Author Topic: Several SymbioStock Sites Blocked (Read 15584 times)

cathyslife · « **Reply #25 on:** April 12, 2013, 10:51 »

Quote from: daveh900 on April 12, 2013, 10:40

Not sure why Google AdWords would have anything to do with this.

Because google has something to do with everything?

I have the same question as you guys. I dont use adsense so why is it saying that?

And leos question about site rep...then how come its not blocked where i work or at other places? Guess we will find out.

cathyslife · « **Reply #26 on:** April 12, 2013, 10:55 »

Wonder if it has anything to do with that bogus registration some of us got. Maybe a hack?

Leo Blanchette · « **Reply #27 on:** April 12, 2013, 11:00 »

Unlikely. Spam registrations are sign of healthy site

Chico · « **Reply #28 on:** April 12, 2013, 11:30 »

My site also bluehost hosted.

hitvectors.com

Test others here in my daily job and everything works fine.

Kerioak~Christine · « **Reply #29 on:** April 12, 2013, 11:33 »

.wrong place

ajt · « **Reply #30 on:** April 12, 2013, 11:57 »

Instead of "Websense blocks Bluehost" you should search for "Websense blocks WordPress"

cathyslife · « **Reply #31 on:** April 12, 2013, 12:10 »

Quote from: ajt on April 12, 2013, 11:57

Instead of "Websense blocks Bluehost" you should search for "Websense blocks WordPress"

Thanks for that link.

cathyslife · « **Reply #32 on:** April 12, 2013, 12:11 »

Www.websense.com/content/blocked-by-websense.aspx

Pilens · « **Reply #33 on:** April 12, 2013, 12:42 »

That's sad!

I am on Bluehost, too. (www.imagoborealis.com)

I checked if Bluehost is listed/gets blocked by PeerBlock: No it isn't in their list of malware/spyware/adware/data tracker/advertising servers.

daveh900 · « **Reply #34 on:** April 12, 2013, 12:59 »

A little more poking around... I found the Bluehost forum and found a couple sites running wordpress that I was able to access.

Not sure if that is helpful or not.

mattdixon · « **Reply #35 on:** April 12, 2013, 13:02 »

Hi Dave, I think you've hit on something quiet important, never realised some hosts maybe on a blocked list.

My site is on Just Host - www.travelwitness.net - can you check if this is blocked?

Be good to build a reputable hosting list so Symbistock has a chance to breathe.

daveh900 · « **Reply #36 on:** April 12, 2013, 13:14 »

Quote from: mattdixon on April 12, 2013, 13:02

Hi Dave, I think you've hit on something quiet important, never realised some hosts maybe on a blocked list.

My site is on Just Host - www.travelwitness.net - can you check if this is blocked?

Be good to build a reputable hosting list so Symbistock has a chance to breathe.

Matt, your beautiful site loads just fine.

hotwalkn · « **Reply #37 on:** April 12, 2013, 13:18 »

I'm thinking this has more to do with keywording and download options, than hosting...

This is off of Websense filter setup explanation page.

Block Keywords—When you define keywords and enable keyword blocking, users requesting a site whose URL contains a blocked keyword are not allowed to access the site. See Filtering based on keyword.

Block File Types—When file type blocking is enabled, users attempting to download a file whose type is blocked receive a block page, and the file is not downloaded. See Managing traffic based on file type.

steheap · « **Reply #38 on:** April 12, 2013, 13:20 »

Well, here is the answer. This is the email I just got from Websense:

Quote

The site you submitted has been reviewed and assigned the following category:

http://www.backyardstockphotos.com/ - Shopping

Categorization updates should be reflected in the next scheduled database publication, and will be available shortly to Real-Time Updates subscribers.

Researcher Notes: According to our records, the site was assigned the reputation category Potentially Damaging Content. The category Potentially Damaging Content is a reputation filtering category and is assigned to newly registered uncategorized URLs with certain attributes, such as: 1) if the site is known to be under 14 days old and 2) hosted on an IP or IP range, known to be compromised in the past; 3) if a site potentially hosts a new type of exploit.

