We have 2 users that have forums (phpbb) and we receive tons of rebounded mails everyday from people registering with fake mails.. I have a feeling it's a spam script or something..
Here's an example of a rebounded mail: ....
it's in my clients contract that they must use our email marketing software to send out mass emails.
we are running WHM with the clients website on a cpanel account.
is there a way for me to monitor the email traffic so i know if they send out emails to more than 50+ recipients at a time?
im aware that they are sending emails through their desktops using normal smtp accounts, so need a way to prevent this if it's possible.
how much ram do i need for my site (currently on local shared hosting which offtenly highload because of my site), using cpanel vps (cause i don't understand other control panel)
I'm using phpBB2 Forum with few mods and total of 17.800+ member, 300MB Mysql DB, with user online between 100 - 120 at peak hours.
here's my alexa traffic link:
[url]
my site is www.modifikasi.com
I have just started a discussion website using phpBB, with over 3000 forums. PhP memory is becoming a problem. My current host provides 16M. As I know 32M is recommeded by phpBB. I asked my current host to increase the memory but found out it's really costly.
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I have a question about forums. I am going to have a website based on Typo3 cms. The host is almost found. The site will have its forum and I want it to be as secure as possible. Unfortunately, I cannot invest $ into paid forums, like vbulletin.
The question is, which forum is more secure and which one will become the biggest obstacle for hackers / spambots - phpbb or Typo3 forum?
a host for less than $15 a month that can host a phpbb client with likely around 150-400 members. The site will have little media, mostly pictures if anything, nothing fancy. So what is the best for this?
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This msg
your browser does not support meta redirection please click HERE to be redirected
Can I know is the latest version of phpbb still vulnerable to bots signing up? I had given up using phpbb for sometime. Thinking of using it again but I really fear those bots.
View 3 Replies View RelatedMy current phpbb Installation is 3.0.1 and i want to upgrade it to latest 3.0.4. However as you know, automatic upgrade is available only for 3.0.2 to 3.0.4 and 3.0.3 to 3.0.4. So iam attempting to upgrade 3.0.1 to 3.0.2 and then auto upgrade 3.0.2 to 3.0.4.
I have downloaded and extracted the 3.0.2 source. I have moved the install folder of 3.0.2 to root where my phpbb has been installed. I then used the url domain.com/phpbb/install and the browser based conversion/upgradation has been invoked.
However iam having serious trouble in providing the board path. whatever i have specified, it returns the error --
Could not find path to your former board. Please check your settings and try again.
» ../.. was specified as the source path.
We are currently running a phpBB forum on Dreamhost shared hosting and have been getting a lot of Internal Server Errors, so it's time to move to a new host.
We generally have around 200-300 members online (within the last 30 mins). We are using around 2.8TB/month of bandwidth currently. We get around 135,000 visits per month and 470,000 pageviews.
Dreamhost use their own way of measuring database usage..
Quote:
We've developed a unit of measure that helps to track database performance that we call the "conuery":
(25 * connections) + queries = Your database's conuery usage
Our database disk usage us 24mb, we are averaging around 100,000 database connections per day, around 85,000 queries per day and our "Conuery" is around 3 MCn per day (this means nothing to me either lol).
I have found a VPS package with directspace - 2x Intel Quad Core Xeon, 50GB Storage, 2Gb RAM, 2.5GB Burst Ram and 5TB of monthly bandwidth, for $35/month.
Is this likely to be an adequate solution for our needs? We would be running both the database and web services for phpBB from this box.
Also, can anyone give any hints on the best (and most seamless way) to migrate? I'm thinking that we'll get the new host to install all the services and get the box up and running, then I can ftp the files to the new server and export/import the databases. Then perform a (301?) redirect on the old host, pointing to the new IP address until the DNS is updated.
I realise that I'll need to update the config.php for phpbb with the new database details etc, along with the database details for our wordpress implementation and update the server details in the board configuration.
I wanted to create a phpBB forum without having to pay so I found a website and got it hosted. You can find it HERE: [removed]
I wanted to add on a "Downloads" section but I don't believe this is possible... Does anyone know of another free website that lets you host a phpBB forum and a web page or two?
I am in the process of cleaning one old unused phpBB technical forum. As of now the forum is full of spam posting and junk users. I did upgrade it to the latest version, applied a few security tools to prevent spam users from registering. It seems they aren't that much effective. I still get around 50 new spam posting a day.
Do you have any suggestions/tools to help me in getting up the database cleaned. Do you prefer migrating to another forum software. If yes can you recommend some tool for that?
Current BB: readybb.com/cindysommer
Current host: readyBB
My technical skills: only enough to be dangerous
Thanks in advance to anyone who can help.
