|libraries]]. As all the code was written from scratch, and not publicly released, It provided a added layer of security since no one other then DarkXander knows how the Programming and MySQL systems truly function. The server is hosted in a PhoenixNAP Datacenter in Phoenix, Arizona.

== References ==
<REFERENCES/>

== External Links ==

* [https://www.facebook.com/groups/furrtrax/ FurrTrax] on [[Facebook]]
* [http://twitter.com/furrtrax/ FurrTrax] on [[Twitter]]
* [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=appinventor.ai_masterxbkc.FurrTraxFull FurrTrax Android app] at [[W:Google Play|Google Play]]

{{website-stub}}
[[Category:Social networking websites]]
[[Category:2013 births]]

FurrTrax

2014-10-24T19:10:04Z

68.14.248.244:

{{cleanup}}
{{unref}}
{{Infobox website
| title = FurrTrax
| image = [[File:FurrTraxLogo.png|225px]]
| caption =
| author = * '''Owner:''' [[DarkXander]]
* '''Administrators''': [[DarkXander]], [[Kovu]], [[Foxxer (USA)|Foxxer]]
* '''Moderators''': [[Lucas Villan]], [[Loki]], [[Sickle]], [[Pandora]], [[Tailz]], [[Rafe]], [[Leon Schafer]], [[Unicorn]], [[Siris]]
| url = http://www.furrtrax.com/
* http://furrtrax.com/furrtrax/login.php#_modules (mobile site)
| status = Online
| began = May 20, 2013
| ended =
| genre = Social network
| rating = [[File:Censor NC17 button.png]]
}}
'''FurrTrax''' is a [[W:social networking service|social networking]] and [[W:Mass collaboration|collaboration site]] to help members of the [[furry fandom]] organize, plan events, make friends, find other [[furries]] in their local areas, and those with similar interests.

The site is also accessible on [[W:smartphones|smartphones]] and [[W:Tablet computer|tablets]] via its own mobile portal and a dedicated [[W:Android (operating system)|Android]] [[W:Mobile app|app]].

== History ==

For a long time the furry community had been very scattered,{{clarify}} and attempts by similar projects such as [[YiFFr]]<ref name="Yiffr fails">[https://twitter.com/Yiffr/status/314157169106898945 YiFFR Discontinued]</ref>, while good intentioned, failed due to lack of maintenance, upkeep, etc.

When the strongest of the remaining projects ('''YiFFr''') went down permanently, it became clear another option was necessary and fast. Two weeks after the failure of YiFFr, the very first core program and associated [[W:MySQL|MySQL]] backend for the FurrTrax project were born. First starting out as a mobile website only, which still exists today. With the second revision of the core program and database schema chatrooms were added, customizable user profile pages were added, and a bunch of minor [[W:XSS|XSS]] and MySQL injection flaws were fixed up with the help of several members for security testing efforts.

Three weeks after the failure of YiFFr, the [[W:Alpha (programming language)|alpha]] version of the FurrTrax android app was released, which was little more then a browser launcher that opened the Mobile site. At the second month of operations, a more functional app version was released which while still relying on the mobile website, was not a launcher. It was in of itself a separate browser program just for FurrTrax. The app also was given the ability to submit [[W:GPS|GPS]] location data to determine the distance between the site's users, and helping members locate nearby potential friends.

