login bug (Read 28216 times)

GCW · January 11, 2011, 10:30:02 pm

Quote from: hairich on January 11, 2011, 10:28:33 pm

can you tell me what a spambot is

It's those people attending A&E having "slipped in the shower".

slackline · January 11, 2011, 11:47:54 pm

Quote from: hairich on January 11, 2011, 10:28:33 pm

can you tell me what a spambot is and i am still having to login all the time

In this context it means this but there are other contexts.

hairich · January 12, 2011, 08:15:57 pm

thanks slackers,wish i had never asked.are the forum administrators doing anything about this.i am getting very fed up with having to login every time i want to get on here

nai · January 12, 2011, 08:19:32 pm

It's getting to the stage for me that my session is expiring after 5 minutes.

nai · January 12, 2011, 08:21:06 pm

I had originally typed a longer reply but my session timed out again and when I pressed post I had to login again and then ended up in a Start-New-Thread session....

slackline · January 12, 2011, 09:31:34 pm

If you're regularly getting logged out when posting, my advice would be when you've finished typing....

Hit 'Ctrl + a' to select all text.

Hit 'Ctrl + c' to copy all selected text.

Click on post (or hit 'Tab' followed by space if you can't be arsed taking your fingers of the keyboard).

If you get logged out then log back in, go back to the thread, hit Reply and then when focus is on the box you type in hit 'Ctrl + v' to paste your text back in before posting again (hopefully you won't have been logged out).

Its a pain in the arse to have to do it, but this is a few key strokes at the end of typing. There's not a great deal that can be done if bots/people are trying to crack the software, its a "security" feature to stop spammers, remove it, the board will get spammed more as our passwords will get cracked.

Paul B · January 12, 2011, 11:21:20 pm

Much as I hate it, couldn't captcha or similar be used at login?

fatdoc · January 12, 2011, 11:24:52 pm

Quote from: GCW on January 11, 2011, 10:30:02 pm

Quote from: hairich on January 11, 2011, 10:28:33 pm
can you tell me what a spambot is

It's those people attending A&E having "slipped in the shower".

medical joke that = up the arse shampoo bottles..

[ for clarity... sorry]

fatdoc · January 12, 2011, 11:28:40 pm

BTW, is this browser specific??

I'm using my original password on here .... from the first week the forum was made... it has a weak security profile & I'm logged in on my macbook, imac, iphone and the wife's macbook ( all apple browsers) and I'm fine...

Bubba · January 13, 2011, 03:32:14 am

Quote from: fatdoc on January 12, 2011, 11:28:40 pm

BTW, is this browser specific??

Nope, not browser or OS specific.

nai · January 13, 2011, 08:03:32 am

Not to worry, I'm sure it'll stop soon enough, in the meantime I'll do this Ctrl key voodoo shit that Slackers talks of.
Not to worry, I'm sure it'll stop soon enough, in the meantime I'll do this Ctrl key voodoo shit that Slackers talks of.
Not to worry, I'm sure it'll stop soon enough, in the meantime I'll do this Ctrl key voodoo shit that Slackers talks of.
Not to worry, I'm sure it'll stop soon enough, in the meantime I'll do this Ctrl key voodoo shit that Slackers talks of.

Wow brilliant

slackline · January 13, 2011, 08:15:29 am

Quote from: nai on January 13, 2011, 08:03:32 am

Not to worry, I'm sure it'll stop soon enough, in the meantime I'll do this Ctrl key voodoo shit that Slackers talks of.
Not to worry, I'm sure it'll stop soon enough, in the meantime I'll do this Ctrl key voodoo shit that Slackers talks of.
Not to worry, I'm sure it'll stop soon enough, in the meantime I'll do this Ctrl key voodoo shit that Slackers talks of.
Not to worry, I'm sure it'll stop soon enough, in the meantime I'll do this Ctrl key voodoo shit that Slackers talks of.

Wow brilliant

Thats some stutter you've got going on there nai.

sidewinder · January 13, 2011, 08:25:49 am

Just for your information I think this has happened a few times to me since the new year.

GCW · February 01, 2011, 03:05:50 pm

UKB very slow today and I have to keep logging in every 5 minutes. Password is pretty decent, but will change it again. Is it just me?

Paul B · February 01, 2011, 03:15:26 pm

Quote from: GCW on February 01, 2011, 03:05:50 pm

UKB very slow today and I have to keep logging in every 5 minutes. Password is pretty decent, but will change it again. Is it just me?

its certainly not slow for me and the login bug has left me alone for a few weeks now.

GCW · February 01, 2011, 03:19:30 pm

Still getting logged out after changing passwords

nai · February 01, 2011, 03:28:08 pm

I think the problem is someone/thing trying to log in with your username and logging your sessionout, so changing pssword won't stop that but ensuring you have a.strong password will make it less likely your password is cracked.

It's very annoying, I was very glad when it stopped

SA Chris · February 02, 2011, 10:22:06 am

I posted a reply, read a bit more and tried to post another a minute later and had to log in.

Bubba · February 08, 2011, 06:03:48 pm

After getting logged out once every minute for the whole of yesterday, I've installed a whole shit-load of anti-spam/anti-bot measures which will hopefully reduce this problem to a minimum.

Anyone trying to login, register or even just view the forum is now checked for having "bot like" headers, and against the Project Honeypot and Stop Forum Spam databases.

This may cause you problems if you access the forum using a proxy server but the new facilities should allow you to prove yourself human. Sorry if this catches you but this problem and the signature spam profiles needed to be addressed.

I've deleted nearly 3000 spam profiles across ukbouldering and ukcaving this week

Bubba · February 09, 2011, 11:33:05 am

Overnight across the two sites, the new software has blocked 970 spam/login/registration attempts. Not bad at all

I notice that Jim amongst others has been targeted as suspicious by the software - sorry Jim, I think somebody has spammed from your IP in the past, or you had a virus or something.

SA Chris · February 09, 2011, 11:56:15 am

Or you donwloaded the contents of an entire website, thus incurring the wrath of the cybergods.

Obi-Wan is lost... · February 09, 2011, 12:11:27 pm

Site is regularly throwing me out today from my work machine (Shef CC Proxy), well annoying.

slackline · February 09, 2011, 01:15:42 pm

Quote from: SA Chris on February 09, 2011, 11:56:15 am

Or you donwloaded the contents of an entire website, thus incurring the wrath of the cybergods.

Well remembered!

Bubba · February 09, 2011, 01:54:16 pm

Quote from: Obi-Wan is lost... on February 09, 2011, 12:11:27 pm

Site is regularly throwing me out today from my work machine (Shef CC Proxy), well annoying.

Yep, sorry - this isn't as a result of the anti-spam measures, this is just one who's still slipping through the net.

Jim · February 09, 2011, 02:37:38 pm

Quote from: Bubba on February 09, 2011, 11:33:05 am

Overnight across the two sites, the new software has blocked 970 spam/login/registration attempts. Not bad at all

I notice that Jim amongst others has been targeted as suspicious by the software - sorry Jim, I think somebody has spammed from your IP in the past, or you had a virus or something.

that was on my phone last night, kept saying I've got a virus on it or something. Will scan it.
No trouble on the desktop