You guys were right about Strong Box

TomVoyeur · 2004-09-10, 09:21 PM

I do not normally brag on programs, but I feel I *MUST* say something about strong box. I have been using iProtect for years, and been happy with it. I recently added a second server, and paid to have iProtect added to it. Due to a series of things beyond my control, iProtect was not installed properly (the author dos the installation) and I turned on the server with no protection. The website I moved to the new server has been around a couple of years, so it instantly got traffic, and I instantly got hit with a 25meg peak (my previous norm was 10 megs, on a server with 3 busy sites). I quickly installed pennywize, while waiting for iProtect to be installed.

Pennywize gave me all sorts of reports, including the fact that my account had been compromised. I changed my user name and password, and again, according to pennywize, I was logging in and downloading multiple files. I began to doubt the validity of the reports, as my user name and password were not easy to guess. I started researching alternative solutions and ran across a discussion on this board about pennywize and strong box. I called Ray up on the phone, and spoke at length with him, and was pleasantly surprised to discover that strong box would work with any type of user name/password setups. I have 2 sites that use mysql databases for un/pw, 2 that use htaccess/htpasswd, and strong box can handle all of them.

Ray installed strong box in a very short time, made the necessary modifications to the websites, all this cost less then 1 month of pennywize, and far less then iProtect.

And now with the new spider program, it has been taken to a whole new level!

Tom
www.hiddenjane.com

2004-09-10, 09:21 PM	#9
TomVoyeur Internet! Is that thing still around? Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 2	Strong Box I do not normally brag on programs, but I feel I MUST say something about strong box. I have been using iProtect for years, and been happy with it. I recently added a second server, and paid to have iProtect added to it. Due to a series of things beyond my control, iProtect was not installed properly (the author dos the installation) and I turned on the server with no protection. The website I moved to the new server has been around a couple of years, so it instantly got traffic, and I instantly got hit with a 25meg peak (my previous norm was 10 megs, on a server with 3 busy sites). I quickly installed pennywize, while waiting for iProtect to be installed. Pennywize gave me all sorts of reports, including the fact that my account had been compromised. I changed my user name and password, and again, according to pennywize, I was logging in and downloading multiple files. I began to doubt the validity of the reports, as my user name and password were not easy to guess. I started researching alternative solutions and ran across a discussion on this board about pennywize and strong box. I called Ray up on the phone, and spoke at length with him, and was pleasantly surprised to discover that strong box would work with any type of user name/password setups. I have 2 sites that use mysql databases for un/pw, 2 that use htaccess/htpasswd, and strong box can handle all of them. Ray installed strong box in a very short time, made the necessary modifications to the websites, all this cost less then 1 month of pennywize, and far less then iProtect. And now with the new spider program, it has been taken to a whole new level! Tom www.hiddenjane.com