SID Killer Problem

[TartanTrader]

Hi

 

I installed the SID Killer contribution along with the "Buy Now" button contribution.

 

I have sat back and waited for the search engines to call thinking that all will be well when they visited. Well here are the results, I didn't think this was going to happen again i.e. have the osCsid/ea653b9c8246fb0eff71d280a81 on the URL ?

 

 Who's Online  



Online ID Full Name IP Address Entry Time Last Click Last URL  

00:00:25 0 Guest 66.196.72.27 22:21:59 22:21:59 /catalog/product_info.php/cPath/31/products_id/94  

00:00:33 0 Guest 66.196.72.80 22:21:51 22:21:51 /catalog/default.php/cPath/26/osCsid/ea653b9c8246fb0eff71d280a81  

00:00:45 0 Guest 66.196.72.11 22:21:39 22:21:39 /catalog/login.php  

00:00:36 0 Guest 66.196.72.15 22:21:48 22:21:48 /catalog/product_info.php/products_id/73/language/en  

00:00:51 0 Guest 66.196.72.37 22:21:33 22:21:33 /catalog/default.php/cPath/22/osCsid/c1b6353b45a0cfab0470b5d2f5f  

00:00:55 0 Guest 66.196.72.11 22:21:29 22:21:29 /catalog/product_reviews_write.php/products_id/76  

00:01:12 0 Guest 66.196.72.19 22:21:12 22:21:12 /catalog/product_reviews_write.php/products_id/55  

00:01:16 0 Guest 66.196.72.43 22:21:08 22:21:08 /catalog/login.php/osCsid/4e721513dd5635471caae423a3cd2cb4  

00:01:28 0 Guest 66.196.72.43 22:20:56 22:20:56 /catalog/security.php/osCsid/2118bc307a8c21c4338b3df5547c9325  

00:01:36 0 Guest 66.196.72.78 22:20:48 22:20:48 /catalog/product_info.php/manufacturers_id/14/products_id/55  

00:01:48 0 Guest 66.196.72.94 22:20:36 22:20:36 /catalog/default.php/cPath/25/osCsid/50da4e6279172f55fe7ec1e9059  

00:01:57 0 Guest 66.196.72.39 22:20:27 22:20:27 /catalog/contact_us.php/osCsid/31f654019447a7b22790fafa8d2a8b43  

00:02:23 0 Guest 66.196.72.49 22:20:01 22:20:01 /catalog/product_info.php/products_id/70/osCsid/4ec0d97e5abcbf8b  

00:02:23 0 Guest 66.196.72.49 22:20:01 22:20:01 /catalog/links.php/osCsid/4ec0d97e5abcbf8bbaf8351d10d47651  

00:03:02 0 Guest 66.196.72.14 22:19:22 22:19:22 /catalog/login.php  

00:05:50 0 Guest 66.196.72.32 22:16:34 22:16:34 /catalog/product_info.php/products_id/72/osCsid/52a0ddc4df2fb72e  

00:10:35 0 Guest 66.196.72.40 22:11:49 22:11:49 /catalog/login.php  

00:10:41 0 Guest 66.196.72.70 22:11:43 22:11:43 /catalog/login.php/osCsid/5f8f8594067cee04b0a64aebd4122489  

00:10:57 0 Guest 66.196.72.94 22:11:27 22:11:27 /catalog/deliveries.php/osCsid/aa9d149d689ed834b544ad932de90942  

00:10:59 0 Guest 66.196.72.80 22:11:25 22:11:25 /catalog/create_account.php/osCsid/50c773d36ff77b1fefea2c1199fe3  

00:11:13 0 Guest 66.196.72.13 22:11:11 22:11:11 /catalog/product_reviews_info.php/products_id/34/reviews_id/7/la  

00:11:19 0 Guest 66.196.72.40 22:11:05 22:11:05 /catalog/product_info.php/products_id/39/osCsid/1173421d18ca0414  

