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[Niels]

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## MOD Title:          Max sessions
## MOD Author:         Niels < ncr@db9.dk > (Niels Chr. Rød) http://mods.db9.dk
## MOD Description:    This mod will prevent users of connecting
##                     to the site, if there is currently the
##                     maximal accepted connections.
## MOD Version:        0.9.2
## MOD Compatibility:  2.0.2->2.0.6
##
## Installation Level: Easy
## Installation Time:  5 Minutes (1mn by EasyMOD of Nuttzy)
## Files To Edit:      4
##      admin/admin_board.php
##      includes/sessions.php
##      language/lang_english/lang_admin.php
##      templates/subSilver/admin/board_config.tpl
##
## Included Files:     1
##      max_sessions_db_update.php
##
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## MOD History:
##
##   2004-01-05 - Version 0.9.2
##      - phpBB template & EasyMOD compliance enhancement
##      - Deutsch, Dutch, French, Italian & Spanish
##        translations now provide with the MOD
##
##   ????-??-?? - Version 0.9.1
##      - fixed a bug in the template
##
##   ????-??-?? - Version 0.9.0
##      - initial BETA
##
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I have made this MOD on request...
http://www.phpbb.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=49174

[DevFool]

no need it for the moment hopefully
but it's really a good mod. thanks

[Niels]

the max sessions per IP, does not work perfectly, users can avoid the counting by not making a new session, I suspect this could be different depending on the browser, but there are currently no way to fix this.

so don't trust the max session per IP, becouse it is easy to "fool", however to avoid some users making to meny connections it can be used

[dionyios]

another great idea, i'll do this one now :~) thanks for these cool hacks

[dionyios]

i installed this one and set it to 25 max connections, thinking it would only allow 25 people or connections on site at one time to help prevent flooding but with only 2 members online it blocked me out lol, so i had to remove it untill i checked, what would you recomment settings for a board with about 100 members and an average of about 15 on at a time, i just want to set it so people cant flood my doard and cause the critical error

[Niels]

25 sound reasonble, here on mods.db9.dk, I use a setting of 25, and 5 per IP, witch tend to work fine

since this is a new mod still in beta, there could be a problem with the how-to, but doesen't expect to be

could you have done it wrong ?

[Narcosis]

i have a few questions about this mod.
1. when you say it limits the max sessions per ip, does that include the ip of guests?
2. What type of flood attempts will this prevent?
3. Is there any way for the mod to permanently or temporarily ban an ip that has broken a session rule?
4.Couldn't this mod be used in a negative way if someone used a program to mass connect with different proxy ip numbers, causing the real members to get "max sessions reached" error message when they went to the forum?

TIA for anyone that knows the answers to these and replies

[Niels]

i have a few questions about this mod.
1. when you say it limits the max sessions per ip, does that include the ip of guests?

yes guest session are also counted/affected

2. What type of flood attempts will this prevent?

don't no, ask the people witch requested it...
no just kidding, the mod will prevent to meny simultanius connections, if some one witsh to do so (I guess my DB would go down if to meny active connections was made, so basically it will bring down the load, and make shure, those users browsing can have the pages showen in a proper time

3. Is there any way for the mod to permanently or temporarily ban an ip that has broken a session rule?

what is session rule.... if you are refering to the mod, then no

4.Couldn't this mod be used in a negative way if someone used a program to mass connect with different proxy ip numbers, causing the real members to get "max sessions reached" error message when they went to the forum?

TIA for anyone that knows the answers to these and replies

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tru, this would be posible, if max connections was made, and every connection was refreshed every minute or so, then other users would not gain access, the max connections per IP will though prevent "simple" flooding