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I have taken every precaution against auto-submitters recommended in these forums, even added Paul's random pass code, still some auto-submitters manage to break all barriers. One of them hit me today, overwriting the current LinkID with 0000. How do they manage to do that?

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Thomas
http://links.japanref.com
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Hi Thomas,

I've made some updates to my random pass mod and forgot to update the zip - the changes _should_ totally prevent auto-submission.

I'm in the process of having a cable modem installed so only have brief access to the internet untill tommorrow or tuesday but when I'm back online I'll update the zip.

In the meantime I can send you a pm with the changes if you'd like?

Mods:http://wiredon.net/gt/download.shtml
Installs:http://wiredon.net/gt/


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Paul, thanks a lot for your offer, I sent you a PM.

Meanwhile, I have contacted this autosubmission service and they turned out to be very helpful. They were unaware of their software causing problems to Links databases. Assumedly, their software substitutes every ID tag that is not recognized with "0's". I don't know why exactly an ID tag is not recognized as such, but directories using Links are being removed from their service.

Thomas
http://links.japanref.com
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As a temporary solution you could add this in add.cgi under:

Code:
if ($status eq "ok") {
Code:
if ($in{'ID'} =~ /^0/) {
&site_html_add_failure("Invalid ID : $in{'ID'}") and return;
}
Mods:http://wiredon.net/gt/download.shtml
Installs:http://wiredon.net/gt/


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Thanks again Paul, I'll implement that ASAP. Wink

Thomas
http://links.japanref.com