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July 1, 2022
Cursed Quests is the weekend quest! Do those quests for increased prizes and special rewards!
Cursed Quests is the weekend quest! Do those quests for increased prizes and special rewards!
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July 1, 2022
Justine the Chibi Experiment #696 has won the Pet Spotlight!
Justine the Chibi Experiment #696 has won the Pet Spotlight!
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July 3, 2022
Polyphox the Galactic Illumis has won the Pet Spotlight!
Polyphox the Galactic Illumis has won the Pet Spotlight!
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July 3, 2022
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July 4, 2022
Trinitrotoluol the Nuclear Irion has won the Pet Spotlight!
Trinitrotoluol the Nuclear Irion has won the Pet Spotlight!
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July 5, 2022
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July 6, 2022
Karsyn the Custom Common Experiment #333 has won the Pet Spotlight!
Karsyn the Custom Common Experiment #333 has won the Pet Spotlight!
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July 7, 2022
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July 8, 2022
Pete is the weekend quest! Do those quests for increased prizes and special rewards!
Pete is the weekend quest! Do those quests for increased prizes and special rewards!
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July 8, 2022
Rhiannon Wyldrose the Glacier Noktoa has won the Pet Spotlight!
Rhiannon Wyldrose the Glacier Noktoa has won the Pet Spotlight!
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July 9, 2022
July 10, 2022
Daphne the Hydrus Legeica has won the Pet Spotlight!
Daphne the Hydrus Legeica has won the Pet Spotlight!
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July 11, 2022
RuPaul the Custom Golden Yaherra has won the Pet Spotlight!
RuPaul the Custom Golden Yaherra has won the Pet Spotlight!
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July 12, 2022
Quite a few of you have asked about the Free Shop since we didn't bring it back around Luminaire. It will be making an appearance towards the end of Summer! Remember, the first day of Autumn isn't until September 22. ;)
Oh, and one last thing. Sometime in August (we will give more information once we get closer), quests will be giving out holiday retired items.
Quite a few of you have asked about the Free Shop since we didn't bring it back around Luminaire. It will be making an appearance towards the end of Summer! Remember, the first day of Autumn isn't until September 22. ;)
Oh, and one last thing. Sometime in August (we will give more information once we get closer), quests will be giving out holiday retired items.
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July 13, 2022
Sakuya Izayoi the Bloodred Kumos has won the Pet Spotlight!
Sakuya Izayoi the Bloodred Kumos has won the Pet Spotlight!
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July 14, 2022
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July 15, 2022
Maleria is the weekend quest! Do those quests for increased prizes and special rewards!
Maleria is the weekend quest! Do those quests for increased prizes and special rewards!
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July 15, 2022
July 15, 2022
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July 17, 2022
Elegon the Galactic Mahar has won the Pet Spotlight!
Elegon the Galactic Mahar has won the Pet Spotlight!
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July 17, 2022
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July 18, 2022
Jillion the Nostalgic Jollin has won the Pet Spotlight!
Jillion the Nostalgic Jollin has won the Pet Spotlight!
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July 19, 2022
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July 20, 2022
Puppetual the Nostalgic Kumos has won the Pet Spotlight!
Puppetual the Nostalgic Kumos has won the Pet Spotlight!
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July 20, 2022
So instead of adding more tape to the system, we're introducing a centralized authentication site that'll handle logging you in across Subeta. Clicking on any login or logout button from this site or new Subeta should redirect you to https://auth.subeta.net, where you can log in.
I want to talk through a few of the benefits directly, and we'll be discussing this more in the coming days. As part of this change, we will be removing PIN protection but will be offering 2FA (getting a code sent to your email or phone) as soon as possible.
Benefits
#1 Central source of truth
[auth.subeta.net](notion://auth.subeta.net/) has one mission: account management. That's it! We're going to move registration there as soon as possible, with an avatar builder and pet creation, but its only job is account management.
You've probably noticed when clicking on a link to login with Google that you're taken to a non-google domain (sometimes youtube) where you log in, and it redirects you. That is the centralized account management service, doing the important work behind the scenes and then sending you to the website you're trying to use and saying "This user is all good, I've verified them!".
