Hey Paul... I will install and run both then, by your recommendation, thank you.

Is it overkill to have both? By the way, a high profile spammer tried to register and I used your track guests mod to grab his IP and the user name he used, I then dropped his IP in my htaccess file.

Sorry if I gave you too much information but it can be frustrating when hackers attack 24/7/365 with automated software, and you just want and need help from people who have already been through this, like you. What mods do you use, and have you been able to defend them off with no damage since you have developed a working plan?

Thank you again for all of your mods. :) I have a question about the firewall mod you developed. I read the entire discussion on it, and I'm still wondering if I should install it on my board. Does it need to be completely redone or fixed?

What other types of firewall mods are available for VB?

Thank you Paul. I've asked and searched over there with no avail. Hopefully someone will make one. I'm not a programmer, but I'll try to make one too.

I"m not sure how much help this would be, but try this:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=176481

Thanks, I think that is the one I was talking about, not sure?:confused: I thought Paul had a better one but maybe I'm mistaken...the stopforumspam one seems to have issues.

I have never done a firewall mod.

Hi!!!

Does this work in VB4.0? ;)

Thanks

Hi Paul, thanks for making a great mod.

I have a couple questions, and I hope it makes sense.

1) How can I keep a permanent log of these guest visits?
I have it set to rolling 24 hour & clean up period at 365, but it's wiping it out after a couple days.

2) Is there a file somewhere I could download the list of guest visits?
Maybe FTP in and get it or something?

Thanks in advance!

1. If you have the clean up set to 365 then it will keep a years worth, however it wont display them as thats limited to 500 (or 1000 ?) in the settings.

2. They are stored in a database, so no, you cannot download them via FTP.

A word of warning - a years worth of data could be a huge amount of data to keep, esp if you are getting a few hundred per day.

Thanks you or the reply. Are they stored in a table that I can export from sql? Then review them in an editor. I only set it at 365 temporarily to make shure none got erased. And I know this may sound stupid, but what the use of setting the clean up if you can't view them later anyway? But anyway, thanks again!

Yes you could export the data from mysql (guest & guestviews).