Moderators help requested with forum error message

honoluludesktop · 19 Jan 2011, 00:50

I went here from "Google" search:

and thought I was logged out per: You do not have the required permissions to view the files attached to this post.
So I went back to Sketchup and logged on, then conducted a search for the topic title "Which WIN32API.so ?" and got the following:

Am I doing a "NO, NO"? Should I be concerned about the warning, or can I attempt to view the contents of the post? Btw, what is the "bad behavior" that I am doing?

Rich O Brien · 19 Jan 2011, 01:13

What happens when you click this...

http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=323&t=33955&p=298665&hilit=+Which+WIN32API.so+#p298665

Rich O Brien · 19 Jan 2011, 01:31

Ok, I've realised that recently the forum software got tweaked by TBD prevent the influx of spam attacks. This add-on might be the cause?

I'm thinking the .so suffix is the threat that triggers Z-Block to act. This can also happen to members who use dynamic IPs or proxies.

I'll let Tavi/Gaieus know tomorrow or you can PM them the details if it's urgent

honoluludesktop · 19 Jan 2011, 01:34

I was able to access the page from your link with the attachments. Thanks, still would like to know what I did "wrong" that triggered the nasty warning, if I should be concerned (don't want to be in anyones hacker database), and who is "ZB Block"?-)

Gaieus · 19 Jan 2011, 06:37

ZB Block is the forum security software we are using:
http://www.spambotsecurity.com/zbblock.php

There are certain hacking operation types that it prevents (and the reason you were given the 403 error - though may have been a false positive - says that there was a question mark at the end of your query string which I do not know what it means but I am also not a programmer).

Anyway, when you find an inaccessible attachment even when you are logged in, it may be caused by the change of the domain we did some time in 2008 or 2009 from
www.sketchucation.com/forums/scf
to
forums.sketchucation.com
Some archived search results may still contain the former.

In such a case, simply change the url according to the above (and leave everything else after it intact).

(I should look into the redirect commands - I think it has to be changed to "wildcard" redirect to always work)

rv1974 · 19 Jan 2011, 07:08

Last week I was (@office) blocked with the same 403(504) error. The it get cured by itself.

Gaieus · 19 Jan 2011, 07:14

Guys, if anyone has issues with this, please, let me know from this contact form:
http://sketchucation.com/scf-contact-page2/

(It is outside the forums so you do not get blocked there). Until we completely fine-tune the system, there may be false positives. What I need to fix the things is that complete 403 error (if you try too much, you are locked out completely and get an 503 error I think).

honoluludesktop · 19 Jan 2011, 11:02

Thanks Gai, guess I won't worry about it.