[Download] Encrypted plugins backup from January 2014

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On January 6, 2014, Mark made a backup of TotalFreedom's plugins folder using WinZip. At some point he left it in a folder containing schematics from 2011-2012 (which have since been put up on the Internet Archive), which was uncovered at some point in March 2019 after he provided a link to a shared folder to me in a private correspondence on the ProBoards forum. I took an intense interest in this backup after accidentally discovering it, primarily for the following reasons:

• It contains copies of the production TotalFreedomMod configurations, which would give us a precise record on who was on the admin list at the time, who was permanently banned at the time, and how the server was configured at the time
• It contains a compiled binary for the AcidicFreedom/AcidFreedom plugin. This plugin was important because it introduced commands like /ai, /emf, and /insult. It was never made open source and has been considered for years to be completely lost media in both source form and binary form.
• It contains compiled binaries for xXWilee999Xx (aka Polaris Seltzeris)'s fork of the MobArena plugin. This is important because that fork was the source of many iconic commands like /wm (which effectively introduced an in-game reporting system along with some more amusing punishment commands). While the source code is available online somewhere, compiling it in this day and age is most likely very difficult without changing the codebase considerably.

Unfortunately, this backup in its current state is basically useless because it was both password protected and encrypted. I have been eluded by this backup in particular for more than 5 years and have exhausted practically every means to get the password for this file. I've asked Mark if he knows the password, he didn't. I've tried on multiple different occasions to bruteforce the password with my old desktop computer, a server StevenNL2000 owned, and even my gaming computer from 2020. No luck. I am running out of options.

Although I don't yet have the password to it, I have decided to publicize this backup in its encrypted form anyways for multiple reasons:

• Certain members of the community, former or current, may have the knowledge necessary to figure out the password.
  
  
• Even if we are unable to know the password today, I am optimistic that that one day computers will have evolved to be fast enough to be able to crack the password, even if it takes a few years or even decades from now.

The Internet Archive refuses to allow encrypted archives to be uploaded directly, so I've ultimately had to upload it somewhere and then save it with the Wayback Machine. I may ask Ryan if he is willing to host it on the World Download tool as a more long-term and official measure, but I can make no promises. You can download the backup here.

 

[Telesphoreo]

bro's finally gonna find out who was an admin on January 6, 2014 on December 19, 2066