One record of Layer 7 DoS Attact
Today, I received an email from a website monitoring service. It said my site was down. 1) The very first step is to try the website. The browser can not open it. 2) I sign in to the PVE, and...
Tag: phpbb
Upgrade Server Programs
Today, I upgraded a few programs on the server. Including Mastodon, phpBB extentions, and Chevereto. The first one is to upgrade Mastodon. My social media platform. I am using it as a tree hole. Of course, I accept new users...
SphinxSearch WARNING: word overrun buffer, clipped!!!
It is a warning information when the cronjob running every night. This cronjob is used to update or re-index the phpBB powered forum, which is a Chinese forum. The whole error is a kind of a list of warning with...
Errors when upgrade phpBB 3.0.12 to phpBB3.1
I am going to upgrade my forums which are powered by phpBB. The package I downloaded is automatic upgrade package. phpBB-3.0.12–3.1.0.zip One is small forum, with most of the default settings. When I upgrade it as old way, the error...
phpBB official site is hacked
phpBB official site was hacked one week ago. It is still under maintenance. Maintenance We are sorry to report that we have been attacked through a 0-day-exploit in our PHPList installation (responsible for the mailing list about new releases). phpBB.com...
Upgrade phpBB 2 to phpBB3 (part 2)
Now I have the brand new installed phpBB 3 forum. In the final step of installation, I click “proceed on to convertor” to start converting the phpBB 2 to phpBB 3.
Upgrade phpBB 2 to phpBB3 (part 1)
Now I will go through all steps to upgrade phpBB 2.0.22 to phpBB 3. I use Dreamhost to host my phpBB forum. The forum I upgrade in this sample is http://forum.g2soft.net To upgarde a phpBB 2 forum to phpBB3, I...
New Features of phpBB3
phpBB3 is released last month. I upgraded one phpBB 2.0.22 to phpBB 3 yesterday. I will show you the details about the upgrade later. Now I just mark some good features phpBB 3 added. UTF-8 Support, Search Engine spider Handling,...
phpBB Email settings with Gmail
I run a BBS, which is phpBB. I also use the Google Apps’ email service. How to make them work together? Let’s discuss it now. Version of phpBB2: 2.0.22 It is running on the Dreamhost‘s hosting. There is a email...
Anti Forum spammer by SpamWords
As I mentioned before, I install a Spamwords 1.1.3 plugin on PHPBB 2.0.22. After about one and half month use, I feel it is so good to provent lots of spam from displaying on my G2Soft Support forum. It is...
Installation of Spamwords 1.1.3 on PHPBB 2.0.22
I have posted Fight against Spam, Spammer and Bots on PHPBB forum system. I have Humanizer mod for PHPBB, and Hide User’s WebSite Button 1.0.3 on my forum to protect against spam. Now I feel it is not enough. I...
Fight against Spam, Spammer and Bots
Create a Forum, or BBS, is easy for now. But to keep it clean and away from spam is more difficult. To take care of the PHPBB, I use it for G2Soft Supporting Forum, I add some plugins on it....
Humanizer mod for PHPBB
To protect the forum powered by PHPBB, I install another mod on it. Humanizer 1.1.0
Hide User’s WebSite Button 1.0.3
I just updated PHPBB yesterday. Because of so many spammers on the Internet. They keep register on my forum and left the porn site links or spams. I hate them. Sometimes I changed the configuration that only admin can active...
Upgrade PHPBB from 2.0.19 to 2.0.22
I upgraded my G2Soft Supporting forum yesterday. The latest one is 2.0.22. It took me about 15 minutes to upgrade it from 2.0.19. Easy and smooth. The PHPBB can be downloaded here. The PHPBB is simple to upgrade, but the...