My current host is not satisfactory. Support is practically non-existant. I need to know if there is such a thing as a host that will provide transfer services as I do not have the technical ability to do it myself.
I would think the ideal situation would be to copy everything to the new host first, but as much as I've read and read about this for months, I still do not trust myself to do it.
What minimum VPS specs should I be looking for to support a PHPBB3 forum that uses 100GB/mth bandwidth and has 50 concurrent users at peak times (measured by PHPBB, so not real-time concurrent)?
And are there any suggestions for inexpensive ($30 or less) options that would be worth trying? Have never used a VPS before.
If not, are there any shared hosting providers that specialize in hosting message boards like PHPBB?
My dedicated server has only one site hosted in it, and we have a forum (SMF), but it seems that it cant handle the traffic on peek hours.
Dual Processor Dual Core Intel Woodcrest 5140
4 Total 2.33 GHz Cores
Dual 1333 MHz Front-side Bus (FSB)
4 MB Shared L2 Cache
8 GB 667 MHz FB-DIMM Memory (Fully Buffered)
2 x 250 GB SATA HD in Hardware RAID 1
I've talked with several people and all said that this server is enough to handle such traffic. So the problem might be on the forum software.
I've already installed eAccelerator and tweaked everything, but it still hangs when spikes occur.
Do you think that phpBB will handle such traffic better?
768MB VPS with DirectAdmin. I will be using phpBB, Joomla, and MediWiki and would like to install an opcode cacher. The 3 most popular ones appear to be: APC, xcache, and eAccelerator.
wouldn't be able to install an opcode cacher on my own without instructions I can just copy and paste into the command line. So my priorities are that it's easy to install/update, it doesn't take manual tweaking to get it working properly, and it's known to have less issues. With phpBB, Joomla, and MediaWiki in mind, which opcode cacher should I go with?
I am running phpbb 3.0.12 installed from Plesk. In Plesk it is showing me that there is an upgrade available to version 3.1.2-15 however when I Re-Check the version in phpbb it says that I already have the latest version 3.0.12. That's a little weird.
The problem is when I upgrade to 3.1.2-15 in Plesk, it will mess with the whole installation. The forum page will redirect in circles to /install/index.php which doesn't even exist and I can't do anything except revert to before the upgrade.
So my questions are: Why does Plesk show a version 3.1.2-15 but phpbb says the latest one is 3.0.12? How does the upgrade process from Plesk work? I expect it to automatically do everything, or why else would I want to let Plesk upgrade?
Since Jan 07, one of our servers has been sending thousands of emails to ne.jp hosts.
Eg from logs:
Code:
Sep 4 19:11:11 debian sm-mta[25383]: l84FY9ME016602: to=, ctladdr= (2001/2001), delay=01:37:02, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=esmtp, pri=930403, relay=lsean.ezweb.ne.jp., dsn=4.0.0, stat=Deferred: Connection timed out with lsean.ezweb.ne.jp.
Sep 4 19:11:11 debian sm-mta[25383]: l84FYB7d016734: to=, ctladdr= (2001/2001), delay=01:37:00, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=esmtp, pri=930403, relay=lsean.ezweb.ne.jp., dsn=4.0.0, stat=Deferred: Connection timed out with lsean.ezweb.ne.jp.
Sep 4 19:11:11 debian sm-mta[25383]: l84FY9A4016629: to=, ctladdr= (2001/2001), delay=01:37:02, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=esmtp, pri=930403, relay=lsean.ezweb.ne.jp., dsn=4.0.0, stat=Deferred: Connection timed out with lsean.ezweb.ne.jp.
Sep 4 19:11:11 debian sm-mta[25383]: l84FY9la016616: to=, ctladdr= (2001/2001), delay=01:37:02, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=esmtp, pri=930403, relay=lsean.ezweb.ne.jp., dsn=4.0.0, stat=Deferred: Connection timed out with lsean.ezweb.ne.jp.
Sep 4 19:11:11 debian sm-mta[25383]: l84FYCkO016807: to=, ctladdr= (2001/2001), delay=01:36:58, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=esmtp, pri=930403, relay=lsean.ezweb.ne.jp., dsn=4.0.0, stat=Deferred: Connection timed out with lsean.ezweb.ne.jp.
Sep 4 19:11:11 debian sm-mta[25383]: l84FYB7B016730: to=, ctladdr= (2001/2001), delay=01:37:00, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=esmtp, pri=930403, relay=lsean.ezweb.ne.jp., dsn=4.0.0, stat=Deferred: Connection timed out with lsean.ezweb.ne.jp.
Sep 4 19:11:11 debian sm-mta[25383]: l84FYCO0016757: to=, ctladdr= (2001/2001), delay=01:36:59, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=esmtp, pri=930403, relay=lsean.ezweb.ne.jp., dsn=4.0.0, stat=Deferred: Connection timed out with lsean.ezweb.ne.jp.
