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The fly program is so named because it creates gif images "on the fly". You have sets of number pictures 0.gif through 9.gif. The counter program sends the list of picture files needed to the fly program. The fly program then joins those files into a single .gif file. And returns that file to the page as an image. Lee <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Any reason not to just send individial images?

So, your previous host let you sign up without a domain? That's odd. Unless you are on a dedicated server, how does it know where to send the request when it's just an IP-less indent?

<{POST_SNAPBACK}> It's just wierd it never happened until now.. maybe my number just came up. who's knows. The security hole they are talking about is email, when 3 came out, you could use the system to send email without being registered. Some boards even disabled the email system because of it. The 'fix' ended up breaking a lot of other things. I never upgraded, not good to jump on the latest version just because it's new. They always have as many bugs as they fix!

What does this do, exactly?

After looking through the logs, it looks like they used an exploit in that version. I've password protected the directory, so that should keep them from doing that again.

It looks like the database for my forums was taken over. If it happens again I will open a ticket before correcting the problem.

Ok.. After years of hosting my own websites and never getting hacked, only 2 weeks at TCH and part of my site has been taken over. What gives?

<{POST_SNAPBACK}> Get webalizer, it's free and pretty easy to setup but also fairly customizable. I used it on my sites for years when I was hosting them myself. http://www.mrunix.net/webalizer/

I have Cox (business), the residential accounts block pretty much every 'common' web port known, the business accounts block NO ports. This means residential accounts cannot act as servers, ftp, web, mail, nothing. Business accounts can, though with limited outgoing bandwidth it's still not good for much, and your DNS still shows as cox's, rather than whatever domain(s) you may be running. It's been like this for years with Cox.

You don't need a print server. With the Network setup with everything going thru the Router, alls that is needed is to install file and print sharing and then share the printer. And why a wireless access point? The router should come with a WAN port. Minimum needed is a router, two cards and an ethernet cable or two. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> A print server would be needed to access the printer regardless of the on state of the other machine, otherwise the machine with the printer would have to be on in order to print (I'm sure you know this, but it's the same reason for getting a router and not using ICS). A WAP would be needed so that you don't buy a wireless/router combo (see my comment on not combining hardware when possible). Ultimately it depends on each situation and budget. Given the option, I'd use individual hardware components over combos any day of the week. Just a matter of personal preference.

Since you don't want wires (which WOULD be the best method), here's my advice. A little more expense, but IMO worth it in the long run. You'll need Router, most have a built in switch as well, get no less than 4 ports! Wireless Access Point 1 wireless PCI card 1 wired PCI card Since we know your modem is already near one of the machines, you can wire it to the router, performance WILL be better, and use the wireless card for the other machine. This will give you internet access on either machine, regardless if one or the other is on, as well as file sharing. If you want to share a printer the same way, you'll need a print server as well (or a network capable printer). Though it may be cheaper at first, I think it's never a good idea to combine hardware if you don't have to. This setup will do everything you want it do it, and let you upgrade/expand in the future without having to by any more hardware.

Submitted.. just two small (13k total) files for encryption duties. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> That was quick.. but here was the reply: "I am afraid that it is against our policy to install a module to the server in the method you are asking. If you will provide information on where we can see the perl module we can have a look at installing it. I looked at the modules available to be installed on the server and did not see one called SimLib. You can also install the module into your site if you wish so that it is in an include directory of the script you are running. This makes it available without problems even if the server config changes. " Since the modules are only available to registered merchants, there is no way for them to 'see' them, except to open up the zip file I sent with the modules. No matter, I just copied them to my cgi-bin, and it seems to work.. didn't know you could do it that way, I thought they had to be in /perl/lib !

Submitted.. just two small (13k total) files for encryption duties.

Yah, the 37's are on ebay regularlly, often new or in new condition. I want it specifically because I already have one, making backups and restores will be easier, since I can (or should) be able to use the same ghost image.

How do I go about getting a perl module installed?

I don't see why not, the trick would be ensuring where the info was saved was secure, and that your customers felt safe that it was secure. You know that manual transactions have a higher fee than automated ones, not to mention the time you will spend to process them. You may come to a point where you are spending more to do them manual than it would cost to have a processor do them. I think I was paying around $20 a month, flat rate for my online processing. Just one hour of your time spent processing these transactions manually and you've spent the monthly fee to do them automatically.

Don't forget that it will need to 'tag' the numbers it picks, so that it doesn't pick them again next time. Otherwise, you may end up with a handful of employees that never get picked, or some that always get picked. You need to come up with a method that is both random and fair, or the employees will resent the testing even more than they already do. Or, you could go by SSN.. since there are only 10 (0-9) numbers and 12 months, you could randomly pick say, 8, and all SSN's that end in 8 get tested, if there are none that end in 8, run again until you get at least 1 hit.

FWIW, I've got a Sony Vaio (frv37), had it for just about a year now and it's been 100% reliable, other than being a tad picky on what brand of DVD's it will write to. I'm looking to buy another identical one for the wife now.

Is that a 5.25 or an 8" disk? I've got working drives for both, nothing to connect the 8" to though, not sure what interface it uses, mobo probably wouldn't recognize it anyway. I had an old PDP1170 in my garage for a while, man that thing was massive (4, 7' racks, reel to real tape drive, the works, and it sure sucked down the juice when it was on!

Not sure on Linux, but I know windows based mail servers can collect mail from other sources for redistrobution. You can still have mail going to the existing system, then just let your mail server collect it. The trick then becomes, how do your employees access the internal mail server? That's not too difficult either, assuming here you are networked, just assign the mail server an internal IP address and have everyone set thier email clients server to that address. Sending mail is another issue, as you must make sure that outgoing mail has a valid address on it, or TCH's servers won't (or at least *shouldn't*) forward it. If you want to have all mail go to your internal server, then you will either need a fixed IP, or one of the Dynamic DNS systems (such as tzo.com) to keep up with your address changes.

I'll second that. I had authorize.net as my online processor with the merchant account at my regular bank. Worked fine, got most transactions posted the next day. I did have to rewrite my store script to use it, but hey, it was something to do..

Quick Q.. do these galleries you speak of create thumbnails 'on the fly' as the pages are called?

Post up the code, maybe someone can figure it out.

If they don't, NuSphere has a package that will install apache, php and mysql (all will run on windows platform). It's called the NuSphere TechPlatform, and it's a free download from their website (www.nusphere.com).

I've used DCClassifieds before, it's not too bad. If you use one of the forums scripts, and classifieds are just an aside to your site, it's probably better to just make a classifieds subforum, and certainly easier to maintain.