Password Protected Forums (vB3 Style)

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Password Protected Forums (vB3)
By Shaolyen
email: John@eovie.com
msn: John@eovie.com

TESTED ON A FRESH vB 2.3.0
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Introduction
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This hack is fairly simple in what it does.

If a user tries to access a password protected forum, they will be
prompted for the password. Once entered correctly they'll be able
to browse the forum as normal. It's as simple as that!

There are a few extras in this. When a user enters a password and
it's verified as being correct, a cookie is sent to their PC
containing the password. This will ensure that they don't need to
log in every time they access the protected area, until the cookie
expires.

The cookie timeout time for each protected forum can be set in the
AdminCP. (You can choose anything from 1 minute to 1 year.)

Password protected forums are denoted by the text
"[Password Protected]" tagged on the end of the forum description.
If you don't have a forum description for your password protected
area, "[Password Protected]" will take its place.

Please bear in mind:
? Threads will appear in searches, but the title, author, etc. are
all set to "Restricted". A password is needed to access these threads.
? The password in the cookie IS NOT ENCRYPTED. This is for a
reason, so the password can be viewable in the AdminCP. If
anyone would prefer MD5 encryption in their cookies, let me know.
? In the very near future I will be adding on options to enable
MD5 encryption.
? When you specify "Regular Forum Security" in the AdminCP and
a password has been entered, that password will not be recorded.

Security level, password, and timeout times can be specified when
creating or editing a forum.
(AdminCP > Forums & Moderators > Add | Modify)


Warning
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BACKUP YOUR DATABASE AND FORUM FILES BEFORE YOU EVEN THINK ABOUT APPLYING THIS HACK!
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Shameless Plug
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This hack was written for the fine people at xAviaHosting -
www.xaviahosting.com. Pay them a visit (Or I'm a dead man!)
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Shameful Plea
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I'm poor as always, I'd be seriously grateful for any donations..!
If you have a few spare pennies in that Paypal account, my address
is "John@eovie.com" - share the wealth!
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Screenshots:
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Password protected indicator
Password prompt
AdminCP Settings
Search results 1
Search results 2
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Update 1.0 > 1.1
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? Search blocking enabled.
Screenshots:
Search results 1
Search results 2

Available here
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[Crazy Pete]

FWIW, I'm running 2.3.0, and have had more reports of people being able to get in without a password today, as well.

[Smoothie]

I told you guys there was a problem with this in post #61. Did you think I was kidding?

[Smoothie]

Yesterday at 05:16 AM kushtiUK said this in Post #70
I have the same problem and I also managed to duplicate it. I am running 2.2.6 though so I don't know if that's the problem - can any else confrim?

Confirmed this weeks ago, and I did pm the author of this hack. He complained that I didn't contact him about the problem, and when I did, I received no response.

[Crazy Pete]

That's too bad, this would be pretty badass if it weren't for that odd little bug.

[Floris]

Bug ?
Security flaw !

I hope he can still fix it, I have this installed, working and the flaw is confirmed & reproducable on 2.2.9

I hope he can fix it.

[Floris]

We really needed this hack, and after looking at it, I threw it towards Scott and he fixed it in 1 minute, lol.

Here is version 1.2 which at least works on one of the sites I have it installed on. So hopefully it works for you too.

The changes are the forumdisplay and showthread text that you have to replace, the whole chunck. So, to upgrade, just remove it from those 2 files again and put this stuff instead.

Moo

[flup]

Nice,

/me clicks install

[Deathdealer]

im getting this Invalid SQL:
SELECT security,forumpass,passtimeout
FROM forum
WHERE forumid =

mysql error: You have an error in your SQL syntax near '' at line 5

mysql error number: 1064

[marlborosat]

idem
Database error in vBulletin 2.3.0:

Invalid SQL:
SELECT security,forumpass,passtimeout
FROM forum
WHERE forumid =

mysql error: You have an error in your SQL syntax. Check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near '' at line 3

mysql error number: 1064

[GaleForce]

This looks pretty cool, I may have use for this