is the forum still being hacked?

[Elazul Yagami]

This isn't an idea, but since i know that the forum had previously been attacked, sometimes i get items in the url such as " s=(encryption key) " [i hid the key in case it's important] and i just wanted to confirm, that it wasn't another hack attempt, as the S=encryption serves no real purpose, i can just remove it, and press enter and i'll still go to the url i want.

 

so what gives? is this a security measure implemented that acts at random, or is this another hack attempt?

[Alpha]

I'm not sure what you're talking about. Please either PM me or instant message me with further information.

[Robert]

thats just a sid number, i have no idea why it exists but it's a standard part of invision boards. Just ignore or remove it and as you discovered, everything still works anyway.

[Keith]

It's just your session id and mainly used for people that don't have cookies enabled. You can find them in all kinds of web sites and nothing to really worry about.

[Elazul Yagami]

but i DO have cookies installed.

so what gives?

[Robert]

It sends the sid anyway, just in case there turns out to be a cookie problem. Don't worry about it.

[Superman]

there is a mod you can install that cleans up forum/thread links. I have seen it on a few invision boards.

[Keith]

but i DO have cookies installed.

so what gives?

Hrm not sure maybe something setup incorrectly in your browser. I never get the session ID numbers with Firefox or IE.

[ken_cinder]

but i DO have cookies installed.

so what gives?

Hrm not sure maybe something setup incorrectly in your browser. I never get the session ID numbers with Firefox or IE.

 

Neither do I, I only ever saw SID's on here when I lost my Windows profile and had to create a new one (Thus losing my Firefox settings, which included allowing cookies for this site). Haven't seen it since.

Your cookies aren't setup properly, or your firewall is being strange.