00:11:21 0 Guest 66.196.72.40 22:11:03 22:11:03 /catalog/product_info.php/products_id/84/osCsid/f2f2c4187731797a  

00:11:49 0 Guest 66.196.72.80 22:10:35 22:10:35 /catalog/deliveries.php/osCsid/50c773d36ff77b1fefea2c1199fe36ff  

00:12:03 0 Guest 66.196.72.70 22:10:21 22:10:21 /catalog/guarantee.php/osCsid/5f8f8594067cee04b0a64aebd4122489  

00:12:59 0 Guest 66.196.72.86 22:09:25 22:09:25 /catalog/product_info.php/products_id/112  

00:13:11 0 Guest 66.196.72.70 22:09:13 22:09:13 /catalog/product_info.php/products_id/120  

00:13:22 0 Guest 66.196.72.69 22:09:02 22:09:02 /catalog/shopping_cart.php/language/en  

00:13:24 0 Guest 66.196.72.77 22:09:00 22:09:00 /catalog/advanced_search.php/osCsid/c488f916c6e093d1c1ecd38b6091  

00:13:52 0 Guest 66.196.72.74 22:08:32 22:08:32 /catalog/product_info.php/products_id/73/osCsid/f04839f884defe21  

00:14:00 0 Guest 66.196.72.35 22:08:24 22:08:24 /catalog/product_info.php/products_id/118  

00:14:21 0 Guest 66.196.72.74 22:08:03 22:08:03 /catalog/product_reviews_info.php/products_id/84/reviews_id/5/os  

00:14:47 0 Guest 66.196.72.74 22:07:37 22:07:37 /catalog/links.php/osCsid/1a17bf5186fc4f595515a92f1e558255  

00:00:25 0 Guest 66.196.72.27 22:21:59 22:21:59 /catalog/product_info.php/cPath/31/products_id/100  

00:08:24 0 Guest 66.196.72.72 22:14:00 22:14:00 /catalog/default.php/cPath/27/osCsid/5f8f8594067cee04b0a64aebd41  

00:07:52 0 Guest 66.196.72.50 22:14:32 22:14:32 /catalog/product_info.php/products_id/60  

00:08:48 0 Guest 66.196.72.81 22:13:36 22:13:36 /catalog/default.php/cPath/24/osCsid/50c773d36ff77b1fefea2c1199f  

00:08:42 0 Guest 66.196.72.16 22:13:42 22:13:42 /catalog/product_reviews_info.php/products_id/83/reviews_id/3/la  

00:06:53 0 Guest 66.196.72.81 22:15:31 22:15:31 /catalog/contact_us.php/osCsid/50c773d36ff77b1fefea2c1199fe36ff  

00:00:14 0 Guest 66.196.72.95 22:22:10 22:22:10 /catalog/product_info.php/cPath/30/products_id/90  

00:06:00 0 Guest 66.196.72.76 22:16:24 22:16:24 /catalog/default.php/manufacturers_id/11/page/1/sort/1d  

00:02:51 0 Guest 66.196.72.49 22:19:33 22:19:33 /catalog/login.php/osCsid/12a8af8c2a1224f946b37613518eb166  

00:03:38 0 Guest 66.196.72.85 22:18:46 22:18:46 /catalog/product_info.php/cPath/27/products_id/77  

00:07:43 0 Guest 66.196.72.91 22:14:41 22:14:41 /catalog/products_new.php/osCsid/074031ff6d9a82111a4f085b7622ad1  

00:06:33 0 Guest 66.196.72.36 22:15:51 22:15:51 /catalog/product_info.php/products_id/34/language/en  

00:00:35 0 Guest 66.196.72.27 22:21:49 22:21:49 /catalog/default.php/cPath/31/osCsid/9fe92e2560e6e29162f65ad6307  

00:01:06 0 Guest 66.196.72.93 22:21:18 22:21:18 /catalog/product_info.php/products_id/117  