Sep 4 19:11:11 debian sm-mta[25383]: l84FYDjq016819: to=, ctladdr= (2001/2001), delay=01:36:58, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=esmtp, pri=930403, relay=lsean.ezweb.ne.jp., dsn=4.0.0, stat=Deferred: Connection timed out with lsean.ezweb.ne.jp.
Sep 4 19:11:11 debian sm-mta[25383]: l84FYBhL016751: to=, ctladdr= (2001/2001), delay=01:37:00, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=esmtp, pri=930403, relay=lsean.ezweb.ne.jp., dsn=4.0.0, stat=Deferred: Connection timed out with lsean.ezweb.ne.jp.
Sep 4 19:11:11 debian sm-mta[25383]: l84FYDPw016811: to=, ctladdr= (2001/2001), delay=01:36:58, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=esmtp, pri=930403, relay=lsean.ezweb.ne.jp., dsn=4.0.0, stat=Deferred: Connection timed out with lsean.ezweb.ne.jp.
We're absolutely unable to track or find out who is sending it or how to stop this.
So I'm wondering if it is possible to prevent sendmail from sending to:
lsean.ezweb.ne.jp, OR
docomo.ne.jp, OR
softbank.ne.jp
/var/mail/vhostswww logs are not showing helpful info at all. Eg:
Code:
--l84GRnX5029819.1188924137/debian--
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-2022-JP
Mime-Version: 1.0
From: hanako.@docomo.ne.jp
Subject:
To: a_j.n-y_bluespider-tattoo@softbank.ne.jp
Message-Id: <200709041410.l84EA0Fh007971@debian>
Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2007 16:10:00 +0200
Tue, 4 Sep 2007 16:10:00 +0200
by debian (8.13.4/8.13.4/Submit) id l84EA0Fh007971;
Received: (from vhostswww@localhost)
for ; Tue, 4 Sep 2007 16:10:00 +0200
by debian (8.13.4/8.13.4/Debian-3sarge3) with ESMTP id l84EA0jk007973
Received: from debian (localhost [127.0.0.1])
Return-Path:
Content-Type: text/rfc822-headers
--l84GRnX5029819.1188924137/debian
Last-Attempt-Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2007 18:42:16 +0200
Diagnostic-Code: SMTP; 550 Invalid recipient:
Remote-MTA: DNS; mx.softbank.ne.jp
Status: 5.1.1
Action: failed
Final-Recipient: RFC822; a_j.n-y_bluespider-tattoo@softbank.ne.jp
Arrival-Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2007 16:10:00 +0200
Reporting-MTA: dns; debian
Content-Type: message/delivery-status
--l84GRnX5029819.1188924137/debian
<<< 503 No recipients specified
550 5.1.1 ... User unknown
<<< 550 Invalid recipient:
>>> DATA
... while talking to mx.softbank.ne.jp.:
----- Transcript of session follows -----
(reason: 550 Invalid recipient: )
----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors -----
from localhost [127.0.0.1]
The original message was received at Tue, 4 Sep 2007 16:10:00 +0200
--l84GRnX5029819.1188924137/debian
This is a MIME-encapsulated message
Auto-Submitted: auto-generated (failure)
Subject: Returned mail: see transcript for details
boundary="l84GRnX5029819.1188924137/debian"
Content-Type: multipart/report; report-type=delivery-status;
MIME-Version: 1.0
To:
Message-Id: <200709041642.l84GRnX5029819@debian>
From: Mail Delivery Subsystem
Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2007 18:42:17 +0200
Tue, 4 Sep 2007 18:42:17 +0200
by debian (8.13.4/8.13.4/Debian-3sarge3) id l84GRnX5029819;
Received: from localhost (localhost)
Return-Path:
From MAILER-DAEMON Tue Sep 4 18:42:17 2007
--l84GRnX4029819.1188924135/debian--
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-2022-JP
Mime-Version: 1.0
From: hanako.@docomo.ne.jp
Subject:
To: a_j.n-y_bluespider-tattoo@softbank.ne.jp
Message-Id: <200709041411.l84EB8CS011861@debian>
Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2007 16:11:08 +0200
Tue, 4 Sep 2007 16:11:08 +0200
by debian (8.13.4/8.13.4/Submit) id l84EB8CS011861;
Received: (from vhostswww@localhost)
for ; Tue, 4 Sep 2007 16:11:09 +0200
by debian (8.13.4/8.13.4/Debian-3sarge3) with ESMTP id l84EB8f6011862
Received: from debian (localhost [127.0.0.1])
Return-Path:
Content-Type: text/rfc822-headers
--l84GRnX4029819.1188924135/debian
Last-Attempt-Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2007 18:42:15 +0200
Diagnostic-Code: SMTP; 550 Invalid recipient:
Remote-MTA: DNS; mx.softbank.ne.jp
Status: 5.1.1
Action: failed
Final-Recipient: RFC822; a_j.n-y_bluespider-tattoo@softbank.ne.jp
Arrival-Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2007 16:11:09 +0200
Reporting-MTA: dns; debian
Content-Type: message/delivery-status
--l84GRnX4029819.1188924135/debian
<<< 503 No recipients specified
550 5.1.1 ... User unknown
<<< 550 Invalid recipient:
>>> DATA
... while talking to mx.softbank.ne.jp.:
----- Transcript of session follows -----
(reason: 550 Invalid recipient: )
----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors -----
