Some of you may have noticed that www.python.org got defaced today. We also believe that the site has been used for some time to trade warez, but we do not think that it was rooted. We believe we have closed the holes and repaired the damage. Access to some of the accounts on the machine have been disabled, but those folks know who they are and how to get them re-enabled. I have verified by GPG signature all three Python 2.3.4 downloads (the tgz, tar.bz2, and exe) and I don't believe they were trojaned. I'll be checking the other signed distros and will report if I smell anything fishy. If you find anything missing or notice anything hinky, please let us know via the webmaster@python.org or pydotorg@python.org mailing lists. Send your derision to me, but send your thanks to Thomas, Skip, Andrew, Michael and the other volunteer admins for the site, who stepped up quickly and effectively to fix this, and verify and restore the content. -Barry