Website Hosting Changes
Printed From: myHanse.com
Category: myHanse Notices
Forum Name: Announcements from Hanse
Forum Description: Information and Updates from Hanse
URL: https://www.myhanse.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=5474
Printed Date: 27 March 2026 at 01:44
Software Version: Web Wiz Forums 12.06 - https://www.webwizforums.com
Topic: Website Hosting Changes
Posted By: Webmaster
Subject: Website Hosting Changes
Date Posted: 29 August 2011 at 15:54
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Hi,
We have started the process of changing the way we host myHanse.com. The changes we are making will hopefully protect us a bit more from spam users but also speed up the delivery of the site. If for some reason you are seen as a threat you may have to do some additional work before you can get to the site (enter some information). Other than that most users should see no change. Thanks, Jonathan Webmaster |
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Posted By: Webmaster
Date Posted: 30 August 2011 at 11:12
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The changes are now complete. So far I can see that we have asked 20 users for additional information (a code etc) as they were seen as a threat.
Please let me know if you are getting issues. Jonathan http://www.twitter.com/jt_tri - Follow me on twitter |
Posted By: Webmaster
Date Posted: 30 August 2011 at 20:12
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It looks like some of the setting we set may have caused some issues with odd code appearing in posts.
We have now removed this and posting should be back to normal. If you get problems please email help@myhanse.com with the issue. Jonathan Webmaster |
Posted By: holby
Date Posted: 09 September 2011 at 08:47
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Last night, when trying to get onto myHanse i got a message sayoing the website was off line . This morning it is back but trying to upload pictures i am getting a message " Website Offline, No Cached Version Available" Is it me or is there a problem? Dave ------------- Hanse 301, tiller steering, Volvo 2010 (10hp) 
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Posted By: Johan Hackman
Date Posted: 09 September 2011 at 08:59
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I could upload a picture.
Johan  -------------  http://www.johanhackman.se" rel="nofollow - http://www.johanhackman.se |
Posted By: holby
Date Posted: 09 September 2011 at 09:29
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grrrr whats going on ------------- Hanse 301, tiller steering, Volvo 2010 (10hp)
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Posted By: holby
Date Posted: 09 September 2011 at 11:28
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I have cleared down my cookies and re started - logged in and i could not even start a new topic, said I needed to log in, I checked and i was already logged in. Logged in agsain and then tried , at least i can post but still not able to do pictures.  ------------- Hanse 301, tiller steering, Volvo 2010 (10hp)
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Posted By: Webmaster
Date Posted: 09 September 2011 at 13:07
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Hi Holby, What browser are you using (so I can do some testing)? Jonathan Webmaster (help@myhanse.com) |
Posted By: holby
Date Posted: 09 September 2011 at 13:35
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IE 9 for my sins..... ------------- Hanse 301, tiller steering, Volvo 2010 (10hp)
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Posted By: panos
Date Posted: 09 September 2011 at 14:38
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Hi, With Firefox no problems. ------------- Panos Hanse 630e - selling her - |
Posted By: H8jer
Date Posted: 09 September 2011 at 17:00
No Problem with picture upload with Google Chrome ------------- Hanse 370#487 30HP 3-cabin |
Posted By: Peter-Blake
Date Posted: 20 September 2011 at 08:25
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It seems that the update does´nt help to avoid spam. The last days there are many spam attacs to this site. Is there any possibility to set the spamfilter to a higher level? ------------- Blake 370 
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Posted By: H8jer
Date Posted: 20 September 2011 at 12:52
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It is an advanced type of Spam. There could be a robot that can cheat the "user creation" or an attacker that injects directly into the database.