00:00:04 0 Guest 66.196.72.35 22:22:20 22:22:20 /catalog/redirect.php/action/banner/goto/2/osCsid/52a0ddc4df2fb7  

00:15:01 0 Guest 66.196.72.38 22:07:23 22:07:23 /catalog/product_info.php/products_id/70/osCsid/f2f2c4187731797a  

00:08:46 0 Guest 66.196.72.92 22:13:38 22:13:38 /catalog/product_info.php/products_id/73/osCsid/eca29bdfa1765c33  

00:14:02 0 Guest 66.196.72.74 22:08:22 22:08:22 /catalog/login.php/osCsid/8d7f6c1ff5db4f4c4acf1a28678b7e59  

00:10:23 0 Guest 66.196.72.78 22:12:01 22:12:01 /catalog/default.php/cPath/27/osCsid/c488f916c6e093d1c1ecd38b609  

00:10:13 0 Guest 66.196.72.78 22:12:11 22:12:11 /catalog/product_info.php/products_id/78  

00:13:04 0 Guest 66.196.72.40 22:09:20 22:09:20 /catalog/product_info.php/products_id/34/osCsid/9efebe5c202abf1c  

00:12:23 0 Guest 66.196.72.79 22:10:01 22:10:01 /catalog/product_info.php/products_id/116/osCsid/50c773d36ff77b1  

00:12:40 0 Guest 66.196.72.30 22:09:44 22:09:44 /catalog/product_info.php/products_id/34/osCsid/52a0ddc4df2fb72e  

00:12:40 0 Guest 66.196.72.79 22:09:44 22:09:44 /catalog/default.php/cPath/28/osCsid/50c773d36ff77b1fefea2c1199f  

00:11:47 0 Guest 66.196.72.53 22:10:37 22:10:37 /catalog/login.php/osCsid/fdc03167d12e51753f1e1f8743985d83  

00:08:04 0 Guest 66.196.72.95 22:14:20 22:14:20 /catalog/product_info.php/cPath/32/products_id/113  

00:10:37 0 Guest 66.196.72.40 22:11:47 22:11:47 /catalog/checkout_payment.php/osCsid/1173421d18ca04142375b3087ae  

00:07:47 0 Guest 66.196.72.37 22:14:37 22:14:37 /catalog/product_info.php/products_id/72/language/en  

00:09:55 0 Guest 66.196.72.78 22:12:29 22:12:29 /catalog/default.php/cPath/32/osCsid/bd72f2f3a2e332ca504429b3951  

00:03:59 0 Guest 66.196.72.42 22:18:25 22:18:25 /catalog/shopping_cart.php/osCsid/2f81d9ca6004940a0dfc464f9a3996  

00:04:06 0 Guest 66.196.72.79 22:18:18 22:18:18 /catalog/product_reviews_info.php/products_id/84/reviews_id/5/os  

00:05:23 0 Guest 66.196.72.76 22:17:01 22:17:01 /catalog/product_info.php/products_id/71/language/en  

00:04:07 0 Guest 66.196.72.42 22:18:17 22:18:17 /catalog/login.php  

00:02:08 0 Guest 66.196.72.43 22:20:16 22:20:16 /catalog/default.php/cPath/26/osCsid/1173421d18ca04142375b3087ae  

00:03:17 0 Guest 66.196.72.39 22:19:07 22:19:07 /catalog/products_new.php/osCsid/31f654019447a7b22790fafa8d2a8b4  

00:03:49 0 Guest 66.196.72.55 22:18:35 22:18:35 /catalog/product_info.php/products_id/73/osCsid/a525a73deb257e60  

00:03:59 0 Guest 66.196.72.42 22:18:25 22:18:25 /catalog/default.php/cPath/29/osCsid/2f81d9ca6004940a0dfc464f9a3  

00:03:06 0 Guest 66.196.72.39 22:19:18 22:19:18 /catalog/product_info.php/products_id/109  

00:03:20 0 Guest 66.196.72.49 22:19:04 22:19:04 /catalog/default.php/cPath/32/sort/1a/page/1/language/en  