from localhost [127.0.0.1]
The original message was received at Tue, 4 Sep 2007 16:11:09 +0200
--l84GRnX4029819.1188924135/debian
This is a MIME-encapsulated message
Auto-Submitted: auto-generated (failure)
Subject: Returned mail: see transcript for details
boundary="l84GRnX4029819.1188924135/debian"
Content-Type: multipart/report; report-type=delivery-status;
MIME-Version: 1.0
To:
Message-Id: <200709041642.l84GRnX4029819@debian>
From: Mail Delivery Subsystem
Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2007 18:42:15 +0200
Tue, 4 Sep 2007 18:42:15 +0200
by debian (8.13.4/8.13.4/Debian-3sarge3) id l84GRnX4029819;
Received: from localhost (localhost)
Return-Path:
From MAILER-DAEMON Tue Sep 4 18:42:15 2007
--l84GRnX3029819.1188924134/debian--
How would I solve this problem as it's making our server load skyhigh 24/7.
Additional info about system:
> Debian Linux, latest kernel
> Sendmail (we've tried postfix, exim, with same results)
> Non cPanel system.
my DNS stop resolving, once a day i need to restart the service in cpanel/whm , what can be done to prevent that ?
its a fresh vps only cpanel is there and 2 domains with no pages just a simple under costruction index page . in CSF i have a Your Score: 106/112 in security , it firewalled and hardened
right now is using 299 of ram out of 512 burstable to 768
I was wondering if anyone has any methods to stop spammers? Currently i am keeping watch on the mail queue and making sure nothing unsual. I have in WHM configuration setup to not allow more 200 mail messages per account per hour but for some reason it will hit thousands. WHMCS does seem to suspend them automatically or maybe its because of WHM BUT only when its too late.
Any thoughts or suggestions?
Have a persistent spammer who kept emailing my clients, even non existent domain accounts and getting the bounced emails to be send to a particular yahoo address. I tried to block in all ways but can't seem to stop him. His spams are from all over the world. Any suggestions?
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I am unzipping an 4.5mb file, which on un-compression must be around 14.5mb ..
for the past 10 mins its still unzipping and not sure how long it will go on.. unless I stop it..
a site i manage for a client is being hacked every couple of days, its not the actual site but the hosts server thats getting attacked, all sites on that server, well actually all thier servers.
They have made no attempt to sort this problem, i report it they look at the site and say "site loads fine for us" which it does.
All index files are having a base64 encode line written after the <body> tag, this adds hundreds of spam links which are hidden with display:none; they also add .html to application types in htaccess for php to run in these files too.
Problem is, i am moving the site to another host but cannot change the nameservers to the new host's untill the client returns from a holiday, so i must keep the site up on the insecure host for now.
I am removing the spam code almost daily, is there anyway i can stop this attack happening for the time being, the host does nothing.
I have a server that is sending spam, but I can not know who sent because the server not has installed suphp.
There is another option to see who sends spam?
Is there a way to stop hotlinking? I have a client who has a blog. They have post pics of tattoos. Now there are at least 50 tattoo forums, blogs and other sites hotling to the pics. Now his bandwidth usage has skyrocketed. So enable hotlink protection in his cPanel. Just did a redirect to my main hosting site with a nice please stop hotlink image. Now I see all this in my logs. So I then made a 150 x 9000 clear BG gf with the text at the top please stop hotlinking.
My questions is there any way to stop it. If not should I just make a 1x1 clear gif to redirect to? Also is there a way to not have this traffic show in my log files?
I want to stop emailing myself
I have received quite a few emails from senders claiming to be the recipients [in this case one of my email accounts]. I did not send these emails. This is happening with almost every email account I have setup on one of my domains.
I know this is probably an easy fix-- I am simply unsure of what it is.
I noted that someone else recently posted a similar question-- with only one response. I wanted to see if another post my garner another response.
I would like to ask about the best system or software code used to stop bots and offline down loaders from entering website.
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