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Ackused
Starting Member
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 Posted - 04 December 2005 : 07:08:24
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Can anyone tell me what happens when a member uses the search feature to search for an IP number?
The admins of a board that I belong to are accusing me of accessing the board as an admin to search IP numbers. They say their server logs show my IP number as accessing the file pop_searchIP.asp.
I have used the search feature to search for IP numbers (which always returned a "no matches found" result, so I guess it doesn't work) but I do not have admin access.
Can anyone explain why my IP number is being associated with the file pop_searchIP.asp and why the admins of this board think it means I have admin access (when I don't)? |
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laser
Advanced Member
Australia
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Posted - 04 December 2005 : 07:27:06
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Ask them for the date when you allegedly accessed the file. Hopefully they will discover that someone else was on that IP at that time. But then you say this :
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I have used the search feature to search for IP numbers (which always returned a "no matches found" result, so I guess it doesn't work) but I do not have admin access.
So you ARE accessing the file, just not getting any results  |
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Ackused
Starting Member
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Posted - 04 December 2005 : 07:43:26
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Originally posted by laser
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I have used the search feature to search for IP numbers (which always returned a "no matches found" result, so I guess it doesn't work) but I do not have admin access.
So you ARE accessing the file, just not getting any results
Well that's what I thought. I told them this and they said no, that only admins can access that file. They said that file isn't called when members use the search feature to search IP's. Is that true? |
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ruirib
Snitz Forums Admin
Portugal
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Ackused
Starting Member
7 Posts |
Posted - 04 December 2005 : 08:09:27
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| Yes, I figured out that the search page doesn't search IP's, but only after attempting it. The problem is that the admins of this board claim I used admin access to search IP's using the pop_searchIP.asp file, which they say is only accessable to admins. I am not an admin and did not access any admin features. I only used the search page. Still, they say their server logs show that I accessed an admin only section (pop_searchIP.asp). But I didn't. So I suppose the question is, when a member tries to search for an IP from the search page is the pop_searchIP.asp accessed? |
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Nertz
Junior Member
Canada
341 Posts |
Posted - 04 December 2005 : 08:23:01
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| There is no "pop_searchIP.asp" file in the Snitz base code. |
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Ackused
Starting Member
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Posted - 04 December 2005 : 08:25:26
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| It may be a MOD then. This board has a lot of them. |
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Shaggy
Support Moderator
Ireland
6780 Posts |
Posted - 05 December 2005 : 07:48:51
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Either way, this really isn't something we can help you with; it's an issue between you and the administrators of the forum in question.
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Ackused
Starting Member
7 Posts |
Posted - 05 December 2005 : 21:47:53
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| I'm not asking anyone here to settle the matter, only to explain how the script works. |
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Jorrit787
Average Member
Netherlands
681 Posts |
Posted - 05 December 2005 : 22:21:49
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| Why don't you ask your admin to show it to you? For all we know the file could have been renamed, or the admins created it themselves. In that case it's pretty much impossible to find out. The only MOD I can think of that allows you to do this is the one I posted above, and possibly the IPGate MOD. |
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pdrg
Support Moderator
United Kingdom
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Posted - 06 December 2005 : 10:09:54
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I think the problem is reversed here - they are accusing you of having priveleges on their forum higher than those they believe you should have. There is either an inconsistency in the code for the forum version they have, or some other config problem here.
What is it that makes them think it was you accessing that page? Perhaps whoever did attempt to access that page also changed their querystring to appear to be from another user (yourself)? Or maybe you have dynamic IP's (DHCP). Or maybe someone connected wirelessly on your home wireless AP? Or maybe someone sent a request with a spoofed IP?
I think the whole deal here is there can be no chain of proof either way. |
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