Topic: Bad Behavior for SMF mod

[djkimmel]

FYI - I tried removing the line feed at the end of the BadBehavior-SMF.php file and rewriting it into the mod install zip file. I installed Bad Behavior 1.5.20 on another forum with this edited file and it still ended up with the carriage return and a '+' sign at the end?? I don't know how it is doing this? I had to FTP this file after install and modify it again by removing the now present carriage return and '+' character at the end to stop my forum fonts from being magnified.

[Kindred]

sounds like your system may be doing something strange....

[BillLeeDee]

Okay, I found the problem with mod Bad Behavior version 1.5.20 modified 12/31/2017. In the mod file /Sources/bad-behavior/BadBehavior-SMF.php that is called for all Bad Behavior actions, there is an errant carriage return and '+' sign at the very end of that file.

Delete the carriage return and plus sign so the file ends properly with '?>' and my fonts are no longer magnified.

Thanks for sharing, djk. I was able to compare the file from both the .19 and .20 versions and the latter has the return and plus sign you noted. Removing it does seem to solve the problem.

[djkimmel]

I would like to know how my system is doing this?? I install mods and software from quite a few programs and this is the first time I have ever had this happen, and only with this version 1.5.20 of the Bad Behavior mod with this one file? I am unable to see how possibly this is happening with this one file in this one mod so I don't know that there is anything I can on my end at the moment other then manually fix the file each time I install/upgrade to it on a website.

[butchs]

Did you read the FAQ and did you make the change to your settings?  I will make it easy for you, here is the link:  RANDOM CHARACTERS ABOVE FORUM HEADER


Try selecting "Limit honeypot on forum" for less dramatic honeypots.

 

[butchs]

FYI - I tried removing the line feed at the end of the BadBehavior-SMF.php file and rewriting it into the mod install zip file. I installed Bad Behavior 1.5.20 on another forum with this edited file and it still ended up with the carriage return and a '+' sign at the end?? I don't know how it is doing this? I had to FTP this file after install and modify it again by removing the now present carriage return and '+' character at the end to stop my forum fonts from being magnified.

The BB Authors source does not have "?>" at the end.  I add it for compatibility purposes but honestly I think it makes no difference.

[djkimmel]

Did you read the FAQ and did you make the change to your settings?  I will make it easy for you, here is the link:  RANDOM CHARACTERS ABOVE FORUM HEADER


Try selecting "Limit honeypot on forum" for less dramatic honeypots.

 

Is this directed at me? I already have that option checked. I also looked at the link and it seems we are talking about 2 completely different things...?? But then, I'm not as smart as I used to be. All I know is after I remove the + sign that looking at in code is nothing more than a + sign my fonts are no longer magnified. Hopefully, that helps other persons who are seeing this odd behavior.

[djkimmel]

FYI - I tried removing the line feed at the end of the BadBehavior-SMF.php file and rewriting it into the mod install zip file. I installed Bad Behavior 1.5.20 on another forum with this edited file and it still ended up with the carriage return and a '+' sign at the end?? I don't know how it is doing this? I had to FTP this file after install and modify it again by removing the now present carriage return and '+' character at the end to stop my forum fonts from being magnified.

The BB Authors source does not have "?>" at the end.  I add it for compatibility purposes but honestly I think it makes no difference.

I have no problem with the "?>" at the end. I've been told, I believe on this forum, that PHP can act up if there is a carriage return/line feed after the closing "?>" and there was in my case. Along with the + sign that is nothing more than a +sign. Your explanation appears to me to be unrelated to what I'm seeing. I know about the honeypots and I know what they look like when viewing source code of a displayed page. This is a + sign at the end of the PHP file. To me, completely different.

I do love and greatly appreciate your mod. But it doesn't change that somehow a + sign is ending up at the end of the PHP file and that + sign appears to be magnifying font size. Unrelated? Maybe, but when I edit the PHP file and remove the + sign my fonts go back to normal. To me... that seems like they might be related.

[djkimmel]

On a different note I'm seeing an increase in the number of undefined index User-Agent errors lately on my forums. I didn't find anything in this topic about though I thought I have read something previously on this. I checked my whitelist settings and don't have any blank or extra lines in it (seems like I read that could cause this??). Lots of Facebook IP addresses but many others involved including some bad looking characters. Error:

Code: [Select]

8: Undefined index: User-Agent
File: /home/USERNAME/public_html/forum/Sources/bad-behavior/bad-behavior/whitelist.inc.php
Line: 21

[butchs]

There was a carriage return on the Mac original source and a + in Windows notepad++ source.  In either event, I deleted it and updated the Mod to version 1.5.21 the4 other day.

No change was made to the core authors "whitelist.inc.php" source from 1.5.19 to 1.5.21.  That new error is most likely due to a typo in your whitelist as the format must be perfect.  Please see the help in the first post and the mods built in help icons.

[djkimmel]

Okay. I keep looking at my whitelist settings. I'm probably missing something.

Thanks for finding the extra characters. Appreciate it.

[dekatria]

I removed the mod, yet there is still a table smf_log_badbehavior in the database.
I believe this should be removed too when deleting the mod.
How can I now remove it?

[Kindred]

well, it does not get deleted because the method of upgrading is uninstall the old version and install the new version.

Having the table there won't hurt anything, since it won't be used... but you can always go to phpmyadmin and drop the table.

[landyvlad]

A question about this mod?
Is this really only useful where a lot of spammers are getting through and actually posting linkspam?
I'm not getting link spam posted, maybe just two examples in two years.

I ask because I already have httpBL along with "Stop Spammer" and I wonder whether there is any advantage in adding this bad behaviour mod to my forum?

Thanks

[Kindred]

no. this mod does not have any affect on linkspam, afaik.

If they are getting through your questions - then you need to revise/add questions because the ones you have are either too easy or have been cataloged

[butchs]

In addition to bad behavior code this mode includes Cloudflare anti spam abilities.