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This forum securiity rules ruin forum&program usage experince
Posted: 02 Apr 2019, 07:05
by uname
Yea, I know you're affected by some botnet attack.
I think the way you've trying to counteract this is at least annoying an prehaps even wrong.
I'm using static IP and Firefox 66.0.2 with default security settings yet I have to bypass cloudflare captcha each time I open the forum despite having the same cookies set.
Autohotkey installer unable to check for updates with that paranoid security level:
Look, your forum software broke the link to absolutely legit image hosting.
Each my forum message taking premoderation. You literally forbidding me speak freely. WTF?
Re: This forum securiity rules ruin forum&program usage experince
Posted: 02 Apr 2019, 08:26
by tank
As to images you are free to upload and attach images directly on this forum
This is the first time i am hearing about broken updates. I will dig into it tonight.
This is not a government you have no rights. It is a privilege to use this forum. You may speak only as freely as allowed.
By the way if you PM me your static IP i may be willing to try and white-list you
Re: This forum securiity rules ruin forum&program usage experince
Posted: 02 Apr 2019, 09:03
by tank
OK the update problem should be resolved
Re: This forum securiity rules ruin forum&program usage experince
Posted: 02 Apr 2019, 17:06
by uname
Still doesn't work for me.
Re: This forum securiity rules ruin forum&program usage experince
Posted: 02 Apr 2019, 17:55
by tank
you may need to clear your cache
Re: This forum securiity rules ruin forum&program usage experince
Posted: 05 Apr 2019, 09:00
by uname
tank wrote: ↑02 Apr 2019, 17:55
you may need to clear your cache
Installer.ahk used for the program updates using
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try {
whr := ComObjCreate("WinHttp.WinHttpRequest.5.1")
whr.Open("GET", "https://autohotkey.com/download/1.1/version.txt", true)
whr.Send()
whr.WaitForResponse()
latestVersion := whr.responseText
}
And there is always a captcha request on that URL so version check request always fails.
Is it suppose to work like that? Is it a privilege to use autoupdate?
Re: This forum securiity rules ruin forum&program usage experince
Posted: 05 Apr 2019, 10:21
by swagfag
cloudflare is turned on for every
www.autohotkey.com page and cant be isolated to just
www.autohotkey.com/boards apparently
Re: This forum securiity rules ruin forum&program usage experince
Posted: 05 Apr 2019, 10:44
by tank
uname wrote: ↑05 Apr 2019, 09:00
always a captcha request on that URL
So you did or did not clear your cache?
Re: This forum securiity rules ruin forum&program usage experince
Posted: 05 Apr 2019, 11:07
by tank
hmmm maybe you're on win 10
i just tried that isolated code and got a secure channel error
when i edited and tried the following it works
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whr := ComObjCreate("MSXML2.XMLHTTP.6.0")
whr.Open("GET", "https://www.autohotkey.com/download/1.1/version.txt", false)
whr.Send()
;;whr.WaitForResponse()
latestVersion := whr.responseText
MsgBox % latestVersion
Re: This forum securiity rules ruin forum&program usage experince
Posted: 05 Apr 2019, 11:19
by uname
tank wrote: ↑05 Apr 2019, 11:07
hmmm maybe you're on win 10
i just tried that isolated code and got a secure channel error
when i edited and tried the following it works
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whr := ComObjCreate("MSXML2.XMLHTTP.6.0")
whr.Open("GET", "https://www.autohotkey.com/download/1.1/version.txt", false)
whr.Send()
;;whr.WaitForResponse()
latestVersion := whr.responseText
MsgBox % latestVersion
How am I suppose to clear WinHttp.WinHttpRequest.5.1 cache?
My IE and Edge cache are cleared.
Each request to
https://www.autohotkey.com/download/1.1/version.txt has captcha validation.
It's not a cached page with captcha, it's a solid new page with new Cloudfare Ray ID.
Your suggested code also returns text from the captcha page.
Maybe you should remove yourself from whitelist and try to operate as a normal user? Have you tried? It's an awesome experience, all the captchas and validations on each step. Would recommend.
Re: This forum securiity rules ruin forum&program usage experince
Posted: 05 Apr 2019, 11:43
by tank
uname wrote: ↑05 Apr 2019, 11:19
My IE and Edge cache are cleared.
Thats how
I have whitelisted your last used IP try now
Re: This forum securiity rules ruin forum&program usage experince
Posted: 05 Apr 2019, 12:45
by uname
tank wrote: ↑05 Apr 2019, 11:43
I have whitelisted your last used IP try now
Now it works (obviously)
But 99.99% AHK users still unable to use default installer properly.
Re: This forum securiity rules ruin forum&program usage experince
Posted: 05 Apr 2019, 12:54
by gregster
uname wrote: ↑05 Apr 2019, 12:45
tank wrote: ↑05 Apr 2019, 11:43
I have whitelisted your last used IP try now
Now it works (obviously)
But 99.99% AHK users still unable to use default installer properly.
I doubt that this is true - many (if not most users) don't see captchas, afaik. But there seem to be some factors that trigger specific rules.
Especially for new users and older users with low post count/low activity in the last months, the likelihood is higher. At least, this is what I gathered from looking at the recent feedback... I personally haven't seen a captcha once (without being explicitly whitelisted - at least that I know of.)
Re: This forum securiity rules ruin forum&program usage experince
Posted: 05 Apr 2019, 13:36
by uname
many (if not most users) don't see captchas
So this was just a "discrimination by IP subnet".
Back in 2015 they completely banned my ISP /19 subnet by /16 (if not /9) global ban rule.
Well, what can I say…
Whitelist power!
Re: This forum securiity rules ruin forum&program usage experince
Posted: 05 Apr 2019, 16:20
by lexikos
tank, you should add rules to exclude version.txt (and perhaps the main download links) from captcha.
Re: This forum securiity rules ruin forum&program usage experince
Posted: 05 Apr 2019, 17:05
by swagfag
and if feasible whitelist the docs too
Re: This forum securiity rules ruin forum&program usage experince
Posted: 05 Apr 2019, 19:52
by jeeswg
and the old archived forum maybe
Re: This forum securiity rules ruin forum&program usage experince
Posted: 06 Apr 2019, 02:00
by tank
But i did