Security Issues

We've had some security issues recently so I've made my forum viewable to members only. I have just had a look at my Misc - Statistics and there is a Guest viewing the Calendar. How is that possible? Firstly, how is it possible as they are a guest and must log in to view the forum and secondly, how is it possible as I have disabled the calendar altogether?? I'm totally mystified. This is the info I got from the IP address. What does it mean?

inetnum: 0.0.0.0 - 255.255.255.255
netname: IANA-BLK
descr: The whole IPv4 address space
country: EU # Country is really world wide
org: ORG-IANA1-RIPE
admin-c: IANA1-RIPE
tech-c: IANA1-RIPE
status: ALLOCATED UNSPECIFIED
remarks: The country is really worldwide.
remarks: This address space is assigned at various other places in
remarks: the world and might therefore not be in the RIPE database.
mnt-by: RIPE-NCC-HM-MNT
mnt-lower: RIPE-NCC-HM-MNT
mnt-routes: RIPE-NCC-RPSL-MNT
source: RIPE # Filtered

organisation: ORG-IANA1-RIPE
org-name: Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
org-type: IANA
address: see http://www.iana.org
remarks: The IANA allocates IP addresses and AS number blocks to RIRs
remarks: see http://www.iana.org/ipaddress/ip-addresses.htm
remarks: and http://www.iana.org/assignments/as-numbers
e-mail: bitbucket@ripe.net
admin-c: IANA1-RIPE
tech-c: IANA1-RIPE
mnt-ref: RIPE-NCC-HM-MNT
mnt-by: RIPE-NCC-HM-MNT
source: RIPE # Filtered

role: Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
address: see http://www.iana.org.
e-mail: bitbucket@ripe.net
admin-c: IANA1-RIPE
tech-c: IANA1-RIPE
nic-hdl: IANA1-RIPE
remarks: For more information on IANA services
remarks: go to IANA web site at http://www.iana.org.
mnt-by: RIPE-NCC-MNT
source: RIPE # Filtered


Do I have a spy in my midst? What can I do about it?

Cas

go to:

Admin panel
Homepage
Nav links
click on on the far right

there you should be able to set the permissions to members only. If you can't you need to make a suggestion. If I am not mistaken, one has been made.

Thanks for the tip. I'm not sure why I can't click any of the boxes but it looks like that might be the problem. Any ideas about the IP address?

Cas

unfortunatley it could be a yahoo or google bot

They normally come up as Bots though and are named as yahoo or google.....this particular visitor was "Guest"

Cas

I'd love if someone could help me with security of my forum. I have a guest (IP showing location in Japan - not my country) who is somehow viewing the forum when I have made it private? I'm not sure who they are or how they are doing this but I do not like it!!

Cas

I am glad I found this topic. I have found where it is that you can prevent non members from viewing member list.

Admin Panel
Users&groups
Special Rights (down near the bottom)

just check everything to members.

Yes, I've already checked all the relevant things there but my issue is that a Guest (location showing Japan) is viewing things that I have disabled such as the calendar. They are in there nightly and I don't like it! What can I do to keep them out? Short of changing the url....which I may do...

Cas