I don’t have comments as yet, because I didn’t stay around the site too long.  I will go back and look at it using a spare Ubuntu box and let you know what I think.

 

Dan

 

Daniel Nordlund

Bothell, WA USA

 

 

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From: Tal Galili [mailto:tal.galili@gmail.com] 
Sent: Saturday, December 05, 2009 1:24 PM
To: Daniel Nordlund
Cc: r-help@r-project.org
Subject: Re: [R] Announcing a new R news site: R-bloggers.com

 

Hi Daniel.

 

In short: no.

 

In more words:

1) I have zone alarm also on my computer and it gives me no warnings.

2) The only two external scripts the site has are of "woopra" and "google analytics", both are known external statistics services.

3) It could be (although not likely) that the site is hacked and was injected with something, but services like this one:

http://www.unmaskparasites.com/security-report/

claims that my site is clean.

 

If you have anymore suggestions - I would love to know them.

 

Thanks for reporting, what do you think of the site itself BTW?

 

Best,

Tal

 

 

 




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On Sat, Dec 5, 2009 at 11:04 PM, Daniel Nordlund <djnordlund@verizon.net> wrote:



> -----Original Message-----
> From: r-help-bounces@r-project.org [mailto:r-help-bounces@r-project.org]
> On Behalf Of Tal Galili
> Sent: Saturday, December 05, 2009 11:38 AM
> To: r-help@r-project.org
> Subject: [R] Announcing a new R news site: R-bloggers.com
>
> Hello everyone.
> After some good time of work, I am proud to present: www.r-bloggers.com
>
> What is R-Bloggers.com?
>
> R-Bloggers.com hopes to serve the R community by presenting (in one place)
> all the new articles (posts) written (in English) about R in the "R
> blogosphere".
> How does R-Bloggers operate?
>
> This site aggregates feeds (only with permission!) from participating R
> blogs. The beginnings of each participating blog s posts will
> automatically
> be displayed on the main page with links to the original posts; inside
> every
> post there is a link to the original blog and links to other related
> articles.  All participating blogs will have links in the  Contributors
> section of our sidebar
> What does R-Bloggers offer the community?
>
>    - Discover: If every blogger will add itself, we will all be able to
> find
>    new R blogs (which is hard to find on the web, if you ever tried). The
>    site also allows to search in the content of the bloggers (although for
>    searches of older content - you better go to the blogs themselves or
> wait
>    for the customized google search box I will add in the future)
>    - Follow: Enter your e-mail and subscribe to receive a daily digest
> with
>    teasers of new posts from participating blogs.  You will more easily
> get a
>    sense of hot topics in the R blogosphere.
>    - Connect: Click on  Fan this site  to become a "fan" of R Bloggers.
> You
>    can  friend  other people and share thoughts on our wall. Or just by
> leaving
>    comments on the blog.
>    - Participate: Add your R blog to get increased visibility (for readers
>    and search engines) with permanent links on our Contributors sidebar.
> Your
>    blog will also gain visibility via our e-mail digest and through your
>    presence on the main page with posts.
>
> How do I become a participating blog in R Bloggers?
>
> To add your blog, simply click on Add your

> blog!<http://www.r-bloggers.com/add-your-blog/> and

> enter the required information.  I will review your link and approve it in
> a
> timely fashion.
> How can I help?
>
> We share readers to gain readers!  If you are interested and haven t

> already, please submit your blog <http://www.r-bloggers.com/add-your-

> blog/>.
>  Also please consider putting *a link from your blog* to R-Bloggers from
> your sidebar (we do the same for you); you can even put up a post about us
> -
> if each blogger will do so - all of us will gain from it.
>  Who started R-Bloggers (and way)?
>

> R Bloggers was started by Tal Galili <http://talgalili.com/>. After

> searching for numerous R blogs, Tal (well, me) decided that there must be
> more R blogs our there then he knows about, and maybe the best way for
> finding them is to make them find him. You can reach Tal via the

> Contact<http://www.r-bloggers.com/contact-us/> page

> (or just e-mail him: tal.galili@gmail.com).
> Extra thanks and a deceleration of "good intentions"
> I would like to thank John, Yihui, Jaanus and Taiyun for being the first
> bloggers to allow me to enlist their blogs to the project.
> There are more R bloggers out there that I know of, and didn't get to ask
> for permission. I apologies to you for not contacting you personally,
> still
> If you are one such blogger, and you want to join the site, please feel

> welcome to submit your blog <http://www.r-bloggers.com/add-your-blog/>.

>
> I hope this e-mail was not an abuse of the R mailing list. Since I
> intended
> this project for the good of the R community I allowed myself to publish
> the
> site here, so I hope it wouldn't upset anyone.
>
> Best wishes to all,
> Tal
>
>

I went to the site listed above and ZoneAlarm on my computer reported the site as suspicious (I can count on one hand the number of times I have received that warning).  My question: do you know what your site is doing that might be considered suspicious?

Dan

Daniel Nordlund
Bothell, WA USA






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