* June 11, 2013 - FurrTrax was hit with its first internet based attack originating from Japan, from several IP Ranges.<ref>[http://furrtrax.com/indexsub.php?module=newsview&id=7 ''Trend Micro attempts to access FurrTrax Server.''] post by DarkXander on [[FurrTrax]]. Posted June 11, 2013. Retrieved November 20, 2013.</ref> The IP Ranges were soon traced back to [http://www.trendmicro.com/us/index.html Trend Micro]'s Japanese datacenter. While the exact intent for the attack remains a mystery, they were attempting to access the chat log files stored in a secondary directory which was protected from outside access. This however did not stop them from continuing to try to guess URLs inside the folder for a number of hours until DarkXander was able to find a working telephone number for the Japanese branch of Trend Micro and question them why they were attempting to gain access to a protected section of the FurrTrax server. After a threat of legal action,{{fact}} Trend Micro Japan confirmed their servers were the source of the attack, but claimed no knowledge of why it was happening, and hinted it was probably some sort of malfunction. It has now come to light that these unauthorized access attempts were a security test being conducted by Trend Micro without authorization of FurrTrax, for their SiteSafety Product<ref>[http://global.sitesafety.trendmicro.com/result.php?urlname=http://furrtrax.com ''Trend Micro Result of Un-Authorized Security Test of FurrTrax.com'']</ref>
* June 20, 2013 - FurrTrax.com was launched with 75% of the working functionality of the mobile app, but missing a main site logo.<ref>[http://furrtrax.com/indexsub.php?module=newsview&id=9 ''FurrTrax Website Launched''] post by DarkXander on FurrTrax. Posted June 20, 2013. Retrieved November 20, 2013.</ref> This made the service usable from both mobile devices and standard computers.
* July 17, 2013 -FurrTrax steadily keeps increasing its user base, caping at 2000 members in a month and a half.<ref>[http://furrtrax.com/indexsub.php?module=newsview&id=12 ''2000 Members''] post by DarkXander on FurrTrax. Posted July 17, 2013. Retrieved November 20, 2013.</ref> By then it became increasingly clear that the systems own popularity may eventually lead to a overload on the server, to combat this, all MySQL transactions were optimized and streamlined and many queries were combined to save [[W:CPU|CPU]] cycles. At the same time another round of security testing was carried out,y and many small and medium sized vulnerabilities in the system were corrected.
* August 17, 2013 - Datacenter upgrades were completed for the FurrTrax server,<ref>[http://furrtrax.com/indexsub.php?module=newsview&id=16 ''SpeedTest Result after Datacenter Upgrades''] post by DarkXander on FurrTrax. Posted August 17, 2013. Retrieved November 20, 2013.</ref> including a massive increase in bandwidth to support higher membership levels, the following is a speedtest.net result taken from the actual FurrTrax server from inside the datacenter.
* September 12, 2013 - FurrTrax had its first unplanned downtime when the emergency system shutdown was tripped due to a cooling system failure.<ref>[http://furrtrax.com/indexsub.php?module=newsview&id=22 ''Site Downtime Earlier today''] post by DarkXander on FurrTrax. Posted September 12, 2013. Retrieved November 20, 2013.</ref> All systems shut down before any heat problems could occur, and all systems came back up about an hour later once the faulty cooling system in the rack was replaced.
* May 20, 2014 - <ref>[http://furrtrax.com/7777.png ''FurrTrax hits 7777 Members in early morning hours''] Screenshot by DarkXander on May 20, 2014.</ref>FurrTrax hits 7777 Members in early morning hours.
* October 15, 2014 - <ref name="securityflaw">[http://furrtrax.com/uploads/1/furrtraxsecurityauditcensored.PNG ''FurrTrax Security minorly compromised, Chatrooms Flooded''] Screenshot by DarkXander on Sept 30, 2014.</ref>FurrTrax Security recently compromised resulting in the flooding of chatrooms with random posts by unknown assailant, No data was stolen but chatrooms were mildly defaced. A independent security audit Conducted by [http://www.beyondsecurity.com/ ''Beyond Security''] found some underlying Security Flaws<ref name="securityflaw" />. All medium and high level security flaws were fixed by the end of the same day by DarkXander<ref name="securityfixed">[http://furrtrax.com/uploads/1/furrtraxsecurityauditsecured.PNG ''FurrTrax Security Scores 100% after Fixes by DarkXander''] Screenshot by DarkXander on Sept 30, 2014.</ref>. FurrTrax Security is now tested frequently to ensure safe use for all members<ref name="securitydaily">[http://www.beyondsecurity.com/vulnerability-scanner-verification/furrtrax.com ''FurrTrax Daily Security Report'']</ref>.

