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Can anyone enlighten me on mod_security settings on a webserver?

I don't have lots of details, but it appears that when the webhost beefed up some settings in mod_security it lead to users seeing the error message: "This webpage has a redirect loop".

This affected both UBB and our Joomla pages. It seemed to kick off when returning to the home page after visiting another page in UBB or the Joomla site.

Changes to several rules did not seem to make a difference. The fix for the moment was to turn it off.

Has anyone encountered this? If yes, can you enlighten me? I'd like to pass the information to the webhost.

Thanks!

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It can really be a multitude of things, possibly even config related on your end.

You should rename any .htaccess files temporarily to see if something in them is causing it to preform in the behavior you've been witnessing. If it's not your .htaccess files (ie it still gives the issue) you could try disabling the ubb's spider friendly urls and see if that causes an issue.

The only other avenue I can suggest is to troll through your access logs looking for an error provided by mod_security (it should specify, at least by throwing a bizarre error code) and try to get some settings that'll work with your environment.

You can also try to circumvent mod_security in your web root, if your host allows it, by adding this bit of code:
Code
<IfModule mod_security.c>
# Turn off mod_security filtering.
	SecFilterEngine Off
	SecFilterScanPOST Off
</IfModule>

Please note that, by disabling mod_security (if allowed) your webhost won't reap any of the security benefits of the module (but I don't even use it on my server, so 'eh, your mileage may vary).


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