This forum is running the "Web Wiz Forums ver. 8.04" which is insecure as I pointed out in november 2010. http://myhanse.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=4585&KW=&PID=36990#36990 - http://myhanse.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=4585&KW=&PID=36990#36990 There are others who have problems with massive spam problems using this version, for example: http://albufeira.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5999&PID=54066 - http://albufeira.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5999&PID=54066 I think there is someyone in China who earn money by making mass entries in the insecure Web Wiz Forums versions http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46131 - http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46131 To avoid this spam problem, I see no other option than to upgrade to the latest version, which is not expensive! ------------- Hanse 370#487 30HP 3-cabin |
Posted By: Webmaster
Date Posted: 24 September 2011 at 18:38
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Hi,
Just returned from holiday. I have removed as much spam as I can see, but if you see any more can I ask you to re report it please. H8jer, as I said in one of my other posts we have bought the upgrade already and now I am back from holiday (again as I said in my post) I will take a look at it. Jonathan Webmaster |
Posted By: H8jer
Date Posted: 29 October 2011 at 08:12
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hi jonathan
Is it an improvement to have this site "managed" through www.cloudflare.com? To day there are many posts that include some code with reference to cloudflare. When you read about cloudflare, it is stated, that visitors get fast pipelines. http://www.maxmind.com/app/locate_demo_ip?ips=199.27.135.40 - http://www.maxmind.com/app/locate_demo_ip?ips=199.27.135.40 OK but, I need first to go from Denmark to San Francisco, where cloudflare looks to be. Cloudflare also tries to prevent bots and spam. Ok, they ar not good enough... If you have newest forum version, you might not need services like Cloudflare. ------------- Hanse 370#487 30HP 3-cabin |
Posted By: Webmaster
Date Posted: 29 October 2011 at 10:46
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Hi H8jer,
OK, could of points... New forum version is still on my to do list and I will get around to it before the new year.... Second is about Cloudflare. Cludflare offers us two things. Firstly they offer us threat management. This blocks or challenges people who are seen as threats to the site. These are not just spammers but also hackers etc. So over the last 7 days we have blocked or challenged just over 650 users. Beyond doubt that is a good thing. Secondly they offer a distributed DNS and CDN network. The example you have given of them being in San Francisco is not actually correct. If you where to do a full trace route on traffic then you would actually find that the traffic was probably coming partly from our server and partly from a CDN in Paris (probably closest to you). This is because they use Anycast. There is full explanation of this on their blog http://blog.cloudflare.com/a-brief-anycast-primer if you are interested in how it works. Thanks Jonathan |
Posted By: samba
Date Posted: 29 October 2011 at 12:45
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Hi Jonathan,
First of all I would like to thank you for hosting this excellent forum. It is a great source of information. My background is in the IT industry and we see that lot's of companies are using a Software as a Service model. This means you can use the software but someone else hosts and maintains it. The big advantage is that you don't have to put any time in maintaining / securing the forum. Of course you would still be the admin/owner of the forum but you don't have the technical hassle. I see that webwiz also offer a SaaS solution see http://www.webwiz.co.uk/web-wiz-forums/forum-hosting.htm . I am pretty sure that the forum members are willing to donate some money to pay for this service. Hosting starts at 5,87 per month. In most cases a SaaS solution is cheaper than hosting it yourself. |
Posted By: graemefromdownu
Date Posted: 30 October 2011 at 20:26
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Hi, just a private query. Can you correct the spelling in the line below, not a serious problem but just like the rest of the world to know you run a tight ship! f you no-longer (NO LONGER?) wish to recieve (RECEIVE) email notification for this Topic or Forum click on the link below Thanks for a great site that has been of immense use to me the last 4 years. < ="text/" ="//ajax.cloudflare.com/cdn-cgi/nexp/v=49212922/apps1.min.js">__CF.AJS.init1(); ------------- 461: Dreamtime Wanderer, on her way to Australia. |
Posted By: skipper
Date Posted: 11 November 2011 at 12:52
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When will we have a basic security feature to prevent "false user accounts"?
Besides the standard checks like type in some alfanumeric characters from an "image" displayed on the screen we could receive an activation code in an email to the defined email address in the user profile.
Some web forums use SMS to send an activation code, maybe that is possible to do for free via some free "SMS service" in internet.
There could be other methods as well for example rely on Google/Facebook user accounts. ------------- Cheers, Skipper Former owner of Hanse 342 2005 (Sparcraft mast, white hull, wheel steering, deep draft keel, short rudder) |