I've always wanted to register since 2003. It said that you weren't accepting new members, but I kept trying for about 2 years, then I quit one day. Then at my last attempt, I'm registered. Thank you governmentsecurity!

welcome to the forum enjoy your stay
i have been waiting to just not that long
(Gh0stSheLL)

Bad time to stop I guess
I joined @ 'Joined: 13-January 04'
and it was open for a while then..
Welcome though on the forums!

Serhat

I've also waited for a year to get in here.It's certainly the best security forum out there

Welcome........Just make sure you read the rules

...and then follow them (rolls up his sleeves just in case).

Welcome new folks; enjoy.

However, we run a tight ship!

So registration is allowed again???? I know a couple of friends of mine may wish to join.....

If registration is allowed again, how long will it before?

I think it is a good idea you close registration at times, it stops too many n00bs from being on the forum...

friend of mine had the same problem.
about a week or 2 ago i noticed it was opened again, so I notified him. he's a happy member now.

I never had this problem, first time I came across this board on the inet, I joined without any problem, guess I got lucky..

welcome by the way!

yay i'm in again. I think i lost my account a year or 2 ago due to inactivity i think. (busy with work) Lets hope it wont happen again heh.

i've waited for 1 year to get a registration.
but you've waited longer than me.
cheers!

well, i really dunno how much i've waited for it...

welcome to the club..

speaking of, I just closed it again. we will open again soon

I waited for 5 seconds to join

Of course, that was August 2003.

Me too.
But I joined in October 2004.

well i didnt wait for the whole year but i kept checking on the registrations in a while.......until i finally registered myself with GSO phew lol and welcome for new comers

I just registerd today also! I hear that they allow it every FRIDAY...That sucks how you waiting 2 years, I waited 5 days

Not every Friday, just recently. And that only because I have felt like it. Hmm seams I need to switch sometime next week.

Damn I must have gotten exremely lucky then, btw why did you switch it off for so long?

Because we quickly get run over by the skiddies. We take a breather now and then to weed out the chafe.

some of you maybe get lucky ...
I was wait almost for a year to be a full member and get acces to "file download" and "exploit researh and discussion" section

Welcome to the board!

Just be sure to follow the rules because you will get the boot quicker than you got in

I must have been one of the lucky ones myself I never even knew GSO locked membership until after I was a member.


BTW Serhat you have been a busy person.. You signed up and made your bed in the forums

Master Sergeant
Group: Specialist
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Joined: 13-January 04
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Welcum

Actually, when I became a member, trial members were still very, very limited. I liked this because it forced members to produce actual results before being given full board access.

A lot of good (and sometimes bad) information was being thrown into the trial member's forum at that time! It has slowed down in recent days

Like a lot of the members in this thread, I'd been trying to register for over a year. I even kept GSO up as my home page purely for the great articles. I think I just got curious today and gave it another try. I don't know how many times I saw an interesting topic on the homepage and I tried to click on it anyhow only to be redirected to the 'you must login to view' page.

I have to admit I'm very impressed with the trial membership idea and may consider implementing it on my own forum. After all, why would you want to go and give full access to someone you don't even know and then let them muck around on your board? At the risk of sounding like an info leach, I wanted to join so that I could read and learn (or at least hear pro opinions on some of the issues). I do hope that I'll be able to contribute in some way, but I must admit it seems almost daunting to be in the shadow of so many skilled members

I'm sure most of us would admit that we felt the same way. I sure did when I arrived. Even so, then stay in your area of knowledge and comment on them. But don't be afraid to ask questions and poke around in other areas too.

Remember, the skilled members are here for the less-skilled members. As long as users don't act like idiots, most of the upper ring folks are happy to help.

I sure have picked enough brains around here....

Interesting that people are really wanting to get in, helps spread the word I suppose. Course, we'll know it's time to open up when someone is selling their GSO memberships on Ebay.

I have also been waiting for almost a year and a half to get an account here, and a few days ago whilst surfing around i checked back at GSO and bam registrations were open!