#2 2022 Encryption Method
The method used to encrypt Subeta passwords in our database is from PHP 5.7. We're now using PHP 8.1 on all of our servers. We have to include a special package in our PHP installation to have access to the 5.7 hashing methods.
We encrypt your cookie and decrypt it on the server, and the key is what tells the site that you're valid and not using some fake credentials.
This new management system uses modern hashing which are impossible (as much as anything is impossible) to crack. And they give us the benefit of...
#3 User-based Keys
Each cookie (what we set in your browser to say who you are) is salted with a special key that is unique to your account. We're going to be able to provide a button that allows you to reset that special key, which will log you out **on all devices**. It's also hashed with your account password, meaning if you change your password everyone will be logged out of your account immediately.
Finally, it's hashed with a top secret Subeta key, that we will rotate on a secret basis.
Password Update
As part of all of these changes, the encrypted password for your account on Subeta is woefully out of date. We've been able to implement this system in a way that it takes priority over the former system, which means we don't need to rotate every password on Subeta *immediately*. You can still log in with your current password, and we will alert you through the news before we require passwords to be rotated.
Login Update
You'll get a very annoying notice at the top of the page letting you know that you're logged in through the old method (with an old cookie), and that we'd appreciate it if you went over to auth.subeta.net and log in. It'll still read that old cookie, but we aren't going to be supporting this old system for long. This is different than needing to update your password, this is the temporary cookie that stores your account information in your browser. Very easy to fix by just logging in on auth.subeta.net. Remember to put in the email address for your account, not your username! You can check which email address you have set for Subeta at https://subeta.net/preferences.php?act=profile.
Thank you 🙏
Thank you for your patience while the authentication system crumbles and you're constantly being asked to log in to an account you're logged in to. I'm hopeful that this is the last *major* change we need to make to accounts (🤞), since we've made the hard choice to build it up from the ground instead of adding more duct-tape.
So instead of adding more tape to the system, we're introducing a centralized authentication site that'll handle logging you in across Subeta. Clicking on any login or logout button from this site or new Subeta should redirect you to https://auth.subeta.net, where you can log in.
I want to talk through a few of the benefits directly, and we'll be discussing this more in the coming days. As part of this change, we will be removing PIN protection but will be offering 2FA (getting a code sent to your email or phone) as soon as possible.
Benefits
#1 Central source of truth
[auth.subeta.net](notion://auth.subeta.net/) has one mission: account management. That's it! We're going to move registration there as soon as possible, with an avatar builder and pet creation, but its only job is account management.
You've probably noticed when clicking on a link to login with Google that you're taken to a non-google domain (sometimes youtube) where you log in, and it redirects you. That is the centralized account management service, doing the important work behind the scenes and then sending you to the website you're trying to use and saying "This user is all good, I've verified them!".
#2 2022 Encryption Method
The method used to encrypt Subeta passwords in our database is from PHP 5.7. We're now using PHP 8.1 on all of our servers. We have to include a special package in our PHP installation to have access to the 5.7 hashing methods.
We encrypt your cookie and decrypt it on the server, and the key is what tells the site that you're valid and not using some fake credentials.
This new management system uses modern hashing which are impossible (as much as anything is impossible) to crack. And they give us the benefit of...
#3 User-based Keys
Each cookie (what we set in your browser to say who you are) is salted with a special key that is unique to your account. We're going to be able to provide a button that allows you to reset that special key, which will log you out **on all devices**. It's also hashed with your account password, meaning if you change your password everyone will be logged out of your account immediately.
Finally, it's hashed with a top secret Subeta key, that we will rotate on a secret basis.
Password Update
As part of all of these changes, the encrypted password for your account on Subeta is woefully out of date. We've been able to implement this system in a way that it takes priority over the former system, which means we don't need to rotate every password on Subeta *immediately*. You can still log in with your current password, and we will alert you through the news before we require passwords to be rotated.
