sentinel bans cgi-php/phpwrapper ?

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ive never seen this before.....
an admin from a site visits and gets kicked on the spot...
anyone can explain what happens here...

Date & Time: 2006-09-21
Blocked IP:
User ID: Anonymous (1)
Reason: Abuse-Harvest
String Match: indy library
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User Agent: Mozilla/3.0 (compatible; Indy Library)
Query String: www.site.com/cgi-php/phpwrapper?newlang=french
Get String: www.site.com/cgi-php/phpwrapper?newlang=french
Post String: www.site.com/cgi-php/phpwrapper
Forwarded For: none
Client IP: none
Remote Address:
Remote Port: 1533
Request Method: HEAD

And the url is realy www.site.com/index.php?newlang=french
so where does the rest comes from and why the ban?

registered · Site Admin Joined: Jun 04, 2004 Posts: 6437

Not sure, but the user agent triggered the block: Abuse-Harvest

Posted: Thu Sep 21, 2006 2:16 pm

mmmm..,but it shows the url like /cgi-php/phpwrapper in the query,get,and post string..
Where does that comes from....
the site has pure normal stuff,just plain text...nothing more...
and what you mean with user agent triggered ?

registered · Posted: Thu Sep 21, 2006 6:13 pm

Hmmm could be something with the paths that Sentinel uses. Is your PHP compiled as a CGI module?

Posted: Thu Sep 21, 2006 6:21 pm

hi, no its not my site....
i was asked to helpwith some things,upgrading sentinel was one of the things....
but thing is,to me nothing happens...
but others that just drop in and use the language block get banned...

so could it be PHP compiled as a CGI module ?
But wouldnt that be weird?
I never read anything abywhere that such a config would ban people,not to mention the weird query,get,and post string url it shows ...

registered · Posted: Thu Sep 21, 2006 7:51 pm

If you look in NukeSentinel's Harvestor blocker, you will that user agent of "indy library" in there. Unban them and have them try a different browser. I wonder if there is some extension they are using which changes the user agent to this value???

Posted: Thu Sep 21, 2006 8:03 pm

well thing is,i dont think they are so interested in all of this...
in situations like this,a script like sentinel gets the blame,but infact they dont know what its all about...
a few admin,or some important people should be able to get on the site,or administrate it whatever....
but they never seen something like sentinel...,so they mail a black banned screenshot asking what it is....
is it a plain?...no...is it a bird?......no....its sentinel.. !!!!
huh,whats that?

Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2006 6:04 am

Well, I am trying to help you debug this. NukeSentinel is doing what it supposed to be doing. But, if you don't think this Indy Library is anything to be concerned with, you have two choices: turn off Harvestor Blocker or remove that line from the list of user agents.

If you want to try and figure out why a regular browser is causing the user agent to be this, then you might want to ask them about what I posted in my previous note.

Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2006 6:17 am

yes thanks, i already took it out and maild them to try a few things...
see how that goes....