Members logging on...

[stogie bear]

Some of you may have noticed that logging on to AsianTS.com is a little bit different than it was before.

It's part of a series of security and cosmetic changes that we are doing to upgrade our site and make it better for all of you who pay to see the best Asian ladyboy site on the world wide web.

If you have any problems please let us know.

If you share your passwords then you'll be the first to be banned from the site as the software is designed to recognise this and prevent it!

If you travel a lot and log into the site from more than a couple of places then you may also experience problems.

If you try to mass-download from the site using third-party software you may also have difficulties using the site.

For members who simply pay to use the site normally you'll have no problems at all. In fact the site should appear faster over time.

[dummy_plug]

Excellent news.

[BAM]

The new Strongbox security systemtm will take care of.... plus more!

Password Sharing
Today there are more ways for attackers to share passwords than ever before. Years ago, webmasters only needed to be concerned with password sites. Today, there are old fashioned password sites with links, Yahoo! Groups for sharing passwords, password message boards, sites with sophisticated ActiveX controls to circumvent your protection, and many other methods for password distribution. In todays web environment you need the protection of the Strongbox security systemtm to keep people from stealing your bandwidth by using these passwords. In some cases the Strongbox security systemtm has been able to save webmasters 6 GB per day in bandwidth used by password traders. The average site that doesn't use proper security software like the Strongbox security systemtm seems to be losing about 1 GB per day this way. By eliminating this theft of service, the Strongbox security systemtm will pay for itself the first month you use it.

Brute Force Attack
Brute force describes an attack in which many thousands of possible username/password combinations are attempted very quickly. This type of attack will often compromise a site protected with basic username / password pairs. This is particularly true because hackers use lists that include very predictable user names such as admin with thousands of likely passwords. To prevent a brute force attack from succeeding, the traditional advice has been to choose long, difficult to guess (and difficult to remember) user names and passwords such as 8x!O;9&)>Mej9gC<. Even if all your subscribers did use such passwords, preventing a compromised password is not enough. Looking over server logs, we've seen that failed attacks are fairly common. Because the attack may or may not compromise any passwords, the site owner often is none the wiser. But you may notice a drop in sales or more customer complaints as your server is significantly overloaded during the course of an attack. One popular adult web host advised us that failed brute force attacks regularly bring servers to their knees. For that reason, you need to prevent a brute force attack, along with it's effects on your server, from ever occurring. If it does occurr, you need to keep the attacker from using up all of your server resources in the process. the Strongbox security systemtm provides both technology to discourage anyone from even attempting such an attack and a defense against the crippling overload if they attack anyway. To be precise, strongbox uses a 52 bit session ID. If an attacker were to send your server 100 requests per second, they could expect to correctly guess one the Strongbox security systemtm session ID after 1,425,000 years of trying.

Anti-Slurp
the Strongbox security systemtm is also designed to allow easy integration of a script to protect against "slurping", or bulk downloading of your whole site. While there have always been software programs that would allow a user with even a short term trial membership to download your whole site, this functionality is now built in to major browsers such as IE. In the worst case, after the thief downloads your whole site with the click of a button they will change the referal links and upload the copy to their own server, effectively stealing your business. I can't imagine the uproar there would be if this happened in the offline world - somebody breaking into a store, stealing all of the merchandise, the display racks, signs, etc. and using it all to open an identical store across the street. Yet, many webmasters allow this to happen to them and don't do anything to prevent it. With the Strongbox security systemtm, you can choose from several techniques for detecting the slurping and then ask the Strongbox security systemtm to kick that user out. If they want to look at the rest of your content next month, they'll have to keep their membership current, rather than having a copy on their hard drive.

[hulahvn]

Been a member and mostly a "lurker" here in the forum for several years now and applaud the integrity and positive growth in your site. This month has had its ups and downs with problems(internet wise-certainly not its content!), as most internet sites do from time to time, and I'm sure most will agree it hasn't been a problem that has detracted me from checking it out from day to day. I must ask though...with these security changes, I'm no longer able to download any of the videos...is this a problem with my web service, or a new change in the site....I do use "Firefox" for my browser to alleviate associated bugs that seem to plauge Microsoft, and found that to cause problems on the rare occassion?

[Road Runner]

Hello Hulahvn,

I'd suggest that you repeat this post in the technical section.

You are more likely to get an answer to your problem there.

I'd like to help but I'm a dummy when it come to these sort of problems  

RR.

[hulahvn]

...thanks RR...haven't seen that section but I'll look for it...

[Guest]

Been a member and mostly a "lurker" here in the forum for several years now and applaud the integrity and positive growth in your site. This month has had its ups and downs with problems(internet wise-certainly not its content!), as most internet sites do from time to time, and I'm sure most will agree it hasn't been a problem that has detracted me from checking it out from day to day. I must ask though...with these security changes, I'm no longer able to download any of the videos...is this a problem with my web service, or a new change in the site....I do use "Firefox" for my browser to alleviate associated bugs that seem to plauge Microsoft, and found that to cause problems on the rare occassion?

[Tomcat]

I cant log on to the main site. my password is rejected??

[stogie bear]

Email [email protected] and we'll get you fixed right up!

[Guest]

stogie

What about sometimes I login at home but soemtimes in my office, trouble



gunman

[Guest]

password blocked.
no problems for paying members?!!!!!!

[Guest]

I have noticed that when attempting to log in a word flashes thru the secret word box then is replaced by a different word that remains steady.Perhaps this is a fault in the new security system and the reason my access is blocked.

[Road Runner]

Hello Buenoman,

I had not noticed about the different word passing through the box  -  you are more observant than me  
Now that you have mentioned it I see that I get the same as I try to log on but I can get in OK.

I suspect your problem is the password.  It's possible that your username or password got picked on by the new security software.

Write to Stogie direct at [email protected]    DON'T  PM him.

He will provide you with a new membership.

RR.

[Guest]

FIXED!!
Access restored,password Ok.
All is forgiven.

[Guest]

(stogie bear @ Jun. 16 2006,12:51) If you travel a lot and log into the site from more than a couple of places then you may also experience problems.

This is a bit of a pisser!

Any suggestions / solutions?

How can I function without AsianTS when travelling in such LB barren places such as Taiwan and China!