Yarrrrrr, there be hackers and spammers about...

[Justin B.]

Looking through the error log there is a subnet with multiple IPs trying to access various parts and functions that are not allowed to guests.  I did a whois and it appears the entire block is "owned" by the Chinese:

Beijing Baidu Netcom Science and Technology Co., Ltd.

They have been added to the permanent ban list.  If anybody starts getting a ban message let me know...

[Bob_Roller]

I have not seen any Chinese IP addresses in a while, last week, there were about 8 ' guests ' that had IP addresses that were very close numerically, it was from the LA area .

[wilcom]

They have been added to the permanent ban list.

You go someplace else,  "No tickie, No laundry!"

[Justin B.]

God one, Joe.

Bob, this entity has the entire 180.76.0.0 - 180.76.255.255 block...

[Bob_Roller]

If you ban the IP address, can they even lurk in ' guest ' mode ??

[Justin B.]

Bob, I'm not really sure - I'll have to watch the error log for a while.  I think they will get some sort of banned message if they try to access anything but I'm not 100% sure.

[Justin B.]

The message in the error log is "You are not allowed to access this section" so I guess they can see the main page but if they try to access anything it won't let them...