Thank you for your inquiry,

Dipti
Websense Labs

Looks like you have to put your websites forward for re-categorizing and then we should be OK. Not sure how often their database is updated.

Steve

mattdixon · « **Reply #39 on:** April 12, 2013, 13:21 »

Thanks :-)

Not sure how we can all do this but it would be a good to compile a list of green lighted hosts and blocked hosts so new sites can avoid any problems.

steheap · « **Reply #40 on:** April 12, 2013, 13:28 »

I told them that we were part of a group of photographers setting up these sites, but I think they will probably accept a list of Symbio sites. I didn't have to prove I owned the site, so I can't see an issue with a group approach.

Steve

Leo Blanchette · « **Reply #41 on:** April 12, 2013, 14:06 »

What an interesting day -
http://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/news/general/wp-login-brute-force-attack

Someone tried to log into the Symbiostock site and told me a block-page had been set up due to security attacks

I'm looking into the original post issue now.

steheap · « **Reply #42 on:** April 12, 2013, 14:37 »

The original issue is solved, Leo. We just have to email the blocking company and they will re-rate our sites.

Steve

cathyslife · « **Reply #43 on:** April 12, 2013, 14:54 »

Im going to take care of it tonight with websense.

Here are a some links to do that

http://www.websense.com/support/article/kbarticle/How-To-Submit-Uncategorized-Sites

http://www.websense.com/support/article/kbarticle/How-do-I-know-how-many-Site-Lookup-request-that-I-have-generated

http://www.websense.com/support/article/kbarticle/How-do-I-add-custom-URLs-or-recategorize-existing-URLs

steheap · « **Reply #44 on:** April 12, 2013, 15:10 »

I just emailed their support email and said:

Subject: BackyardStockPhotos.com blocked by Websense

Quote

A group of photographers who have all built their own stock photo agencies
using Wordpress and a stock agency theme and are hosted on Bluehost have
found that their sites are being blocked by Websense.

My own site - BackyardStockPhotos.com is one of those affected.

Could you please review why this and the similar sites are being blocked -
is there some security risk my site is presenting to users?

cathyslife · « **Reply #45 on:** April 12, 2013, 18:40 »

I registered on the WebSense site to handle this, and hit pages that said I didn't have access privileges, most likely because I don't have an account with them. I did call them and they said to send an email to:

[email protected]

Explain the situation, give them your URL, and ask that it be re-categorized as not being potentially damaging content. They apparently do this to new sites. I have never run into this before. I suppose the extra security is a good thing, but what a pain.

Anyway, my email is sent and he said I should hear back in a couple of days.

Leo Blanchette · « **Reply #46 on:** April 12, 2013, 19:13 »

Guilty till proven innocent.

cathyslife · « **Reply #47 on:** April 12, 2013, 19:59 »

I already have a response:

Hello,

The site you submitted has been reviewed and assigned the following category:

http://www.cathyslifestockphotos.com/ - Shopping

Categorization updates should be reflected in the next scheduled database publication, and will be available shortly to Real-Time Updates subscribers.

Thank you for your inquiry,

Lorna
Websense Labs

daveh900 · « **Reply #48 on:** April 16, 2013, 08:20 »

UPDATE: I can access some of your sites now!

http://www.cathyslifestockphotos.com/
http://www.backyardstockphotos.com/
http://stereoshutter.com/

cathyslife · « **Reply #49 on:** April 16, 2013, 10:08 »

Quote from: daveh900 on April 16, 2013, 08:20

UPDATE: I can access some of your sites now!

http://www.cathyslifestockphotos.com/
http://www.backyardstockphotos.com/
http://stereoshutter.com/

Awesome dave, thanks for reporting back. It was on my list of things to check on.

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Author Topic: Several SymbioStock Sites Blocked (Read 15584 times)

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