Back in business - again.

[nelsonfoto]

Now, if I turn off the firewall, it allows me to post URLs. Was this what caused me, foolishly, to leave it off last time? Strange. I need to go dig around for answers over on SMF tech boards.

Will leave forums active for now.

C.

[nelsonfoto]

google.com

[nelsonfoto]

OK, stranger still. Google.com posts without fail, but link is not active.

Let's post it via BBC for hyperlink; google.com

[nelsonfoto]

OK, that worked. How about h t t p://google.com ?

Ah, that fails and kills any attempt to edit or delete the content.

Weird.

[nelsonfoto]

As clarification:

The Apache firewall is working for us, not against us. I suspect it might be set a bit aggressively and is blocking full URLs as possible attempts to overflow buffers and inject malicious code from the comment box.

IF you receive a 403, did your post or thread contain a URL? If so, attempt to post the item using the

Code:

[url][/url]

and remove the

Code:

h t t p://

from the link. That should allow the link to pass.

I also wonder how this affects image posting. Testing that next.

[nelsonfoto]

Same issue with images: remove the

Code:

h t t p://

from the URL and it will post without error. Wrap same in

Code:

[img][/img]

and the image displays. Understood?

a1.ec-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/36/5fa38c256a2c70114dedbf7191373dc7/l.jpg

[nelsonfoto]

Noted: modifying the thread once successfully posted without the

Code:

h t t p://

will clearly show that the system has reinserted the

Code:

h t t p://

and if you do not remove it, the subsequent attempt to post your edit will fail to 403.

This is a pain the ass, yes. I need to find an answer and I will. Either, there's a workaround from the SMF community, or, there's some way of adjusting the filtering, server-side, for Apache firewall.

We are not, repeat, NOT infected/compromised at this time. The 403s are caused by robust settings within host's Apache web server. All's working as should. Just need to make some adjustments.

C.

[Wayne]

Thanks for your continued efforts Craig. I may not have time to post (or much photography for that matter) at the moment, but I do drop in briefly most days for a read. You don’t miss your water till your well runs dry…

[Hoosier_Rich]

Ditto on the efforts CE! They are much appreciated. I wish I could say I've been waiting patiently .... but I'd be lying.

working fine without the "http: //"

[martolod]

thanks CE. great work.

[Philip]

Yep, like everyone else, I am very grateful, Craig!  Thanks.

Philip

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[LarryD]

Thank you for all the hard work.

[Philip]

And, Craig, the posting previews are working perfectly again!

Philip

[Graham Serretta]

Craig, "Thank you" is inadequate.

[nelsonfoto]

http://
http://google.com
http://a1.ec-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/36/5fa38c256a2c70114dedbf7191373dc7/l.jpg

Our host made some adjustments on their end and we are now able to post full URLs, without BBCode containment, and the links will auto-parse as intended.

Problem(s) solved, for now.

Cheers!

C.