Sucuri Firewall? - Is that a service this forum uses?

[krs]

I keep somewhat randomly blocked from posting in some threads in this forum.

The message that comes up is attached
BTW - all I'm trying to post is either plain text or plain text with a small jpeg image - nothing even remotely connected to SQL as the message claims.

 

[Raz0rEdge]

Yes, that's the firewall we use. Looks like it's quite sensitive.

 

[pm-r]

Yes, that's the firewall we use. Looks like it's quite sensitive.

I also occasionally get the same Sucuri Firewall - Access denied warning with nothing but normal text in the post and it's bloody annoying, so is there some way the Admins or someone could turn down its sensitivity???

I even went googling on "Sucuri Firewall SQL injection" (the stated reason for the blockage) and there sure in **** wasn't anything like they described in the message to be posted, which of course never did get posted or around the denial.



- Patrick
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[krs]

Yes, that's the firewall we use. Looks like it's quite sensitive.

Sensitive is fine;
tripping on a plain text message is not.

And then coming up with a totally unrelated reason for the block, ie SQL.... is even worse

Somebody is paying those guys several hundred dollars each year...those Securi guys need to get their act together

 

[ferrarr]

I keep somewhat randomly blocked from posting in some threads in this forum.

The message that comes up is attached
BTW - all I'm trying to post is either plain text or plain text with a small jpeg image - nothing even remotely connected to SQL as the message claims.


View attachment 30722

Were you attaching an image from your computer, or from the internet?

 

[krs]

It's the image that pops up on my screen when I get blocked.

I then copy it to my Mac using Grab, convert it from a tiff file (which is what grab gives you by default) to a jpg using Preview
Check the size with Preview and reduce it to 800 pixels for this forum
And then insert the saved 800 pixel jpg image from the Mac to my post on the forum.

I have been posting here for a while and this is the first time my post was blocked that way.
I still don't understand why - the post wasjust plain text - actually the part that seems to have triggered the block were the automatically insertec quote tabs, but only the third set of them in my post.
When I removed those tabs and just posted the text things worked fine.

I don't think I ever used three quotes in one post before...

But in the end, the block had nothing to do with the image I tried to post, that was just collateral damage.

 

[pm-r]

It's the image that pops up on my screen when I get blocked.
I then copy it to my Mac using Grab, convert it from a tiff file (which is what grab gives you by default) to a jpg using Preview

Not meaning to go OT here, but wouldn't it be easier to just use the Mac's command+shift+4 and select the area you want to capture??? Then just open the file that will be on your Desktop to check/change size etc. It will already be in an acceptable format to just use and post to the forum.


- Patrick
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[krs]

Not meaning to go OT here, but wouldn't it be easier to just use the Mac's command+shift+4 and select the area you want to capture??? Then just open the file that will be on your Desktop to check/change size etc. It will already be in an acceptable format to just use and post to the forum.

Not for me, actually.
To start with, I don't take screen shots that often, so I can never remember if it is Command shift 3 or command shif 4, or eben option shift 3 or option shift 4.
If I neede that operation often, I would probably see if I can reassign one of my function keys to do that - I have F13 to F19 on my keyboard that are not doing anything.
I then still have to select the part of the screen I want to capture, same as with grab.
With grab the file goes into a folder that I sort of use as a scratch pad - I know exactly where the screen shot is, right at the top.
Trying to find the screen shot on my desktop when using cmd+sft+4 always takes a while because my destop is pretty busy and the screen shot saved that way never end up in the same area on the desktop, so I have to search for them
And finally, most places accept tiff files, this forum is one of the exceptions.

At one point I was thinking of changing the file format with grab to png, but that involves working with the terminal commands, so for the number of times I need that, I decided to pass.

But thanks for your suggestion - just doesn't work for me - it would actually take longer that way in my case.

 

[pm-r]

Trying to find the screen shot on my desktop when using cmd+sft+4 always takes a while because my destop is pretty busy and the screen shot saved that way never end up in the same area on the desktop, so I have to search for them

For such a user, and that would include myself, to make Desktop file sorting or finding easier, create an alias of your Desktop folder and drag it to the Dock. Then you have the option to sort by date when it's opened, with the most recent either at the top or the bottom of the list whichever you like.

Just a thought...


- Patrick
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[krs]

I do something like that when I can't find a file or folder that is on the desktop.
I opedn any folder, then select the desktop folder in the left window which brings up a listing of all the desktop items, and then sort if necessary.

But my desktop on the Mac is organized like my real desktop - folders (mostly, just very few files) are placed together in clusters.
Works very well for the work I do.

 

[IWT]

Works very well for the work I do.

As Woody Allen said "Whatever Works".

Ian

 

[ferrarr]

It's the image that pops up on my screen when I get blocked.

I then copy it to my Mac using Grab, convert it from a tiff file (which is what grab gives you by default) to a jpg using Preview
Check the size with Preview and reduce it to 800 pixels for this forum
And then insert the saved 800 pixel jpg image from the Mac to my post on the forum.

I have been posting here for a while and this is the first time my post was blocked that way.
I still don't understand why - the post wasjust plain text - actually the part that seems to have triggered the block were the automatically insertec quote tabs, but only the third set of them in my post.
When I removed those tabs and just posted the text things worked fine.

I don't think I ever used three quotes in one post before...

But in the end, the block had nothing to do with the image I tried to post, that was just collateral damage.

No, I meant before you get the popup? In your original post (#1) you mentioned you get the popup if you are attaching an image? Was that image from the internet (with URL) or from your computer?

I remembered, I was having an issue, when I wanted to post a screen shot of an app Help Menu (I don't remember which app), and I got that same pop up? I was just trying to get clarification, because I thought you said previously, you linked images from another forum, and I wasn't sure if that would cause an issue?

 

[krs]

No, I meant before you get the popup? In your original post (#1) you mentioned you get the popup if you are attaching an image? Was that image from the internet (with URL) or from your computer?

Oh...I see...

The comment about the image was false alarm.

Adding the image was just the last thing I did before hitting the post button, but with some testing afterwards by just typing a few lines of text and posting at that time, I eventually found that the third quote tag seemed to trigger the block.
But I assume there is more to it than that.

But to answer your question, that image which I was also from my Mac, not the net, it was a screen shot of my Apple Mail window.
In the end, it turned out the block had nothing to do with the image I was trying to attach.

For me, the block was now just a false positive - the first one.
But other members have had the same issue, more often apparently, so that firewall really needs some fine tuning.
But at least I know now not to blame my ISP.

 

[ferrarr]

Oh...I see...

The comment about the image was false alarm.

Adding the image was just the last thing I did before hitting the post button, but with some testing afterwards by just typing a few lines of text and posting at that time, I eventually found that the third quote tag seemed to trigger the block.
But I assume there is more to it than that.

But to answer your question, that image which I was also from my Mac, not the net, it was a screen shot of my Apple Mail window.
In the end, it turned out the block had nothing to do with the image I was trying to attach.

For me, the block was now just a false positive - the first one.
But other members have had the same issue, more often apparently, so that firewall really needs some fine tuning.
But at least I know now not to blame my ISP.

Thanks for the clarification.