Filter Problems....

Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2007 8:29 am

Greetings all,
I seem to be having filter problems. I am running the up to date version. I have the IP to C installed and updated.

I have 2 issues....
1. Random AOL users getting blocked. Sometimes it blockes them and sometimes it does not.
I have tried several different URLs with them....it still seems to be random.

2. Google set it off. Those of you that know my url....hit goole and type it in...You have been blocked...tring to bypass the filter system.

My guess is this will not help with my page rank and/or rankings...LOL!

I do not get any get or post strings in the e-mails....

Any ideas on how to get this back into shape?

Dawg

Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2007 10:37 am

What reason is it giving for banning the AOL and Google?

registered · Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2007 10:53 am

The invalid IP issue might be getting the AOL users. That happened to me before. I turned that check off by setting that flag in rnconfig.php.

Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2007 1:32 pm

You have attempted to bypass the Filter System on this site.

Is the only thing I am getting....

I have invalid IP turned off but I am not using RN. I am still on 7.3

Dawg

Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2007 3:17 pm

I don't think 7.3 knows anything about rnconfig so that flag is probably having no effect. I haven't ... well I just did ... checked. Rnconfig gets "required" by the RN config.php. The latest nukesentinel checks the variable that's set in rnconfig. So if you aren't running RN and its config.php that variable will never be set and NS won't find it and won't act on it.

Solution: upgrade to RN. Possible shortcut (uncertified, even questionable) but require rnconfig in your current config.php. Or copy the setting of that variable to your current config.php and then test to see if it works. I can't predict what side effects it might have.

Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2007 5:45 pm

fkelly, when I ran 7.9 I simply put that $bypassNukeSentinelInvalidIPCheck = true; flag into my config.php file. It worked fine.

Dawg, what version of Sentinel are you using? It is possible a later version fixes these issues.

Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2007 5:49 pm

Gremmie, I was just being cautious. I don't like to say "do this and it will work" when I haven't tested it personally but thanks Smile

Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2007 6:03 pm

Perfectly understandable! Smile

Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2007 7:49 pm

NukeSentinel(tm) 2.5.10: Enabled: Administration
Your version is upto date!

I have this in my config as well...
$bypassNukeSentinelInvalidIPCheck = true;

fkelly, I intend to upgrade as soon as my season is over. My site is HUGh and upgradeing is a lot easier said than done.

This started with the upgrade on NS.....It is mostly AOL users but google got it as well.

If any of you want my URL to look around just let me know.

Dawg

Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2007 5:57 am

I have a NEW clue to what is going on.....
I sent my folks a list of links and asked them to try each one.

They are all coming back with pretty nuch the same thing.
http://www.xxxxxxxx.com/index.php works
http://www.xxxxxxxxx.com works
www.xxxxxx.com works
http://xxxxxxxx.com BLOCKED

So it seems that the real issue is with how the links are formed.

and it is the filter blocker that is doing it and it is AOL users that it is happening to (and google)....any ideas?

Dawg

registered · Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2007 7:13 am

well, not sure if this will relate or not, but it might in the end. I would first decide whether you want your links to be http://www.xxxxxxxx.com vs. http://xxxxxxxx.com. Whichever you decide, make sure your site is set up in Preferences and Forums Admin to match what you have decided.

For example, if you decide to go with http://xxxxxxx.com, which is what I have done. Preferences will have http://xxxxxxx.com and forums will just have xxxxxxxx.com.

Then, log into your Google account and tell google to only crawl links based on what you have decided. So, based on this, you might want to go with the one that has already been indexed and page ranked!

Then, in .htaccess, put in a 301 redirect to ensure that all links coming in with the old domain gets permanently redirected to the new.

For you, it sounds like you will want www.xxxxxxxx.com, but you had better checked to see what is cached in Google and/or other SEs.

My suspicion is that AOL and Google are unrelated, but that is only my "gut" talking. Is there nothing after the links above? Are they still getting the "your have attempted to bypass the Filter System" message? I can find that message only with the Filter blocker in NS. I am stumped....

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In addition to the other responses, you might want to make sure that all of the Google addresses are in your protected ranges. I agree with M's thoughts that the 2 are probably not related. If you turn the filter option off does that clear it up? If not, then I would next look at your domain record setup and make sure that domain.com has an A record and www.domain.com has a CName record. One other thing: Are you forcing the URL to www.domain.com through NukeSentinel(tm)? If so you might try disabling that feature.

Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2007 9:09 am

Thank You for your help! My google stuff is dropping LIKE a rock!

Also I turned the filter to E-mail only....How big of a HOLE am I leaving in my site?

Dawg