Security mods please HELP!

[Sp32]

Hi my forum keeps getting lots of problems.... People who do not like me keep downloading loads of bandwidth from me and it is costing me a large sum of money and I can't afford for my site to be down!

is there are mods against bots spiders ddos attacks etc?

I really want some help against these things! I am very worried

check this picture out:

http://i34.tinypic.com/qrj33r.jpg

linking to it because makes it easier to see..

I think the php file is vbshout is there a way to limit its bandwidth usage?

also sorry to ask for so much but please can you answer as much as possible, thanks

[Lynne]

There are no mods that block ddos attacks. Bots and Spiders are just things sent to your site from search engine sites like google and yahoo, etc. If you don't want them to check out your site, you may put a robots.txt file in your folder (do a search on robots.txt).

shoutboxes/chats use lots of bandwidth. If possible, limit the use to only registered users. If you need help modifying that modification, you will need to ask in the modification thread.

[Sp32]

bah I thought you might say this was just hoping there was other ways hmm

is there any mods or anything where it blocks someone out if they download more than persay 300mb in one day?

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also I keep getting this error so much I think this is why this is happening:

Database error in vBulletin :

mysql_connect() [<a href='function.mysql-connect'>function.mysql-connect</a>]: Can't create UNIX socket (12)
/home/*********/public_html/forum/includes/class_core.php on line 311

MySQL Error   :
Error Number  :
Request Date  : Saturday, November 29th 2008 @ 02:49:51 AM
Error Date    : Saturday, November 29th 2008 @ 02:49:51 AM
Script        : http://www.**********.info/forum/vbshout.php
Referrer      : http://wwww.**********.info/forum/
IP Address    :  **.***.**.***
Username      :
Classname     : vB_Database
MySQL Version :

the stars are purely information I do not want to include sorry about that

[Lynne]

I am totally unfamiliar with vbshout, so I have no clue what that error is about. You may ask in the modification thread and see if they can help.

When you say limit their download, you are not talking about downloads of attachments but actual bandwidth, correct? If so, I know of no mod to do that.

[Sp32]

ah okay, I shall post in that thread and hope someone knows what's going on

Thanks for your help!

[Qleb]

its from VBshout mode , replace it with this mode its really better for everything spcialy the Bandwith issue i had install it at 2 sections under same domain and its run with no problem ever


goodluck mi8 i hop this is usefull:up: