Guest in Forum Despite Guests Must Login Activated

[springtime]

Forum URL: http://.proboards.com


I prefer to keep the URL private and can PM it to whomever needs it.

I started a small board and activated Guests Must Login and Limited Registration to keep the board private.

Today just myself and a guest were logged on and I noticed someone was viewing different forums. Some of our members are in abusive relationships so I am concerned that a guest can be reading our forums.

I banned the IP of the guest who was on at the time. What else can be done to prevent guests from accessing forums?

Thanks for any advice.

[Reggie 035s]

could that guest not possibly have been an invisible member i'm thinking?

[Craig]

What was the IP? it's possible it's just the googlebot. But there is no way a guest can view the parts of the forum they are not allowed.

[springtime]

The IP was 70.38.186.21.

We had a googlebot on before but you wouldn't see the bot viewing forums. I was the only one on plus the guest and everytime I refreshed the page someone would be viewing a different forum.

[Craig]

Does that IP match any of your members IPs at all?

[springtime]

No, it doesn't.

[Craig]

Ok, could you PM me the url of your board.

[springtime]

Sigh.. I just retried searching by IP and it *was* one of our members. I typed it in wrong the first time. My many apologies.

Good to know it should otherwise be guest-proof though.

Thanks for your assistance.

[Craig]

You're welcome