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Description of my issue: There are 5 to 6 IPs in the Auto Ip Blocking Administration every day and I'm wondering why that is? Since there is barely any traffic on my site at the moment. Are all the unique IPs being blocked by my site?
#15120 Auto IP Blocking Administration
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Latest post by user71930 on Saturday, 23 February 2013 18:56 CST
Friday, 22 February 2013 08:11 CST
user71930
Friday, 22 February 2013 09:25 CST
nicholas
Akeeba Staff
Manager
You can always got Admin Tools, Web Application Firewal, Security Exceptions Log and find out why these IPs were blocked. In fact, without this basic piece of information anything we might discuss will be pure speculation.
Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos
Lead Developer and Director
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Friday, 22 February 2013 14:29 CST
user71930
I'm sorry, I forgot to mention that the reason Security Exceiption Log gave me was "template= in URL" and I checked one of the IPs that was being blocked and it was googlebot.
Here is one of the target URLs, it seems to be the ones that I was trying to get rid of before, by using URL redirection:
http://www.mysite.com/component/mailto/?tmpl=component&template=ekho&link=38a199837e4c92aae8d46738258aefbaf8b6ab4b
There seem to about ten different URLs like this that seem to be recurring and linking to the same information.
Friday, 22 February 2013 14:47 CST
user71930
I also tried disabling the .htacess maker and if I do that, all the component/mailto/?tmpl=component&template=ekho&link=38a199837e4c92aae8d46738258aefbaf8b6ab4b disappear and are redirected to 404 page properly, so something in the .htaccess maker is causing the whole problem. Don't know what though.
Friday, 22 February 2013 14:49 CST
nicholas
Akeeba Staff
Manager
Try setting "Disable PHP Easter Eggs" to No in the .htaccess Maker, click on Save and Create .htaccess and retry accessing that link.
Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos
Lead Developer and Director
🇬🇷Greek: native 🇬🇧English: excellent 🇫🇷French: basic • 🕐 My time zone is Europe / Athens
Please keep in mind my timezone and cultural differences when reading my replies. Thank you!
Friday, 22 February 2013 15:04 CST
user71930
Unfortunately, It's still accessible. Should I try deleting this "templates/your_template_name_here" from "Allow direct access, including .php files, to these directories" section?
Friday, 22 February 2013 15:54 CST
nicholas
Akeeba Staff
Manager
No, it's irrelevant. But do try disabling each setting with a Yes/No toggle one by one to see which one is causing your redirection issue.
Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos
Lead Developer and Director
🇬🇷Greek: native 🇬🇧English: excellent 🇫🇷French: basic • 🕐 My time zone is Europe / Athens
Please keep in mind my timezone and cultural differences when reading my replies. Thank you!
Friday, 22 February 2013 21:08 CST
user71930
Thanks for helping thus far Nicholas.
i tried turning all the yes to no, but there was no effect, however if I don't use the .htaccess the links go away. I don't know what the problem could be.
I also have akeeba backup installed, could that be causing this to happen in any way?
Saturday, 23 February 2013 00:21 CST
user71930
I'm considering uninstalling admin tools and reinstalling it to see if these problem causing URLs go away. Should I give it a shot?
Also, just to give you an idea, all those multiple links lead to this page, they all contain this same information: http://screencast.com/t/Tz0wTb7sp
Saturday, 23 February 2013 02:01 CST
nicholas
Akeeba Staff
Manager
If you COMPLETELY remove .htaccess then all SEF URLs like the one you have a problem with produce an instant 404. Uninstalling AT won't change anything.
Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos
Lead Developer and Director
🇬🇷Greek: native 🇬🇧English: excellent 🇫🇷French: basic • 🕐 My time zone is Europe / Athens
Please keep in mind my timezone and cultural differences when reading my replies. Thank you!
Saturday, 23 February 2013 03:52 CST
user71930
I see. Do you have any suggestions that might help?
Saturday, 23 February 2013 13:20 CST
nicholas
Akeeba Staff
Manager
I'm not sure what the problem you want me to solve is.
The redirection? I've already told you that I can't help with it.
The source of the links? It's some third party software. I can't help you with third party software.
Why those links fail with 404 when you remove the .htaccess file? I already told you, it's because these are SEF URLs (not containing index.php) and SEF URLs always result in a 404 unless you use a properly configure .htaccess file.
What is there for me to help that is in the purview of my support services?
Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos
Lead Developer and Director
🇬🇷Greek: native 🇬🇧English: excellent 🇫🇷French: basic • 🕐 My time zone is Europe / Athens
Please keep in mind my timezone and cultural differences when reading my replies. Thank you!
Saturday, 23 February 2013 18:56 CST
user71930
I see your point, thanks anyways.