Large Number of "Bad Request" Errors

[BruceWest]

I'm on a dedicated server. Is it possible an httpd.conf configuration entry is blocking my mod_security modification from functioning properly?

I was able to replicate the issue TWICE at...

[BruceWest]

Thanks Steve! It does sound like it could be mod_security related, but that .htaccess has been in place for a few months now.

Any other possibilities?

[BruceWest]

Members on a vBulletin installation are complaining of a pesky Bad Request issue. This particular installation is currently sporting a Shoutbox, and the error does indeed occur there as well as many other...

[BruceWest]

I'm a big proponent of searching the message boards before creating a new troubleshooting post. Unfortunately, searching for error messages is practically impossible when the error message phrase contains...

[BruceWest]

They've all tried the automatic (1-step) link as well as the instructional (3-step) link. Both failed. I'm getting this across the gamut... definitely with hotmail users, also with AOL users.

[BruceWest]

I've had a recent spike in the number of users who see the following message when they click activation links in their e-mail:



This seems to be an issue for some and not for...

[BruceWest]

I've set the value all the way up to 500MB (and have made sure to restart MySQL after each change), and I still get the error mentioned in the first post.

This time, the stop occurred at...

[BruceWest]

I've increased to 32MB, and I'm still getting errors (this time toward post 379999).

[BruceWest]

Addition - I've noticed that the database error always occurs around the same post ( Processing: 39998 1 or Processing: 39999 1).

These two posts are not massive by any means. One contains...

[BruceWest]

My forum has a little over 1,000,000 posts.

I tried to rebuild the post cache today with varying values (1,000 posts at a time, 5,000, 10,000, 50,000).

Upon each attempt, the...

[BruceWest]

On my message board, I receive a large number of registrations that never choose to verify their accounts via e-mail. 4000 is not uncommon on a board with tens of thousands of members. However, if the...

[BruceWest]

I'm using 2.0 as well.

[BruceWest]

This was one nasty little bug. It was caused by wrongly configured parameters within Firefox.

Now, any normal Firefox user would believe that by going to Tools > Options > Advanced...

[BruceWest]

I understand this is probably a user-specific (not site-specific) issue, so if it'd be better suited to the Chit Chat forum, please accept my apologies.

It's strange. I've reinstalled Firefox...

[BruceWest]

I am experiencing the same problem. I have followed the steps outlined (as far as adding the mod_security .htaccess). Unfortunately, these forbidden messages still appear frequently.

Any...

[BruceWest]

Wow!

I'm grabbing almost exactly the same thing (except mine is Dell w/ 8 GB RAM), and of course, I am only able to afford one.

How much are these beauties costing you?

[BruceWest]

PHP is running with that parameter, so I'm fairly sure my installation of PHP does indeed support JPEG. (I didn't even realize that it would have to be started with jpeg support for Coppermine to function...

[BruceWest]

Bump!

[BruceWest]

Fantastic! Thank you!

I've never noticed that before, since I've never allowed Query via AdminCP.

Cheers, and thanks again!

[BruceWest]

Is there an MySQL query I could run to set the Message Editor Interface for all users to Enhanced Interface - Full WYSIWYG Editing?

Thanks,
Bruce