*** FORUM Back in Business!! ***

feldon34 · 02-28-2002, 01:04 PM

Look at the fishes!

Ok, we're back under way. It wasn't my fault. It wasn't my web host's fault. It wasn't vBulletin's fault. It was the fault of John Q. Hacker.

Someone figured out how to hack into one of the programs vBulletin runs upon, pHp. The quick solution until pHp can be updated, is for every web host on Earth who uses pHp to turn off file uploads.

Sounds innocuous, right?

Well vBulletin is hard-wired to support things like people uploading file attachments, zip attachments, or uploading their own avatar images rather than having to host the image at AOL or somewhere else.

So this "security fix" broke vBulletin.

I went hunting on the vBulletin forum and stumbled upon the solution, to temporarily strip the file upload capabilities of vBulletin out.

<a href="http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php?threadid=40721">vBulletin "No Forum Specified" Announcement</a>

I did have another choice, to turn on file uploads at feldoncentral.com and take our chances. I've chosen not to do this.

Please bear with it until pHp is updated and we can switch this feature back on.

In the mean time, attachments won't work. Please <A href="mailto:feldon@feldoncentral.com">e-mail</a> photos/snapshots and avatar images to me if you cannot host them yourself. I will put them on feldoncentral.com for you.

patscarr · 03-04-2002, 04:05 AM

Any update yet on when upload capabilities of vBulletin will be ON or our photos/snapshots and avatar image attachments will work again?

feldon34 · 03-23-2002, 02:11 PM

Everything is fixed. You can attach images now.

I'm unsticking this topic..

02-28-2002, 01:04 PM	#1
feldon34 Forum Administrator Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Rock Hill, SC Posts: 10,938	Back in Business Look at the fishes! Ok, we're back under way. It wasn't my fault. It wasn't my web host's fault. It wasn't vBulletin's fault. It was the fault of John Q. Hacker. Someone figured out how to hack into one of the programs vBulletin runs upon, pHp. The quick solution until pHp can be updated, is for every web host on Earth who uses pHp to turn off file uploads. Sounds innocuous, right? Well vBulletin is hard-wired to support things like people uploading file attachments, zip attachments, or uploading their own avatar images rather than having to host the image at AOL or somewhere else. So this "security fix" broke vBulletin. I went hunting on the vBulletin forum and stumbled upon the solution, to temporarily strip the file upload capabilities of vBulletin out. <a href="http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php?threadid=40721">vBulletin "No Forum Specified" Announcement</a> I did have another choice, to turn on file uploads at feldoncentral.com and take our chances. I've chosen not to do this. Please bear with it until pHp is updated and we can switch this feature back on. In the mean time, attachments won't work. Please <A href="mailto:feldon@feldoncentral.com">e-mail</a> photos/snapshots and avatar images to me if you cannot host them yourself. I will put them on feldoncentral.com for you. "Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed. Everything else is public relations." - George Orwell "If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal." - Emma Goldman

03-04-2002, 04:05 AM	#2
patscarr Pet Shark Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Back in Buffalo Posts: 5,454	Any update yet on when upload capabilities of vBulletin will be ON or our photos/snapshots and avatar image attachments will work again? Patrick

03-23-2002, 02:11 PM	#3
feldon34 Forum Administrator Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Rock Hill, SC Posts: 10,938	Everything is fixed. You can attach images now. I'm unsticking this topic.. "Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed. Everything else is public relations." - George Orwell "If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal." - Emma Goldman