== Hardware ==

The FurrTrax [[W:Computer|rig]], a [[W:Multi-core processor|Quad Core System]] with [[W:Gigabyte|16GB]] of [[W:Random-access memory|RAM]], and a [[W:Terabyte|2TB]] [[W:RAID|RAID]] system, was built in its entirety by DarkXander on [[W:Linux|Linux]] using [[W:PHP|PHP]], [[W:Java_(programming_language)|Java]], and MySQL. All PHP programming was written from scratch in [[W:Gedit|Linux G-Edit]].

FurrTrax does not use or rely on any third party frameworks, [[W:Content_management_system|CMS systems]], or [[W:Library (computing)|libraries]]. As all the code was written from scratch, and not publicly released, It provided a added layer of security since no one other then DarkXander knows how the Programming and MySQL systems truly function. The server is hosted in a PhoenixNAP Datacenter in Phoenix, Arizona.

== References ==
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== External Links ==

* [https://www.facebook.com/groups/furrtrax/ FurrTrax] on [[Facebook]]
* [http://twitter.com/furrtrax/ FurrTrax] on [[Twitter]]
* [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=appinventor.ai_masterxbkc.FurrTraxFull FurrTrax Android app] at [[W:Google Play|Google Play]]

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| title = FurrTrax
| image = [[File:FurrTraxLogo.png|225px]]
| caption =
| author = * '''Owner:''' [[DarkXander]]
* '''Administrators''': [[DarkXander]], [[Kovu]], [[Foxxer (USA)|Foxxer]]
* '''Moderators''': [[Lucas Villan]], [[Loki]], [[Sickle]], [[Aliana]], [[Tailz]], [[Orion Greyheart]]
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'''FurrTrax''' is a [[W:social networking service|social networking]] and [[W:Mass collaboration|collaboration site]] to help members of the [[furry fandom]] organize, plan events, make friends, find other [[furries]] in their local areas, and those with similar interests.

The site is also accessible on [[W:smartphones|smartphones]] and [[W:Tablet computer|tablets]] via its own mobile portal and a dedicated [[W:Android (operating system)|Android]] [[W:Mobile app|app]].

== History ==

For a long time the furry community had been very scattered,{{clarify}} and attempts by similar projects such as [[YiFFr]],{{clarify}} while good intentioned, failed due to lack of maintenance, upkeep, etc.

When the strongest of the remaining projects ('''YiFFr''') went down permanently, it became clear another option was necessary and fast. Two weeks after the failure of YiFFr, the very first core program and associated [[W:MySQL|MySQL]] backend for the FurrTrax project were born. First starting out as a mobile website only, which still exists today. With the second revision of the core program and database schema chatrooms were added, customizable user profile pages were added, and a bunch of minor [[W:XSS|XSS]] and MySQL injection flaws were fixed up with the help of several members for security testing efforts.

Three weeks after the failure of YiFFr, the [[W:Alpha (programming language)|alpha]] version of the FurrTrax android app was released, which was little more then a browser launcher that opened the Mobile site. At the second month of operations, a more functional app version was released which while still relying on the mobile website, was not a launcher. It was in of itself a separate browser program just for FurrTrax. The app also was given the ability to submit [[W:GPS|GPS]] location data to determine the distance between the site's users, and helping members locate nearby potential friends.

