Post install

New Member Joined: Jun 17, 2004 Posts: 10

Can anyone share what settings work best on there site running sentinal, Ive installed successfuly for the first time & was curious to how everyone set there configuration up.

Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2004 3:21 pm

I'd recomend Block + Email until its been running a while just in case there are some unseen issues like the (title here between braces) in weblinks and downloads for instance.

Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2004 3:30 pm

Just to clarify.

String Filters: Block & Email
Harvest Blocker: Block & Email
UNION Blocker: Block & Email
CLIKE Blocker: Block & Email
SCRIPT Blocker: Block & Email
AUTHORS Blocker: Block & Email

Is that right?

Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2004 3:50 pm

Just out of curiousity... what are "String Filters" anyway?

Because I didn't know what they where I'm not giving them the Popups but as for the rest...

I'm running.

String Filters: Block, Email, & Background
Harvest Blocker: Block, Email, & Background
UNION Blocker: Block, Email, & Popups
CLIKE Blocker: Block, Email, & Popups
SCRIPT Blocker: Block, Email, & Popups
AUTHORS Blocker: Block, Email, & Popups

I figure “UNION” and “CLIKE” are intentional so if someone hits me... hit 'em back, but I'm a little unsure on the rest. I don't really know what "String Filters" are, and I'm a little unsure as to what the “SCRIPT Blocker” is looking for too. Is this the reason I can't make a link to Raven's website?

I guess an explanation for the "AUTHORS Blocker" would be good too as I'm not too sure of that either... honestly, I'm not TOO SURE of anything except that I've had five attempts since installing and it's been 3 UNIONS, 1 CLIKE, and an AGENT and none have gotten through, that's the only thing I'm sure of. Very Happy

Anyway, a dev recommendation wouldn't be a bad idea. Set what to where and why. I don't know much about the hows and whys of the attacks, I just know I need to protect my site… from that point on I'm on a huge learning curve.

Peace!

Client Joined: Apr 10, 2004 Posts: 649 Location: UK

I've set mine to "Block, Email, & Background " on everything and had no problems with phpnuke v7.0.

Hangin' Around Joined: Jun 05, 2004 Posts: 29

I heard that String Filters and Harvest Blocker should turn Off becouse they make your site too slow...
....however i don't really know if this is correct or not!!

Site Admin/Owner Joined: Aug 27, 2002 Posts: 17088

Hasn't even phased mine at all. Those filters aren't that big Laughing

Posted: Tue Jun 22, 2004 10:19 am

So u suggest to put all ON ???

Posted: Tue Jun 22, 2004 10:23 am

Most do. It's really negligible. Try it and determine your needs.

Posted: Tue Jun 22, 2004 8:50 pm

I have loaded Sentinel on my site and have tried to change the Blocker Settings, etc. but when I save changes the page reloads with everything back to the default "OFF" settings. Is there something I am missing in my setup? Question

Thanks

Posted: Tue Jun 22, 2004 8:51 pm

It sounds like you did not run the nsnst.php install file.

Posted: Tue Jun 22, 2004 8:55 pm

Not to sound stupid Shocked

, but how do you Run this file Question

Posted: Tue Jun 22, 2004 8:59 pm

You have to be logged into nuke as admin. Then, type http://your_domain.com/nsnst.php, click new install. Assuming you see all successful messages, you have it installed. Then delete nsnst.php from the folder. To help us better instruct people in the future, what was confusing in the readme?

Posted: Wed Jun 23, 2004 6:41 am

about the nsnst.php the Read Me states:

Line 93> html/nsnst.php ---------------------> This will install, upgrade,
or destall NSN Sentinel(tm) tables.

and then,

Line 116> 1) Upload all new files and run the nsnst.php file. Perform a
first time install.

I did not know how to run the nsnst.php file for a first time install, but then again, I am new to this stuff so it may be me. I did try looking for a more basic step-by-step install process for newbie's. I managed to get through everything else by searching through your forums and piecing bits of information together from the different forum entries.

I do want to say that this has been the best place for phpnuke help I've found since I started my site. Thanks to you Raven and all of the other friends here that support people like me. Very Happy

Steve

Posted: Wed Jun 23, 2004 6:45 am

Good deal! Would you like to "volunteer" to write an install guide that you feel more meets the needs of a user at your level (no offense intended!)? We are making some great changes in the upcoming v2.0 release, and your input would be beneficial I'm sure. Thanks!

Posted: Wed Jun 23, 2004 7:43 am

Not a problem at all!

Just let me know when you need it.

Posted: Wed Jun 23, 2004 7:47 am

ASAP - v2.0 is getting close Wink

Posted: Wed Jun 23, 2004 7:50 am

I will work on it this weekend