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Lounge - YaBB Development & Mods https://yabbforumsoftware.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?catselect=lounge Lounge - YaBB Development & Mods en-us YaBB Development & Mods Thu, 20 Aug 2026 04:30:52 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss YaBB 2.7.00 Revision: 2044 30 Talk it Up - bots https://yabbforumsoftware.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1760591040/4#4 YaBB Development & Mods/Talk it Up https://yabbforumsoftware.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1760591040/4#4 no-email@yabbforumsoftware.com (pyragony54) Fri, 14 Aug 2026 04:41:38 GMT @ nixnut <a href="https://yabbforumsoftware.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1786682368" target="_blank">https://yabbforumsoftware.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1786682368</a> Talk it Up - RES-Proxys https://yabbforumsoftware.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1786682368/0#0 YaBB Development & Mods/Talk it Up https://yabbforumsoftware.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1786682368/0#0 no-email@yabbforumsoftware.com (pyragony54) Fri, 14 Aug 2026 04:39:28 GMT Dear members, There is a new obfuscation tool on the internet: so-called RES proxies (Residential proxies). What do these proxies do? Any IP address can become a RES proxy. I won't go into too much detail here, but if you find that your website is inaccessible and you are seeing an unusually high number of visitors, you have likely fallen victim to these proxies. Blocking them via the firewall is pointless, as an IP acting as a RES proxy today might not be one tomorrow. There are ways to protect yourself to some extent, provided you operate your own dedicated server and have root access. 1.) Route your nameservers through a service like Cloudflare. 2.) Install Cloudflare Turnstile. 3.) Install the RES proxy filter from <a href="https://www.ip2location.com" target="_blank">https://www.ip2location.com</a>. You will need to register for this. The "Lite" filter is free and perfectly adequate; however, it must be updated regularly. If anyone is affected, I can provide a quick guide for setting up the filter. It isn't difficult, but root access is required. You will need to set up Turnstile yourself, as it requires two API keys, one of which is secret. Cloudflare provides instructions for this on their website. All of this is free of charge. <hr /> Liebe Mitglieder, es gibt ein neues Verschleierungstool im Internet. Die sogenannten RES-Proxys. (Wohnort-Proxys). Was können diese Proxys? Jede IP kann zu einem RES-Proxy werden. Ich möchte das jetzt nicht weiter ausweiten. Wenn ihr feststellt, das eure Webseite nicht erreichbar ist und ihr eine ungewöhnlich hohe Anzahl an Besuchern habt, dann seid ihr Opfer von diesen Proxys geworden. In der Firewall zu blockieren ist sinnlos, denn was heute ein RES-Proxy ist, muß es morgen nicht mehr sein. Es gibt Möglichkeiten sich davor einigermaßen zu schützen, Voraussetzung, ihr betreibt einen eigenen dedizierten Server und habt Rootrechte. 1.) Rootet eure Nameserver über z.B.: Cloudflare. 2.) Installiert von Cloudflare-Turnstille. 3.) Installiert von <a href="https://www.ip2location.com" target="_blank">https://www.ip2location.com</a> den RES-Proxy-Filter. Dazu müßt ihr euch registrieren. Der leichte Filter ist kostenlos und reicht vollkommen aus. Er muß regelmäßig aktualisiert werden. Sollte jemand betroffen sein mache ich für den Filter eine Kurzanleitung. Es ist nicht schwer, aber Rootrechte sind Voraussetzung. Turnstile müßt ihr selber hinbekommen, da dafür zwei API-Schlüssel erforderlich sind und einer davon ist geheim. Es gibt dafür auf der Seite von Cloudflare eine Anleitung. Das alles ist kotenlos. Talk it Up - YaBB won't start https://yabbforumsoftware.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1710350194/3#3 YaBB Development & Mods/Talk it Up https://yabbforumsoftware.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1710350194/3#3 no-email@yabbforumsoftware.com (pyragony54) Fri, 15 Mar 2024 00:59:01 GMT <a href="https://yabbforumsoftware.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1710350194/2#2">shoelessbruce wrote</a> on Mar 13th, 2024 at 7:42pm: <div id="455E59535A534545544443555307043600"> I is rookie... </div> It is possible that your server operator does not support PERL. Then a lot of manual work is required, if it is even possible. Talk it Up - Bad Passwords 2017 https://yabbforumsoftware.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1515424475/0#0 YaBB Development & Mods/Talk it Up https://yabbforumsoftware.