Banned for no reason

registered · New Member Joined: Jun 23, 2004 Posts: 3

Raven,

I was just banned from my own site for clicking on a file link. I was curious as to how this happened and how I can corretc this ? Here's the query string noted in the e-mail I sent to my self saying I was a hacker Laughing

Date & Time: 2004-06-23 07:45:24
Blocked IP: 68.82.x.xxx <-- x by me
User ID: Anonymous (1)
Reason: Abuse - SCRIPT
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User Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1) Query String: mirageone.net/modules.php?name=Downloads&d_op=ratedownload&lid=7&ttitle=SpyBot_Search_and_Destroy_(SD)
Forwarded For: none
Client IP: none
Remote Address: 68.82.x.xxx
Remote Port: 18901
Request Method: GET
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thanks in advance
jt

Posted: Wed Jun 23, 2004 9:26 am

Ok, I figgured this one out. This was because the filename contained "(SD)" as a part of the title. I was able to rate other files, so I deducted the ony real difference was the Title of the Download.

Here's the real question now. How can I make sure that no users put any parenthisis in the title. How would we "ban" their use from the Download module ? Or is there something else ?

Client Joined: Jul 18, 2003 Posts: 977

You can change the rules of your download submissions and add Please do not use parenthesis in your titles. Or you can change them yourself manually..

Posted: Wed Jun 23, 2004 10:22 am

You could use str_replace for the title but when its part of the filename its gonna be a pain in the arse anyway. So I think blith's suggestion might be the easiest and most effective in the long run.

Posted: Wed Jun 23, 2004 1:53 pm

I agree.

Thanks