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The amount of spam bots on these forums lately suggests that there needs to be more security measures on the register page.
Now, I'm no expert in php scripting, but there has to be another way in avoiding these automated b*st*rds then a current scheme. -------------------- behind you... with a knife... and a fork... and a plate... with roast chicken... dinners ready!
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Feb 12 2010, 09:02 AM
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 ALTAR Support Group: Admin Posts: 1436 Joined: 7-February 07 From: Czech Republic Member No.: 4372 |
I am sorry, i am trying to make difference...
-------------------- World is in pain.. Everything is as it should be..
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Feb 12 2010, 06:33 PM
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If I ever get rich I'll donate parts of my fortune to hunting down spammers...
 lynx are looking at ways to lessen the problem, so hopefully it will be better soon. -------------------- Greetings from Olav (Staff at StrategyCore.co.uk, Slaughter)
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Feb 17 2010, 10:42 PM
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 Advanced Member Group: Admin Posts: 388 Joined: 7-October 06 From: UK, Scotland Member No.: 3782 |
For one the forum should be upgraded to the latest version.
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Feb 18 2010, 08:57 AM
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 Member Group: Beta Testers Posts: 147 Joined: 13-December 08 From: Grenoble, France Member No.: 7713 |
QUOTE (Stucuk @ Feb 17 2010, 11:42 PM)  For one the forum should be upgraded to the latest version. AMD Sempron 2800+(2GHZ Clock), 512MB RAM, Geforce FX 5900XT, Windows XP Lol, your computer won't handle 
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Feb 18 2010, 09:18 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Admin Posts: 388 Joined: 7-October 06 From: UK, Scotland Member No.: 3782 |
QUOTE (Eriss @ Feb 18 2010, 08:57 AM) Lol, your computer won't handle More like the server won't handle it. IPB is a bloated piece of software. PHPBB beats it every day. -------------------- - Stu
Original War Support UFO Support Wiki Free Map Editor AMD Sempron 2800+(2GHZ Clock), 512MB RAM, Geforce FX 5900XT, Windows XP |
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Feb 18 2010, 12:57 PM
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 Chief Patchmaker Group: Honoured Posts: 740 Joined: 19-August 05 From: Finland Member No.: 927 |
I think MyBB would also be a good candidate for the new forum software. There's even a converter available to make the transition from IPB easier.
MyBB is very easy to customize via flexible template and plugin systems. For example, to install a new plugin, you'll just upload one file to the plugins directory, then activate and configure it via the admin view and that's it. No need to modify the source codes directly. --------------------   |
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Feb 18 2010, 02:29 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Admin Posts: 388 Joined: 7-October 06 From: UK, Scotland Member No.: 3782 |
PHPBB3 is proberly going to be a better choice since they have been going longer. Its also proberly the most popular free board. PHPBB3 has AutoMod where you upload the mod to a directory, goto the admin panel and hit install. It then applys the mod to the forum(You can also get it to uninstall them). Its also got converters for IPB to PHPBB.
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Original War Support UFO Support Wiki Free Map Editor AMD Sempron 2800+(2GHZ Clock), 512MB RAM, Geforce FX 5900XT, Windows XP |
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Feb 20 2010, 05:34 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 113 Joined: 11-March 07 From: Freezin' NZ Member No.: 4928 |
QUOTE (Stucuk @ Feb 18 2010, 03:29 PM) PHPBB3 is proberly going to be a better choice since they have been going longer. Its also proberly the most popular free board. PHPBB3 has AutoMod where you upload the mod to a directory, goto the admin panel and hit install. It then applys the mod to the forum(You can also get it to uninstall them). Its also got converters for IPB to PHPBB. I agree, PHPBB3 is probably your best choice. Its what I use right now on my own forum. -------------------- behind you... with a knife... and a fork... and a plate... with roast chicken... dinners ready!
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Feb 26 2010, 08:17 PM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 32 Joined: 22-February 10 Member No.: 9618 |
Damn - they are bad here
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Mar 1 2010, 04:57 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 113 Joined: 11-March 07 From: Freezin' NZ Member No.: 4928 |
indeed.
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Mar 4 2010, 03:21 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Admin Posts: 388 Joined: 7-October 06 From: UK, Scotland Member No.: 3782 |
Hopefully from now on, there should be alot less of them breaking through the defences. The main problem was that IPB protected the majority of the forums files (So you can't modify them), but index.php isn't protected, so with a little hack it should now have better protection against bots. Only time will tell how effective it is.
-------------------- - Stu
Original War Support UFO Support Wiki Free Map Editor AMD Sempron 2800+(2GHZ Clock), 512MB RAM, Geforce FX 5900XT, Windows XP |
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Mar 4 2010, 07:46 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 113 Joined: 11-March 07 From: Freezin' NZ Member No.: 4928 |
QUOTE (Stucuk @ Mar 4 2010, 03:21 AM) Hopefully from now on, there should be alot less of them breaking through the defences. The main problem was that IPB protected the majority of the forums files (So you can't modify them), but index.php isn't protected, so with a little hack it should now have better protection against bots. Only time will tell how effective it is. Cool, fingers crossed! 
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