Forum Firewall

[Alex' Manson]

Whenever In make a major change I end up fixing minor bugs from obscure servers.  Right now, I am swamped (working long hours) with the job that pays my bills.  When I get some time I will look into it.

*Waits Patiently*

[butchs]

No guarantee as to what I will do but nothing will change until after November.  For now the mod works and has been bug free for a while.

Things I am considering for the winter programming session:

• Bad Behavior &  Forum Firewall - Make an optional customizable warning page with configurable human passage.
• Forum Firewall - A newly discovered method to detect and block good bot spoofers.
• Forum Firewall - Look at mobile proxies.  The mobile proxies are badly written and as far as I am concerned a major security risk for anyone using them.  I think it is foolish to have personal information on a smart phone and access the internet through a badly written proxy.  They should access the internet from a secure computer.  I do not have a smart phone (this is why I gave away my smart phone switcher mod) so if anyone has mobile proxy design info please PM me.
• Bad Behavior - Investigate SMF 1.1.x random db errors.

Maybe I should make a poll to establish a priority list?  That is, if I could!   

[Phi1ip]

I wonder if someone could help me out please?  I have used this mod before without any problems but after another problem, which meant completely starting the forum from scratch, I am now getting this message:

"The server encountered an unexpected condition which prevented it from fulfilling the request.
Requested URL: /smf/index.php?action=admin;area=forumfirewall;save;sa=settings"

Unlike my previous experience I had to FTP upload the mod into a sub folder of Packages (because the PM told me the package was empty), but the Package Manager picked up the mod and installed it without any error messages.

Thanks in advance for helping me out.   

[T3CHN0]

Have you check yous logs for errors
have you checked your install with the install parser make sure all strings are entered correctly
are all the files for the mod in there correct install location
now that it's installed have you tryed to uninstall then re-install

(because the PM told me the package was empty)

happens to me sometimes as well, but fixed by picking the correct 'Emulate Version'

[Phi1ip]

Thank you for the response T3chno. Answer was "Looks like the problem was that the mod is triggering a security setting on the server which is denying it from running."

Out of curiosity how do I pick the correct "Emulate Version"?  I had originally installed from the listed file on the Package Manager.

[T3CHN0]

HI go to [Package Manager] look down the bottom of the page and click on [Advanced]
(Emulate Version:) change it to what you need it to be to install your mod.

[5p00f3r]

I get The following code over my forum header (over the logo)

// ForumFirewall Start $txt['permissionname_forumfirewall_goodgroup'] = 'Forum Firewall Whitelist Group'; $txt['permissionhelp_forumfirewall_goodgroup'] = 'This option will make a member group exempt from the Forum Firewall bandwidth check. This group will not to be tested for Forum Firewall DOS attempts.'; // ForumFirewall End

[butchs]

Your installation is not correct.  If you have a custom theme try a manual installation.

[DragoN_PT]

The "http://www.eastcoastrollingthunder.com/" is part of the copyright?

[MiY4Gi]

The "http://www.eastcoastrollingthunder.com/" is part of the copyright?

Yes, that's Butchs's website. That link is the copyright of Forum Firewall.

[DragoN_PT]

Ok. Several pages before I saw himm say something like "your are free to remove it" but I wanted to make sure.

[MiY4Gi]

Huh, where does he say that?

[butchs]

Incorrect.  Read the about in the admin section of the mod.

[DragoN_PT]

outa curiousity why is the link "Protected by Forum Firewall" linked to http://www.eastcoastrollingthunder.com o.O??

You can remove it, look at the Forum Firewall about for more info on how to do it.

Page 18.. Maybe I understod it wrong.. But its ok. Just wanted to check..

Were you talking about the 10 usd donation when you refered that?

[^SITS^]

When I download the zip file, it downloads a file called "ForumFirewall"  no numbers and not with a zip file extension.  Am I crazy?

[butchs]

The file is fine here.  It must be something on your end.

[Alex' Manson]

When I download the zip file, it downloads a file called "ForumFirewall"  no numbers and not with a zip file extension.  Am I crazy?

Something is wrong when your PC saves it.
After downloading it, add the .zip extension and try it , it might work!

[^SITS^]

Thanks.  Got it.

What the heck are MAGIC_QUOTES?  I get a security warning when I try to enable the mod.

ETA:  Did some research and found out a little about them.  What is the easiest way to turn them off?

[MiY4Gi]

Apparently only your website host can turn magic quotes off.

[T3CHN0]

When I download the zip file, it downloads a file called "ForumFirewall"  no numbers and not with a zip file extension.  Am I crazy?

Something is wrong when your PC saves it.
After downloading it, add the .zip extension and try it , it might work!

this happens because FireFox7 doesn't except download names on SMF with spaces
forum firewall.zip will download as forum and no extensions. simply add the .zip your self..
if the download was called forum_firewall.zip then the problem would not happen