00:05:56 0 Guest 66.196.72.95 22:16:28 22:16:28 /catalog/product_info.php/products_id/62  

00:02:57 0 Guest 66.196.72.92 22:19:27 22:19:27 /catalog/default.php/cPath/22/osCsid/074031ff6d9a82111a4f085b762  

00:06:59 0 Guest 141.156.185.111 22:15:25 22:15:25 /catalog/default.php/cPath/30  

00:06:57 0 Guest 66.196.72.81 22:15:27 22:15:27 /catalog/complaint.php/osCsid/50c773d36ff77b1fefea2c1199fe36ff  

00:06:35 0 Guest 66.196.72.93 22:15:49 22:15:49 /catalog/login.php/osCsid/01ee81585218fc702a7cb04b482ff728  

00:04:13 0 Guest 66.196.72.44 22:18:11 22:18:11 /catalog/links.php/osCsid/3ea0b2c51c76a9d2aa8a18bf99b6a474  

00:03:19 0 Guest 66.196.72.70 22:19:05 22:19:05 /catalog/product_info.php/products_id/44  

00:04:11 0 Guest 66.196.72.42 22:18:13 22:18:13 /catalog/product_reviews_write.php/products_id/111  

00:02:13 0 Guest 66.196.72.92 22:20:11 22:20:11 /catalog/advanced_search.php/osCsid/074031ff6d9a82111a4f085b7622  

00:01:58 0 Guest 66.196.72.43 22:20:26 22:20:26 /catalog/default.php/cPath/22/osCsid/9efebe5c202abf1cabe1ab0ebcc  

00:14:31 0 Guest 66.196.72.86 22:07:53 22:07:53 /catalog/product_info.php/products_id/114  

00:14:27 0 Guest 66.196.72.18 22:07:57 22:07:57 /catalog/security.php/osCsid/cc3132f5894da1d73cc65d2bc8c9b1c0  

00:14:23 0 Guest 66.196.72.86 22:08:01 22:08:01 /catalog/product_info.php/products_id/34/osCsid/a765dbad464a2063  

00:14:18 0 Guest 66.196.72.40 22:08:06 22:08:06 /catalog/product_info.php/products_id/112/osCsid/9efebe5c202abf1  

00:14:04 0 Guest 66.196.72.69 22:08:20 22:08:20 /catalog/login.php/osCsid/9fd5b289efa19fdb72a9f7afca3837b4  

00:13:52 0 Guest 66.196.72.40 22:08:32 22:08:32 /catalog/default.php/cPath/27/osCsid/9efebe5c202abf1cabe1ab0ebcc  

00:13:36 0 Guest 66.196.72.15 22:08:48 22:08:48 /catalog/product_info.php/products_id/113  

00:06:27 0 Guest 66.196.72.91 22:15:57 22:15:57 /catalog/create_account.php/osCsid/074031ff6d9a82111a4f085b7622a  

00:09:41 0 Guest 66.196.72.68 22:12:43 22:12:43 /catalog/product_info.php/cPath/22/products_id/43  

00:09:34 0 Guest 66.196.72.18 22:12:50 22:12:50 /catalog/default.php/cPath/28/osCsid/9d7b5697565c83759ebc249de7f  

00:08:19 0 Guest 66.196.72.100 22:14:05 22:14:05 /catalog/advanced_search.php/osCsid/91a71c58bea8c018f6aae364630c  

00:08:45 0 Guest 66.196.72.68 22:13:39 22:13:39 /catalog/default.php/manufacturers_id/15  

00:09:08 0 Guest 66.196.72.13 22:13:16 22:13:16 /catalog/create_account.php/osCsid/327f6917f5f95778e2e437f1314df  

00:08:12 0 Guest 66.196.72.50 22:14:12 22:14:12 /catalog/product_info.php/cPath/27/products_id/62  

00:08:09 0 Guest 66.196.72.95 22:14:15 22:14:15 /catalog/default.php/cPath/32/osCsid/aa9d149d689ed834b544ad932de  

