How do I stop this with nuke sentinel

jnorris · New Member Joined: Dec 16, 2005 Posts: 7

Code:

/modules.php?name=Your_Account&op=userinfo&bypass=1&username=*

Where the * is the user name.. That is allowing my board to be spammed to death. Even running 7.6 chatserv patched 3.2 and sentinel...

Guardian2003 · Posted: Fri May 19, 2006 10:29 pm

That is a perfectly normal url generated when a registered user logs in.
If you are getting spammed ensure you have security graphics turned on for log-ins and that the forum module is set to registered users only.

As additional protection, in the Forum control panel, go through each forum, one at a time and make sure the permissions are set to 'Registered' - this will allow anyone to view the forum but only registered users can post.

If the spam forum posts have usernames associated with them, you can ban them, block their IP etc.

If you not have have user account registration set to 'user' you may want to change that - it will not stop them registering but they will have to use a valid email address to get the account activation link.