403 errors and Forbidden errors...

[yfdgricker]

Happy holidays all,

I have implemented several things on the forums today.
1. Upgraded to 2.15 from 2.13
2. Upgraded the PHP version from 5.2 to 7.0
3. Implemented a mod security patch

I'm hoping these help resolve the 403s and forbidden errors. Several months have passed since we started experiencing those issues. Many other sites have now had the same issues and finally there is some topics about ways to resolve it.

Please let me know if there continues to be issues with the site and I'll try another copy of the htaccess mod security patch.

Thank you!
Greg

[Box 2565]

I haven't had a 403 error in a while - but I just received one....

[Box 2565]

And it's back.....

At 04:08:

Forbidden
You don't have permission to access /index.php on this server.
Additionally, a 403 Forbidden error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.

[Box 2565]

I've been receiving this message quite a bit over the last couple of days.

Connection Problems
Sorry, SMF was unable to connect to the database. This may be caused by the server being busy. Please try again later.

[Seluryar]

When using the login area in the upper left area of the page results in a session timed out message: "An Error Has Occurred!
Your session timed out while posting. Please go back and try again."

Having to instead click on log in on the upper right side of the page to take to the log in page.

Also Always Stay Logged in doesnt seem to work often.