00:02:49 0 Guest 66.196.72.74 22:19:35 22:19:35 /catalog/default.php/cPath/30/osCsid/d6a1765f42be22e431f531c6c84  

00:02:37 0 Guest 66.196.72.17 22:19:47 22:19:47 /catalog/login.php/osCsid/3a68b654f6dd1779e8e5c6f25ffa0e5a  

00:02:38 0 Guest 66.196.72.22 22:19:46 22:19:46 /catalog/login.php/osCsid/6549a7698040c0fb656196b91ea6bff5  

00:02:18 0 Guest 66.196.72.17 22:20:06 22:20:06 /catalog/shopping_cart.php/osCsid/89ffd666378d76c09a6d0ee662627a  

00:01:38 0 Guest 66.196.72.39 22:20:46 22:20:46 /catalog/conditions.php/osCsid/31f654019447a7b22790fafa8d2a8b43  

00:00:59 0 Guest 66.196.72.38 22:21:25 22:21:25 /catalog/product_info.php/products_id/61/language/en  

Currently there are 103 customers online 

Users Shopping Cart

 

Is this correct, can someone help me with this ?

 

Thanks

Phil

[dreamscape]

Hello.

 

 

the problem comes on hxxp://www.tartantrader.co.uk/catalog/login.php

 

the SID killer doesn't kill the SID on the login page, because users with cookies disabled cannot login unless there is a SID/session.

 

to solve this on my site, I put in a few checks on the login page... if there is no session (user has not added anything to the cart), it just shows a simple page to login, and no link with SIDS... all the links are hard coded in. if the user has something in the cart, then the normal login page loads.

[dreamscape]

and its really weird too...

 

on my site I have a login infobox in the right column... if a user has cookies disabled, they can login with that box from any page (with the SID/session killed)... but if the SID/session are killed on login.php, they can't login... seems kinda strange to me that one login form works with SIDS/sessions killed but the other doesn't... but what the hell do I know.

[TartanTrader]

Hi

 

This morning I have 108 users on the site all from 1 ip address range, I hate to think what the bandwidth usage is.

 

Thanks Dreamscape for your input, but I am not sure what to do regarding your comments

 

to solve this on my site, I put in a few checks on the login page... if there is no session (user has not added anything to the cart), it just shows a simple page to login, and no link with SIDS... all the links are hard coded in. if the user has something in the cart, then the normal login page loads.

 

Also I had better point out that I am running snapshot 20020808 which may answer you comment

 

on my site I have a login infobox in the right column... if a user has cookies disabled, they can login with that box from any page (with the SID/session killed)... but if the SID/session are killed on login.php, they can't login... seems kinda strange to me that one login form works with SIDS/sessions killed but the other doesn't

 

Is there anything I can do or settings in Admin I need to alter

 

Hope someone can help

Thanks

Phil

[TartanTrader]

Hi

 

Dreamscape you mention this before

 

to solve this on my site, I put in a few checks on the login page... if there is no session (user has not added anything to the cart), it just shows a simple page to login, and no link with SIDS... all the links are hard coded in. if the user has something in the cart, then the normal login page loads.

 

Would you be able to let me know what sort of coding I would need to add.

 

I am not a php programmer just a humble shop keeper so if there is a contribution about or something, it would be much appreciate.

 

At the present moment I have 37 Customers/session online some of them are OK but some still have sesssion ID in them

 

a sample with out Sid's

00:00:19 0 Guest 216.239.46.76 19:11:48 19:11:48 /catalog/product_info.php/cPath/30/products_id/31

00:09:22 0 Guest 216.239.46.187 19:02:45 19:02:45 /catalog/product_info.php/cPath/27/products_id/74

00:01:47 0 Guest 216.239.46.63 19:10:20 19:10:20 /catalog/product_reviews.php/products_id/70

00:01:36 0 Guest 216.239.46.88 19:10:31 19:10:31 /catalog/product_reviews.php/products_id/72