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1515424475/0#0 no-email@yabbforumsoftware.com (Dandello) Mon, 8 Jan 2018 15:14:35 GMT <a href="https://www.techlicious.com/blog/worst-passwords-2017/?techlicious-badpasswords=&ad_id=505357&share-ad-id=1" target="_blank">worst-passwords-2017</a> Talk it Up - Happy New Years https://yabbforumsoftware.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1514827133/1#1 YaBB Development & Mods/Talk it Up https://yabbforumsoftware.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1514827133/1#1 Tue, 2 Jan 2018 15:10:21 GMT And may you receive what you need (rather than what you deserve). Talk it Up - Test https://yabbforumsoftware.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1512224273/1#1 YaBB Development & Mods/Talk it Up https://yabbforumsoftware.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1512224273/1#1 no-email@yabbforumsoftware.com (Sire Chuck) Sat, 2 Dec 2017 15:27:46 GMT <a href="https://yabbforumsoftware.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1512224273/0#0">Sire Chuck wrote</a> on Dec 2nd, 2017 at 2:17pm: <div id="7D75755B504A13133E01">Test from Charlie <img rel=";-)" src="https://yabbforumsoftware.com/yabbfiles/Smilies/cool.gif" alt="Cool" title="Cool" /> Edited: <div>Testing Modify</div> </div> Another test from Charlie Talk it Up - All my mySQL sites have crashed https://yabbforumsoftware.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1478492556/0#0 YaBB Development & Mods/Talk it Up https://yabbforumsoftware.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1478492556/0#0 no-email@yabbforumsoftware.com (Dandello) Mon, 7 Nov 2016 04:22:36 GMT Just letting everybody know I've got other things on my mind - The server software on the VPS was at its end of life so I had it updated. Unfortunately, Apache 2.4 on the server has disabled all the .htaccess files which has totaled most of my other sites (the monetized ones) and there's a problem with all my sites that use mySQL for data storage. The data is there - I can get to them using PHP but not with Perl. Luckily none of the YaBB tests were using mySQL. Edited: <div>The problem reaching the databases was creating a situation that made it look like .htaccess wasn't working. Apparently the techs fubarred on the upgrade and installed some 32-bit items that didn't play well with the rest of it.</div> Talk it Up - My life with YaBB https://yabbforumsoftware.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1475068366/0#0 YaBB Development & Mods/Talk it Up https://yabbforumsoftware.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1475068366/0#0 no-email@yabbforumsoftware.com (Dandello) Wed, 28 Sep 2016 13:12:46 GMT <a href="http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/fixing_problems.png" rel="gb_image[nice_pics]" title="fixing_problems.png"><img src="http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/fixing_problems.png" id="post_img_resize" alt="fixing_problems.png" title="fixing_problems.png" /></a> <img rel="[smiley=wallbash.gif]" src="https://yabbforumsoftware.com/yabbfiles/Smilies/wallbash.gif" alt="Smiley" title="wallbash" /> (Gaining on moving the code to the comply with the strict pragma.) Talk it Up - Menu disappears ... Quickly FIXED. https://yabbforumsoftware.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1468423868/5#5 YaBB Development & Mods/Talk it Up https://yabbforumsoftware.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1468423868/5#5 no-email@yabbforumsoftware.com (Dandello) Wed, 13 Jul 2016 20:49:45 GMT To clarify - most of the time when the management or functioning of other forums (no matter what forum) is brought up, it's to be negative about the management of that other forum in a place where that management can't defend themselves and may not even know they're subject to discussion. I honestly have no idea why YaBBForum's preview function is so slow and I freely admit that my javascript skills are not good enough to code the preview be an 'in browser' function. <img rel=";-)" src="https://yabbforumsoftware.com/yabbfiles/Smilies/sad.gif" alt="Sad" title="Sad" /> But I'm glad it functions well here. I'm a member of quite a few forums where the preview has to be refreshed to see any changes made. Edited: <div>Remember, for the vast majority of forums, the rules that are in place are a response to that admin's experiences in running that or other forums. For myself, I have had very bad experiences with people (not YaBBers and not here) making very negative comments about other forums - including members of other forums making flat out false statements about MY forums and members. So - concerning YaBBForum - a quick note that they're having problems that maybe I can fix, fine. Beyond that, please don't.</div>