Mandatory Home Page URL...

[Xenon]

nope, if then after the upgrade...

[Borgs8472]

I was thinking of making another thread about this, but I shouldn't spam.

The version number. I think it's a liablity showing it the postbit like that. Example, vb. 3.5.x comes out, potentially a hacker could run the advanced search and find all users running 3.5.4 or lower very quickly.

Combined with the mandatory home page url, they would have a VERY large pool of vunerable bulletin boards which they could easily hack.

( even those admins who are sensible enough to hide their version number in their footer )

I suggest the vb Version field be made hidden from guests and even registered users, so only licenced users can see it.

[/words of paranoia/wisdom]

[Xenon]

hmm, making the versionnumber visible to just licensed ones shouldn't be a problem i think

or maybe combine just use the option for other infos beeing displayed to unlicensed users.

i'll play around a bit

[Xenon]

hmm, better now? ^^

[Borgs8472]

^ ^
Yay!

I knew my 'different' point of view would do something useful some day

[Logikos]

Good thinking.

[Freesteyelz]

Originally Posted by Razasharp

(and what happens about people who have porn sites?).

Isn't that against vB's legal agreement?

Whether the mandatory homepage URL is for legal or supportive purposes, it is what it is. There isn't a clear-cut solution. We can agree or disagree on the matter but the simplicity of it all is that we chose to be here. The reality is if members have the right to keep their URL's private then support can also impose the right to refuse service. The way I see it linking the URL is free advertisement.

[Razasharp]

Originally Posted by Freesteyelz

Isn't that against vB's legal agreement?

I've no idea - but have seen many people mention they can't post the link because of the nature of the site (maybe Im thinking of TAZ?)

Originally Posted by Freesteyelz

The reality is if members have the right to keep their URL's private then support can also impose the right to refuse service.

Not sure what you mean :-/

Jelsoft use the license number to determine who is entitled to support or not (on both vb.com and vb.org)

[Freesteyelz]

That comes with the e-mail, but not the URL. The URL seems to be the authentication (license/domain binding). Still, people can choose to tell the truth or not.

I'm moreless playing the devil's advocate in this discussion I found interesting.

[Chris M]

It is not against the licence agreement as far as I can tell...

Chris