00:00:42 0 Guest 216.239.46.66 19:11:25 19:11:25 /catalog/product_info.php/cPath/27/products_id/60

00:02:01 0 Guest 216.239.46.36 19:10:06 19:10:06 /catalog/product_info.php/products_id/34/language/en

00:05:04 0 Guest 216.239.46.23 19:07:03 19:07:03 /catalog/product_info.php/products_id/71/language/en

00:04:28 0 Guest 216.239.46.86 19:07:39 19:07:39 /catalog/product_info.php/cPath/32/products_id/111

00:04:11 0 Guest 216.239.46.76 19:07:56 19:07:56 /catalog/product_info.php/products_id/55

 

A sample with session ID's

00:01:28 0 Guest 66.77.73.62 19:10:39 19:10:39 /catalog/shopping_cart.php?sort=1a&page=1&language=en&osCsid=247

00:02:54 0 Guest 216.239.46.43 19:09:13 19:09:13 /catalog/login.php/osCsid/5f20c31a497441e5a7fb2b178d0c22c5

00:13:27 0 Guest 66.77.73.62 18:58:40 19:05:54 /catalog/product_reviews_write.php?products_id=71&osCsid=e043c3a

00:09:41 0 Guest 66.77.73.62 19:02:26 19:02:26 /catalog/product_info.php?cPath=27&products_id=61&osCsid=291d458

00:13:11 0 Guest 66.77.73.62 18:58:56 18:58:56 /catalog/default.php?manufacturers_id=13&osCsid=9d987827283fdb99

00:08:56 0 Guest 216.239.46.20 19:03:11 19:03:11 /catalog/login.php/osCsid/786b3ccf6300b93b622df53d1cd9c6b0

00:12:27 0 Guest 66.77.73.62 18:59:40 18:59:40 /catalog/conditions.php?language=en&osCsid=c324422e25debf2042daa

00:09:42 0 Guest 216.239.46.118 19:02:25 19:02:25 /catalog/product_reviews_info.php/products_id/83/reviews_id/3/os

00:00:24 0 Guest 216.239.46.193 19:11:43 19:11:43 /catalog/security.php/osCsid/2dfd7799e613fe0bd017b7c6b472e842

 

I hope there is someone out there that can help or even point me in the right direction :arrow:

[TartanTrader]

Please I need some help as of 16:10 on Friday 7th I have over 315 sessions all of which are search engines.

 

Surely this is not right and the bandwidth it must be using up, god help me

 

Is there no one out there that can help me with this ?

 

:(

[toolcrazy]

http://www.oscommerce.com/forums/viewtopic.php...3449&highlight=

 

You might want to read this thread too. Sheds a little more light on the sid stuff and helped me fix some of the sid problems

[dreamscape]

TartanTrader,

 

you are getting the SIDS b/c with Ians SID killer, the login page allows sids, so that customers without cookies can login.

 

normally the login page is on HTTPS (SSL), and I do not think that spider bots can follow HTTPS links (am I correct on this anyone???). I am not certain on this (I went to google and typed in https://* and there some HTTPS links that apparently had been spidered).

 

to be safe, what I did was place some statements into my left_column.php, right_column.php, and login.php. basically the system works like this:

If the user has nothing in their cart (could possibly be a spider bot since they cannot add items to the cart) and is on login.php, then the left column and right column are not shown (or else the links will have SIDS).

Also, if the user has nothing in their cart and is on login.php, all links on that page are hardcoded into the page (accomplished with some if statemnents). In addition, the breadcrumb links are removed from login.php if the user has nothing in their cart to prevent a spider from getting a SID.

 

On the other hand, if a user does have something in their cart, we show them the normal login.php page (hey its not a bot, so its ok).

 

to see an example of what I speak of, goto http://www.allthingsnewage.com and goto the login page with nothing in the cart. Then add something to the cart and return to the login page to fully see what the above speaks of.

