Forum Firewall

[butchs]

Remember you sent me an email with a long list and spanish translations.  Speaking of which, the latter could use an update.

[snoopy_virtual]

One thing is to translate and other thing is to test. 

BTW, you are right. That translation I sent you ages ago must be really out-o-date.

I will put it in my list.

[butchs]

Interesting, sounds like that may do the trick since it should slow down the "actionArray" calls.  if that is the issue.

Let me see, a mod that queries the system every 10+ seconds for every single logged in user... yup, that might be the one.

Aeva media is another heavy "actionArray" user but I worked around it.

[butchs]

I understand why but honestly there are a things that could have been done to make Aeva and others more efficient. 

Back in the day software development was simple.  You have your text editor and a list of the ROM functions.  You would have to type many lines of code just to make a window.  It was fast because it was the machines language and straight forward.

Then came the language compliers and further down the road packaged GUI sub-routines to make programming easier.  These new functions were all the rage.

The primary reason was to make programming easier.  Now with a single line of code you can do what may have taken several pages.   

Though this may not have been the intension but the result is forced obsolesce of the older computer.  As the routines became easier they became more complex.  As complexity grew more functions were drawn into the fray.   

Finally the amount of subroutine calls slowed down the computer forcing an upgrade.  So the chip companies developed faster and faster processors and your new computer is just as fast as the old computer with old software but it can run the new software.   

I am not going to argue that this is progress and it is good.  But there are times when some good old fashioned old school to the point stuff comes in handy.

I like fast internet connections and enjoy the luxury of high speeds but there are many out there who do not have the blazing speed you and I have.  Sometimes we need to stop and lake a look at making it faster.

The bandwidth alone was the reason I regretfully reverted back to coppermine.  Aeva is such a Wonderful mod I made sure that it was compatible with FF.

[butchs]

Ok, I am working on an update so if you have more suggestions speak now or wait a few weeks.   

[butchs]

Oh no I already took care of that.

[butchs]

Update done

Added some suggestions by Arantor & PhobosK.
Fixed Undefined variable: result & forumfirewall_data found by busterone?
Disabled mod DB setting when uninstalling.

[busterone]

Quick work. Thanks.  Will test it later today. 


EDIT- Well, you got them.  A new one has cropped up with the upgrade   

Undefined variable : modSettings
File: /homepages/xx/xxxxxxxxx/htdocs/forum/Sources/Subs-ForumFirewall.php
Line: 70

[butchs]

Oops pulled a Snoopy.     See version 1.0.3.

[busterone]

   will do.

[Blade_Runner]

I have the following errors after installing this mod. How can I fix it?
The first error is from Google. The other two is spam.

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Guest
66.249.71.177   

http://modcarclub.com/forums/index.php?action=tagged;id=2050;tag=rear
8: Undefined index: referer
File: /home/xxx/public_html/modcarclub.com/forums/Sources/Subs-ForumFirewall.php
Line: 990

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http://modcarclub.com/forums/index.php?action=register2
8: Undefined index: user
File: /home/xxx/public_html/modcarclub.com/forums/Sources/Register.php
Line: 289

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http://modcarclub.com/forums/index.php?action=register2
8: Undefined index: user
File: /home/xxx/public_html/modcarclub.com/forums/Sources/Register.php
Line: 893

[butchs]

I have the following errors after installing this mod. How can I fix it?
The first error is from Google. The other two is spam.

It may not be google since it was on it's was to getting blocked.  This mod does not confirm the google identify.  That job is left for BB.  Still if your robots.txt and google webmasters are correctly set, with an acceptable hit rate or it was not a DOS attempt then the I can say you caught a bad bot pretending to be google.

EDIT:  There is a new mod called Optimus Brave that can assist you in getting the robots to scan at the correct rate.

The mod does not use "Register.php" so those errors have nothing to do with the mod.

Not sure about the "referer" error.  For me to look at it further I will need:
Version of the mod.
Version of SMF.
The visitor log entry for that ip at the time of the errors.

Doubt that the error will cause any harm.  The mod should work fine.

[Blade_Runner]

I have the following errors after installing this mod. How can I fix it?
The first error is from Google. The other two is spam.

It may not be google since it was on it's was to getting blocked.  This mod does not confirm the google identify.  That job is left for BB.  Still if your robots.txt and google webmasters are correctly set, with an acceptable hit rate or it was an a DOS attempt then the I can say you caught a bad bot pretending to be google.

The mod does not use "Register.php" so those errors have nothing to do with the mod.

Not sure about the "referer" error.  For me to look at it further I will need:
Version of the mod.
Version of SMF.
The visitor log entry for that ip at the time of the errors.

Doubt that the error will cause any harm.  The mod should work fine.

Using version 1.0.3 on SMF 2.0RC4


Guest
66.249.71.177   
Time of error. - Today at 02:11:12 AM
http://modcarclub.com/forums/index.php?action=tagged;id=2050;tag=rear
8: Undefined index: referer
File: /home/xxx/public_html/modcarclub.com/forums/Sources/Subs-ForumFirewall.php
Line: 990

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Guest
66.249.71.177   
Time of error. - Today at 02:11:11 AM
http://modcarclub.com/forums/index.php?action=tagged;id=2050;tag=rear
8: Undefined index: referer
File: /home/xxx/public_html/modcarclub.com/forums/Sources/Subs-ForumFirewall.php
Line: 990

[butchs]

You showed me the error log already.  I wanted to see the visitor log for that time.

Admin/ Forum Firewall Admin/ VISITORS


EDIT:  I think I found a fix.  This one is minor.  Will save for the next revision.  Lets see if there are any more.

[Blade_Runner]

This looks bad. Has my forum been hacked?

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3       2011-01-23 12:11:12    /home/xxx/public_html/modcarclub.com/forums/Smileys//classic/poisonbymcc1.gif contains the following exploit: xml    FORUM INFECTED with XSS!
1       2011-01-23 12:11:11    /home/xxx/public_html/modcarclub.com/forums/avatars//comic book/armory av.gif contains the following exploit: xss    FORUM INFECTED with XSS!
2       2011-01-23 12:11:11    /home/xxx/public_html/modcarclub.com/forums/Smileys//default/poisonbymcc1.gif contains the following exploit: xml    FORUM INFECTED with XSS!

[butchs]

Not a big deal.  The program includes a weekly scan of the default SMF image file folders on your site.  If it finds something suspicious then it will report it in the log.  If you are unsure, I suggest that you log into cpanel and delete the files.

If they are bad the only time they can cause an issue is if the were it was done correctly and you loaded them in your browser.  So do not worry and delete them.


Yea yea...  I went nuts with this program.  By the way you can run  it in your scheduled tasks panel or simply turn it off there:
Admin/Scheduled Tasks/Auto scans the avatar, smilies and default image files for xss infections.

[ZerK]

i just activated it and i got a lot of warnings  but the user agent is googlebot, twitterbot etc.

there is anything wrong ?

[butchs]

No. Just a bunch of bad bots.   Just set up your robots.txt and google as mentioned in reply 102.

[Joazo]

I have error 403. no can acess my forum x.x . what to do?

[butchs]

Sorry to hear that.  Something like this can be avoided, if you run the mod for a few days before blocking bad visitors.

All settings can be edited in the SMF_"settings" file in phpmyadmin.  Find "forumfirewall_enable" and change it from 1 to 0, refresh the browser and re-enter the admin panel and fix the settings in the mod.