Login Update
You'll get a very annoying notice at the top of the page letting you know that you're logged in through the old method (with an old cookie), and that we'd appreciate it if you went over to auth.subeta.net and log in. It'll still read that old cookie, but we aren't going to be supporting this old system for long. This is different than needing to update your password, this is the temporary cookie that stores your account information in your browser. Very easy to fix by just logging in on auth.subeta.net. Remember to put in the email address for your account, not your username! You can check which email address you have set for Subeta at https://subeta.net/preferences.php?act=profile.
Thank you 🙏
Thank you for your patience while the authentication system crumbles and you're constantly being asked to log in to an account you're logged in to. I'm hopeful that this is the last *major* change we need to make to accounts (🤞), since we've made the hard choice to build it up from the ground instead of adding more duct-tape.
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Keith at 12:12 pm | Comments (286)
July 22, 2022
Cursed Quests is the weekend quest! Do those quests for increased prizes and special rewards!
Cursed Quests is the weekend quest! Do those quests for increased prizes and special rewards!
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July 22, 2022
Midas the Custom Angelic Yaherra has won the Pet Spotlight!
Midas the Custom Angelic Yaherra has won the Pet Spotlight!
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July 22, 2022
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July 23, 2022
Neugarten will end at 11:59pm on August 7. At the end of the holiday, the stalls close once again until next year and the food trucks will disappear off into the sunset, so make sure to grab items from the various stalls while they’re available!
Neugarten will end at 11:59pm on August 7. At the end of the holiday, the stalls close once again until next year and the food trucks will disappear off into the sunset, so make sure to grab items from the various stalls while they’re available!
Posted by SubetaTeam at 12:47 pm | Comments (71)
July 24, 2022
July 24, 2022
July 25, 2022
July 25, 2022
We're experiencing some issues related to our database and how it stores 'hidden' fields and should have a fix out soon.
In particular this is making opponents and battle items vanish, however they are still in the database, just marked as hidden. Your items are safe!
In particular this is making opponents and battle items vanish, however they are still in the database, just marked as hidden. Your items are safe!
Posted by Keith at 05:44 pm | Comments (34)
July 26, 2022
In old portions of the site we saved things to the database as ENUM ("enumeration") which means that it has a set number of options. In most situations you'd have it create options like ENABLED, DISABLED, kind of like a toggle. We used it a little differently and instead of ENABLED/DISABLED, we used 1/0. There is a native method for doing that though ('number') and this was finally the point where our database was fed up with these old areas of the site incorrectly using this method. Instead of gently changing the field type, it changed the field type and added one to each field. So, a battle weapon that had a field called hidden got changed to 1 instead of 0, making it hidden to all of you on the site (but still there!).
Hopefully this little explanation helps reason some of the race against time that we're constantly in on Subeta.
In old portions of the site we saved things to the database as ENUM ("enumeration") which means that it has a set number of options. In most situations you'd have it create options like ENABLED, DISABLED, kind of like a toggle. We used it a little differently and instead of ENABLED/DISABLED, we used 1/0. There is a native method for doing that though ('number') and this was finally the point where our database was fed up with these old areas of the site incorrectly using this method. Instead of gently changing the field type, it changed the field type and added one to each field. So, a battle weapon that had a field called hidden got changed to 1 instead of 0, making it hidden to all of you on the site (but still there!).
Hopefully this little explanation helps reason some of the race against time that we're constantly in on Subeta.
Posted by Keith at 01:14 pm | Comments (0)
July 27, 2022
Echelon the Reborn Cadogre has won the Pet Spotlight!
Echelon the Reborn Cadogre has won the Pet Spotlight!
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July 29, 2022
The Library is the weekend quest! Do those quests for increased prizes and special rewards!
The Library is the weekend quest! Do those quests for increased prizes and special rewards!
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July 29, 2022
Greta the Custom Riftborn Serpenth has won the Pet Spotlight!
Greta the Custom Riftborn Serpenth has won the Pet Spotlight!
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July 29, 2022
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July 30, 2022
July 31, 2022
NV the Custom Steamwork Telenine has won the Pet Spotlight!
NV the Custom Steamwork Telenine has won the Pet Spotlight!
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