 

Again, I am unsure if bots can follow HTTPS link or not, so to be safe, I did this. On your site, you are not using any HTTPS (SSL), so the bots can in fact get to login.php, where they encounter SIDS. The fix for you would to either implement a basic login page like I did if there is nothing in the cart, or in application_top.php, where the SID killer code is, remove the line

if (basename($PHP_SELF) == FILENAME_LOGIN ) $kill_sid = false;

or change it to

if (basename($PHP_SELF) == FILENAME_LOGIN ) $kill_sid = true;

but this will in effect prevent users with cookies disabled from loggin into the site (though they will still be able to create accounts, they will not be able to login).

 

I think the best method would be the one I described above and implemented on my site.

 

or if in fact spider bots cannot follow HTTPS link (which seems kinda iffy to me), then installing an SSL cert and setting use HTTPS to true in configure.php, will prevent a bot from accessing login.php.

[TartanTrader]

Thanks for the response

 

I have seen bots with a cart full of items so this statement is either not true or I have something wrong with my site

 

If the user has nothing in their cart (could possibly be a spider bot since they cannot add items to the cart)

 

I am unable to implelement SSL for login so this option is out and I also dont want to stop my customers from loggin in to their accounts as well

 

Is there any other settings I need to set as well ?

 

Thanks for your help

Phil

[dreamscape]

I have seen bots with a cart full of items so this statement is either not true or I have something wrong with my site

 

I don't see how that is possible. I just went to your site, and all of ways to "add to cart" or "buy now" for an item were forms and not links. So I do not see how it is possible for a bot to be filling your cart. Have you seen a bot fill the cart after you put in the SID killer and "buy now" to forms?? before these things, yes it was possible for a bot to fill up a cart very quickly. But you should not be seeing one fill it up now.

[dreamscape]

TartanTrader,

 

there is nothing wrong with your SID killer. I just went there with cookies disabled and got NO SIDS... except for when I went to the login page... that is where the bot is picking up SIDS from. You need to strip the login page down to just bare minumums to keep SIDS from showing on the login page.

 

the changes are really very simple... in fact if you send me the following files, I can do it for you. I will need:

catalog/login.php

catalog/includes/column_left.php

catalog/includes/column_right.php

catalog/includes/header.php

[TartanTrader]

Hi

 

You said

 

TartanTrader,

 

there is nothing wrong with your SID killer.

 

But for the last 4/5 days I have had on average about 300-500 active sessions at anyone time and all have had SID's

 

Someone said I need some code in application_top.php but I am unsure what code and how to check.

 

Thanks

Phil

[TartanTrader]

Hi All

 

OK I have installed the latest contrib for SID Killer as sugested by Ian Wilson, thanks for your help Ian.

 

See the latest contribution

 

http://www.oscommerce.com/community/contributions,952

 

I have had some coding changes done by Dreamscape, Thank you again for your help.

 

4 hours later I still have more than 300 sessions ALL with SID's and nearly 100,000 page views in the last 7 days, Help

 

Should the changes take effect immidiatley or is there some cacheing involved ?

Are these the links listed before coming back to check ?

 

And how do bots get items in to the cart if all the "Buy Now" buttons have be removed ?

 

Some help in this area would be much appreciated

 

Thanks

Phil

[david]

Hi

 

I "thought" i already had the SID stopper installed. When I navigate around my site no SIDs appear in the address bar?

 

However, even though there are only about 100 or so products, the site has burned up 3.9GB of transfer - yes 3.9GB - in just 22 days this month!!!!!

 

Closer inspection of my stats looks like it was a Google bot, and a link check for the domain shows 43,000 plus links now added in Google - but all with SIDs in them so not sure i should be pleased or what?

 

I haven't played with oscommerce for a while and I am really totally stuck what to do and/or where to start looking to solve this problem. Oh and the problem is obviously how to stop this ridiculous bandwidth being eaten up each month. The domain is only allocated 1GB.

 

Anyone? please.

 

Many thanks

David