LCDTheOG Posted December 20, 2011 Group: Members Topic Count: 11 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 222 Reputation: 34 Joined: 12/13/11 Last Seen: December 18, 2022 Share Posted December 20, 2011 yeah, i think we should be able to only have approval once, cuz what if u mess up your post or something goes wrong, u cant fix it unless ur a mod, this way it will make it easier on us to do updates and not have to rely on all the mods to do everything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jTynne Posted December 20, 2011 Group: Members Topic Count: 33 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 399 Reputation: 198 Joined: 11/09/11 Last Seen: December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 20, 2011 The issue with this is that people could then possibly upload malicious content after their initial submission was approved. This is done, presumably, to protect users potentially downloading content that will damage their system, or be exploitable. As troublesome as it is, I feel it's in place to ensure file integrity as well as quality of service is not compromised. This is a firm "No" from me, should my vote count for anything. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maki Posted December 20, 2011 Group: Members Topic Count: 146 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 1195 Reputation: 467 Joined: 11/15/11 Last Seen: April 11, 2023 Share Posted December 20, 2011 ^ Agreed. We will be holding by jTynne's stance and reasoning. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LCDTheOG Posted December 21, 2011 Group: Members Topic Count: 11 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 222 Reputation: 34 Joined: 12/13/11 Last Seen: December 18, 2022 Author Share Posted December 21, 2011 (edited) What if You guys set it up to force a screenshot of a virus scan, or even better, do u guys know how to make it scan for viruses through html, i seen some download sites do that when u upload content it scans it for viruses, if u set it up with a screen shot just tell players that the content is malicious and u highly suggest they don't download it without a screenshot Edited December 21, 2011 by lilcooldude69 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeiKun Posted December 21, 2011 Group: Members Topic Count: 31 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 967 Reputation: 53 Joined: 11/13/11 Last Seen: June 11, 2023 Share Posted December 21, 2011 What if You guys set it up to force a screenshot of a virus scan, or even better, do u guys know how to make it scan for viruses through html, i seen some download sites do that when u upload content it scans it for viruses. LOL LCD xD i will still go to Moderation Queue System ( Approval System ) IPB has a Virus Scanner hook but i dont think its effective too Cause as i know when a File is Zip or Rar ( Compressed ) sometimes Virus scan doesn't check its inside so means = Rar/Zip = No Virus but inside Rar/Zip = Virus = Virus Scan Didn't Recognized Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emistry Posted December 21, 2011 Group: Forum Moderator Topic Count: 93 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 10013 Reputation: 2346 Joined: 10/28/11 Last Seen: April 6 Share Posted December 21, 2011 Ya..i agree with the Approval System , since they can check whether this "Release" is useful or not before going to open public for download... anyway, for the Zip / Rar virus scan... most of the users didnt enabled the option for Virus Scan for Rar / Zip files in their anti virus software...( they should go enable it xD ) but for online scanning,...not sure, since i never used any online scanning ( Dont know where and how ..O.O ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeiKun Posted December 21, 2011 Group: Members Topic Count: 31 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 967 Reputation: 53 Joined: 11/13/11 Last Seen: June 11, 2023 Share Posted December 21, 2011 Ya..i agree with the Approval System , since they can check whether this "Release" is useful or not before going to open public for download... anyway, for the Zip / Rar virus scan... most of the users didnt enabled the option for Virus Scan for Rar / Zip files in their anti virus software...( they should go enable it xD ) but for online scanning,...not sure, since i never used any online scanning ( Dont know where and how ..O.O ) actually IPB has a custom hook about virus scan i actually tested it and create a scenario by uploading a rar/zip file inside is an exe file ( the exe file was block @ my pc and i tried to rar it ) but the hook didn't recognize it as a virus ( so its fail ) but i guess its not only with the hook it depends to with the hosting if the hosting has a great security it might block the file from uploading to its host and it will result of invalid file after successfully uploading it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LCDTheOG Posted December 21, 2011 Group: Members Topic Count: 11 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 222 Reputation: 34 Joined: 12/13/11 Last Seen: December 18, 2022 Author Share Posted December 21, 2011 Ya..i agree with the Approval System , since they can check whether this "Release" is useful or not before going to open public for download... anyway, for the Zip / Rar virus scan... most of the users didnt enabled the option for Virus Scan for Rar / Zip files in their anti virus software...( they should go enable it xD ) but for online scanning,...not sure, since i never used any online scanning ( Dont know where and how ..O.O ) well emistry this is after its been approved, idk somone who would post something completely different than what they were doing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yuki Posted December 21, 2011 Group: Members Topic Count: 7 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 318 Reputation: 68 Joined: 11/13/11 Last Seen: October 29, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2011 I guess the staff members don't want to take any chances. There's always the question of "if this happens..." So, it is better to be safe than sorry (to avoid getting yelled by the community)! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeiKun Posted December 21, 2011 Group: Members Topic Count: 31 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 967 Reputation: 53 Joined: 11/13/11 Last Seen: June 11, 2023 Share Posted December 21, 2011 well i have another idea but i dont think rA staff would like it have another group of people that will do the approval/disapproval of a certain file uploaded since i think all of them are really busy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jTynne Posted December 21, 2011 Group: Members Topic Count: 33 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 399 Reputation: 198 Joined: 11/09/11 Last Seen: December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2011 Everyone on staff has the ability to approve/deny updated files in the downloads module to the best of my knowledge. Anytime something needs approved, those of us with it enabled, get a notification whenever something new is uploaded. Since there are quite a few people on staff, I don't think there's a need for additional staff specifically for the downloads section, as there's really not all that much being uploaded right now. In the future, perhaps if there's 20+ things being uploaded/modified daily, but right now it's not that far along yet. Ultimately though, it boils down to one of the community managers giving their thoughts on the matter. I'm personally for the way it currently is. Sorry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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