* June 11, 2013 - FurrTrax was hit with its first internet based attack originating from Japan, from several IP Ranges.<ref>[http://furrtrax.com/indexsub.php?module=newsview&id=7 ''Trend Micro attempts to access FurrTrax Server.''] post by DarkXander on [[FurrTrax]]. Posted June 11, 2013. Retrieved November 20, 2013.</ref> The IP Ranges were soon traced back to [http://www.trendmicro.com/us/index.html Trend Micro]'s Japanese datacenter. While the exact intent for the attack remains a mystery, they were attempting to access the chat log files stored in a secondary directory which was protected from outside access. This however did not stop them from continuing to try to guess URLs inside the folder for a number of hours until DarkXander was able to find a working telephone number for the Japanese branch of Trend Micro and question them why they were attempting to gain access to a protected section of the FurrTrax server. After a threat of legal action,{{fact}} Trend Micro Japan confirmed their servers were the source of the attack, but claimed no knowledge of why it was happening, and hinted it was probably some sort of malfunction.{{fact}}
* June 20, 2013 - FurrTrax.com was launched with 75% of the working functionality of the mobile app, but missing a main site logo.<ref>[http://furrtrax.com/indexsub.php?module=newsview&id=9 ''FurrTrax Website Launched''] post by DarkXander on FurrTrax. Posted June 20, 2013. Retrieved November 20, 2013.</ref> This made the service usable from both mobile devices and standard computers.
* July 17, 2013 -FurrTrax steadily keeps increasing its user base, caping at 2000 members in a month and a half.<ref>[http://furrtrax.com/indexsub.php?module=newsview&id=12 ''2000 Members''] post by DarkXander on FurrTrax. Posted July 17, 2013. Retrieved November 20, 2013.</ref> By then it became increasingly clear that the systems own popularity may eventually lead to a overload on the server, to combat this, all MySQL transactions were optimized and streamlined and many queries were combined to save [[W:CPU|CPU]] cycles. At the same time another round of security testing was carried out,y and many small and medium sized vulnerabilities in the system were corrected.
* August 17, 2013 - Datacenter upgrades were completed for the FurrTrax server,<ref>[http://furrtrax.com/indexsub.php?module=newsview&id=16 ''SpeedTest Result after Datacenter Upgrades''] post by DarkXander on FurrTrax. Posted August 17, 2013. Retrieved November 20, 2013.</ref> including a massive increase in bandwidth to support higher membership levels, the following is a speedtest.net result taken from the actual FurrTrax server from inside the datacenter.
* September 12, 2013 - FurrTrax had its first unplanned downtime when the emergency system shutdown was tripped due to a cooling system failure.<ref>[http://furrtrax.com/indexsub.php?module=newsview&id=22 ''Site Downtime Earlier today''] post by DarkXander on FurrTrax. Posted September 12, 2013. Retrieved November 20, 2013.</ref> All systems shut down before any heat problems could occur, and all systems came back up about an hour later once the faulty cooling system in the rack was replaced.
* May 20, 2014 - <ref>[http://furrtrax.com/7777.png ''FurrTrax hits 7777 Members in early morning hours''] Screenshot by DarkXander on May 20, 2014.</ref>FurrTrax hits 7777 Members in early morning hours.

== Hardware ==

The FurrTrax [[W:Computer|rig]], a [[W:Multi-core processor|Quad Core System]] with [[W:Gigabyte|16GB]] of [[W:Random-access memory|RAM]], and a [[W:Terabyte|2TB]] [[W:RAID|RAID]] system, was built in its entirety by DarkXander on [[W:Linux|Linux]] using [[W:PHP|PHP]], [[W:Java_(programming_language)|Java]], and MySQL. All PHP programming was written from scratch in [[W:Gedit|Linux G-Edit]].

FurrTrax does not use or rely on any third party frameworks, [[W:Content_management_system|CMS systems]], or [[W:Library (computing)|libraries]]. As all the code was written from scratch, and not publicly released, It provided a added layer of security since no one other then DarkXander knows how the Programming and MySQL systems truly function. The server is hosted in a PhoenixNAP Datacenter in Phoenix, Arizona.

== References ==
<REFERENCES/>

== External Links ==

* [https://www.facebook.com/groups/furrtrax/ FurrTrax] on [[Facebook]]
* [http://twitter.com/furrtrax/ FurrTrax] on [[Twitter]]
* [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=appinventor.ai_masterxbkc.FurrTraxFull FurrTrax Android app] at [[W:Google Play|Google Play]]

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