************************************************* Brawl Vault Changes as of Oct 19 *************************************************
Audio hacks (Audio / SFX) separated out into separate table.
-May help decrease query times. (Separate table search of roughly 10k apiece instead 20k)
-Searches not specifically for Audio / SFX hacks will not return them. They will only be shown if they are selected from the graphical menu or from the dropdown in advanced search.
-May be buggy. I coded in some simple separate functions for Audio add/edit/delete/report and tested each... but there is always a chance for error.
This is only a temp solution, but it's the best I can offer right now. Brawl Vault is a hobby, not a job, and I have little time to devote to it --- even with the issues it current has.
If anyone has PHP / HTML / Javascript / SQL knowledge, and is willing to help out, please contact me. You don't need to do all of them... but some time in the future, the Vault needs...
-Redesign: Simply HTML template of what each individual hack looks like. (Someone else can make it dynamic)
-Query Optimization: My SQL queries / table setup is far from efficient considering the number of users...
-Javascript: Preferably, a redesign using jQuery's ajax functionality to make POST requests instead of my crap custom code.
-Back End: The PHP which ties all of it together needs some major re-organization for aesthetics and efficiency.
No prob. I know it used to be a problem way back when Chrome was new, and I had fixed it back then; I just don't know if I changed something or if Chrome did. (Damn you useful auto update!)
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We've got a list of ~50 users who may be running an attack against us unwittingly. Same pattern as I mentioned before. Miacis will be contacting each one of them shortly.
The two other attacks are (without giving away too much detail) -Accessing 15-21 specific pages at once -Using an eBay reloader
Both of which should be caught by the current system. (Though, as it is still built into the forum... it might lag a bit --- but it should prevent a continued pounding)
SmashHackers will be one of those people. He had no knowledge of the code's function when he used it.
What code exactly? With access to it I could more effectively stop that specific attack.
Also... there are actually two current variations of attack. One which which is probably what you mentioned, the type that people can be tricked in to. The other is probably more obvious to the user.
EDIT: Or 3 I suppose. One which is just command line ping.
Also, there may have been some innocent casualties in all this --- that is why the 403 message is up above.
If you know someone who can't access the site because of a 403 error, get them to talk to me (or Miacis) and ask for them to be removed from the htaccess ban list.
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