Website Status

[Gregg Machel]

I will post all updates up here by editing my post.

We are on a new server, all software has been re-installed, and we "should" be back to normal. Fingers crossed.

Fixed the Forum Category errors, this was caused by some additional security that I added and it doesn't like the () in the URLs. Prevents scripting in some hacker code. I adjusted the titles and they work fine now.

I found a couple "back doors" that were dangerous enough that I shut down the web server for a few hours earlier this evening. I have removed these and found the code in our database that would automatically rebuild these "back doors". I think this was the primary avenue that they used to destroy our website earlier. They are gone now.

I am still scouring the database (almost 1 GB of code) to see if there are any traces left behind. Let me know if you see anything unusual.

[Jeff C.]

Thanks Gregg! I've been jonesing!

[Scott V]

Error 403 going to the trout page.

Keep up the good work Gregg, we all appreciate.

[Bill Kiene semi-retired]

Thanks Gregg....

We need this thing running well because fall is here.....yahoo.

[jbird]

yeah! We need a place for steelheaders to vent! hehehe

[briansII]

I will post all updates up here by editing my post.

I am still scouring the database (almost 1 GB of code) to see if there are any traces left behind. Let me know if you see anything unusual.

The Striper forum is not working for me. I tried reading a new(today)post, but get an error message.

briansII

[Gregg Machel]

The Striper forum is not working for me. I tried reading a new(today)post, but get an error message.

briansII

Please let me know what the error message is, I'll figure it out.

[gene goss]

i just post a message on the stillwater ....trout in lakes, and got a kiene. c 403 forbidden error page......i can't see the post, edit, or deleat the post to start over.

[Gregg Machel]

i just post a message on the stillwater ....trout in lakes, and got a kiene. c 403 forbidden error page......i can't see the post, edit, or deleat the post to start over.

This is a result of a security patch I did at the home level of the website. It's preventing characters such as ( and ) because they can be used in a hacker attack if they are in the URL. vBulletin takes the post title and inserts it into the URL, which yours contains these characters.

I need to remove this requirement because I see it will cause problems here and the risk from opening this up is minimal. Just give me a bit to figure it out, should be taken care of within a day.

Your post is accessible via this link: http://www.kiene.com/forums/showthread.php?31400

Since posting this, I went to your thread and edited your title so anyone can access directly now too.

[gene goss]

Hey Gregg am i doing something wrong i just got a Kiene.com 403 forbidden error page again, i put a new post on the still water....trout in lakes forum.