security code in the register

I dont have a security code in the register of my forum(that code that you need to enter like a number or something)

my friend told me that if i dont have it on my site people who hate me can screw the site up realy easily with a program or somethign that register a bilion times in one second.. some sort of a macro something..

so if there a way to put the security code in the register?

or mayeb other way to make it impossible to screw me like that?

thx

You don't have a security code but don't worry because nothing will happen to your forum. Security is very good at Forumotion and even if something could happen the databases of all the forums are saved daily.

this is not realy a security problem.. there is a program who register to stuff like that alone only like a bilion times and it makes the forum go down..
and i realy need to find a way to make this imposible..(this code will do that)

and another thing about your security.. just so you know every forum have there bugs and my forum(your forums) also have them.. and i got hacked to it allrdy.. and now i am allso looking for a way to make it more secure..
if you know somethign about it pleasse tell me..

You cannot be hacked, the only way a person can get in your forum admin is by cracking your password, if you have a strong enough one this will not happen. You also need to make sure you have a strong email password for the email that you registered your forum to, if you have lost password recovery set for admin.

Spam bots is a huge internet problem and unfortunately there is not much more that can be done than turning on account activation by members as these spam bots nearly always have bocus email accounts.

yes but if there were a security code in the register(like in many sites) so those bots wont be able to work..

and another thing.. so you are saying that there is no way that they can hack me ? are you sure? i dont mean to hac kinto the admin panel just to like hack and be able to delete topics or something like that..

These forms can't be hacked

Bots CAN read image codes now, so those won't help
We have a unique system of protection which asks you confirm your password on the next window. The reason why we use a unique system is so as more bots don't pass.

Now ofcourse with time, bots will be reprogrammed to pass these systems, so no matter what, you'll always receive a few


P.S: It's already much better then when on the average forum there where 5-7 bots registering per day

i think we are not talking about the same bot system.. i am talking about a bot that will register to my site like realy alot,and it wont take alot of time..

and if you are saying that the forum cant be hack i can only trust you
but i am not realy sure about that..

I have found a way to add image verification, a tutorial will be coming soon

@Caihlem

These forms can't be hacked

PhpBB always have a bugs and exploits which get the MD5 hash of the admin.

But like zinex say if the admin have a strong pass this will not happen. And aslo we have (i think) 5 login limit.

BTW Read this
http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/technology/2007/11/23/forgotten_your_password_google_can_find_it_for_you_unfortunately.html

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