1. CSRF tokens are a part of the form, they don't present any barrier
2. As I pointed out, no TLD is completely safe (or dangerous)
3. And alienate many users
4. We already have user verification where users can't login until they activate
5. I'm not sure what you mean by "honey pot" form fields, but just like similar anti-spam measures, simply adding form fields does nothing to improve the overall security of the forum in the long term
6. THAT is good at stopping spam, but it also has downsides
7. Referrer can be easily faked
3,176 2007-05-09 01:33
Re: Ideas on how to prevent spam registration? (8 replies, posted in PunBB 1.2 discussion)
3,177 2007-05-09 01:19
Re: Banning TLD's, like .ru? (30 replies, posted in PunBB 1.2 discussion)
I personally would never ban a whole TLD 
hotmail.com, yahoo.com, etc are all used by spammers as well
3,178 2007-05-09 01:18
Re: Cant add sessions to punbb :( (4 replies, posted in PunBB 1.2 troubleshooting)
I'm confused, what are you trying to add?
3,179 2007-05-09 00:45
Re: WOW WTF 1/2 of the plugins here do not work (17 replies, posted in PunBB 1.2 discussion)
Which plugins don't work with newer versions though? I'm under the impression that they all do
3,180 2007-05-09 00:02
Re: WOW WTF 1/2 of the plugins here do not work (17 replies, posted in PunBB 1.2 discussion)
Sorry, I don't have the time atm 
3,181 2007-05-08 23:32
Re: WOW WTF 1/2 of the plugins here do not work (17 replies, posted in PunBB 1.2 discussion)
Moved to PunBB Discussion, since this isn't a bug
I'm going to assume you're talking about modifications, since your comments make more sense in that context
Most modifications do work in the most recent version. However, a lot of mods use a somewhat strict install_mod.php file to make database changes. That file uses a very strict version check. However, it doesn't mean that the mods don't work. There are instructions in several places for editing install_mod.php to work on newer versions if it doesn't already:
http://punbb.org/forums/viewtopic.php?id=10518
3,182 2007-05-08 21:41
Re: Prevent Search Engines from indexing (4 replies, posted in PunBB 1.2 discussion)
User-agent: *
Disallow: /It needs to be in the root of your site
3,183 2007-05-08 21:30
Re: Prevent Search Engines from indexing (4 replies, posted in PunBB 1.2 discussion)
Password protect with .htaccess if you want to make sure that nobody can access the site without your permission
Just set Guests as unable to view the forum if all you want to do is hide topics/forums/posts
robots.txt lets you tell search engine spiders not to index portions (or all) of your site
3,184 2007-05-08 21:16
Re: Punbb site 500 error (35 replies, posted in PunBB 1.2 troubleshooting)
That doesn't make much sense, since $db->close is called on every page 
3,185 2007-05-08 20:44
Re: PHP: include (6 replies, posted in Programming)
Are you including common.php on both pages? If so, that's your issue
3,186 2007-05-08 20:43
Re: Cannot require_once parser (13 replies, posted in PunBB 1.2 troubleshooting)
AlanCollier: It's not a flaw because extern.php isn't meant to be used outside of URL includes. It's a page in and of itself
3,187 2007-05-08 20:41
Re: new post symbol (3 replies, posted in PunBB 1.2 troubleshooting)
There's a new version of the subforum mod which fixes the new post indicator issue I believe
3,188 2007-05-08 20:40
Re: 2 new questions (Archiving and DB) (5 replies, posted in PunBB 1.2 troubleshooting)
I have an old SQL DB with about 10k members or so, and I would like to add it or replace the current DB with this. Is it possible?
Are you talking about another PunBB forum, or some random user information in an SQL table?
And, is there a way to archive old posts from one forum, and lock them and place them in another? (I searched this but only found unanswered topics).
Move all topics to a forum which has no permissions for people to post?
3,189 2007-05-08 20:39
Re: Weired Error Message About Unknown MySQL Server Just Started Today (3 replies, posted in PunBB 1.2 troubleshooting)
yemgi: Which means nothing, since his server would probably be on that network internally
Noble Bell: GoDaddy issue 
3,190 2007-05-08 20:38
Re: Punbb site 500 error (35 replies, posted in PunBB 1.2 troubleshooting)
Changing hosts would work if it's an issue with the server, which it appears to be, since PunBB runs fine elsewhere
And no, although if you did (ie: you compiled without the basic support for preg_* functions), you would see an errors about missing functions.
3,191 2007-05-08 20:35
Re: Is function attaching for mods/plugins ever planned? (3 replies, posted in Feature requests)
Yes. The extension system for 1.3 aims to address these issues
Oh, and moved to Feature Requests
3,192 2007-05-08 17:14
Re: Image verification with punBB 1.2.15? (1 replies, posted in PunBB 1.2 discussion)
3,193 2007-05-08 17:13
Re: Cannot require_once parser (13 replies, posted in PunBB 1.2 troubleshooting)
Use a URL include?
3,194 2007-05-08 16:56
Re: FreeBSD 6.2 and PF firewall and punbb (13 replies, posted in PunBB 1.2 troubleshooting)
Post the URL?
3,195 2007-05-08 16:55
Re: Can I add one more Base URL? (9 replies, posted in PunBB 1.2 troubleshooting)
Moved to Troubleshooting, since this isn't a bug
3,196 2007-05-08 10:27
Re: Can one close a topic? (4 replies, posted in PunBB 1.2 discussion)
Err, moving topics is a standard feature
3,197 2007-05-08 10:26
Re: Punbb site 500 error (35 replies, posted in PunBB 1.2 troubleshooting)
matt1298 wrote:
Smartys wrote:What specs?
the minimum requirments to run punbb, its just php and mysql?
Requirements
* A webserver (preferably Apache).
* PHP 4.1.0 or later (PHP 5 included).
* MySQL 3.23.17 or later, PostgreSQL 7.0 or later or SQLite. (see details below).
MySQL: PunBB will not work at all with any version prior to 3.23.17.
PostgreSQL: PunBB 1.2.* has been thoroughly tested on various versions between 7.3.3 and 7.4.5, but it should work fine with any version greater than 7.0. Please note that PHP 4.3.0 or later is required for PostgreSQL support.
SQLite: PunBB 1.2.* has only been thoroughly tested on versions 2.8.11 and 2.8.14 of SQLite, but should work with basically any version.
matt1298 wrote:
i have uploaded the files in ascii mode with passive on. now when i look at the flies on the host, there is no formating on notepad? is that ok? it seems to be on all the files....?
would moving host be a better idea, or is it relly a scipt error
They're PHP files, so I'd hope there wouldn't be formatting
3,198 2007-05-08 10:24
Re: manual PunBB 1.2.15 upgrade problem (2 replies, posted in PunBB 1.2 troubleshooting)
SQLite doesn't need that index, MySQL does
3,199 2007-05-08 10:23
Re: Error: Unable to fetch table status. (3 replies, posted in PunBB 1.2 troubleshooting)
$db_name uses the name you entered in install.php
3,200 2007-05-08 10:22
Re: FreeBSD 6.2 and PF firewall and punbb (13 replies, posted in PunBB 1.2 troubleshooting)
Could you provide a link to your forum?