Mark

You were promised lifetime support and upgrades and that promise has been kept.
This service is not support - it is new service that we never promised or announced or even mentioned before.
There are of course costs involved with maintaining this service and so it has been made available only to holders of a current, active license.
You are of course welcome to remain on the license you purchased, with the terms that were promised to you at the time, or pay for this new service :)



Integrate how? :)

1) You *could* create your database user with limited permissions (I don't know the maximum required off hand)... however, if someone gets hold of your SQL username and password (or otherwise finds a way to execute arbitrary SQL commands), I think it's safe to say you're pretty screwed even with those permissions. Amongst what you list is DELETE and DROP - that's everything that's needed to destroy a database.
That one sounds just like a way to make people feel more secure.

2) That won't prevent injection threats. I believe the thinking is if someone has found an injection vulnerability, it will limit the damage they can do, but, as I said before, if someone has found a way to execute arbitrary SQL commands - it's kind of beyond the point of help. All they need to do is run "SHOW TABLES;" and they'll see a list of your tables, thus showing your prefix.

3) Not totally sure what those keys are for...

4) Yes, a secure password is always good :)

5) All those are good ideas, and there are features in IPB for doing them.

6) The option is in 3.0, although, for many people, it's probably not worth the expense ;)

7) I agree with Wolfie, that just seems annoying to me: "Hey, you just signed in to the ACP!"

1) You *could* create your database user with limited permissions (I don't know the maximum required off hand)... however, if someone gets hold of your SQL username and password (or otherwise finds a way to execute arbitrary SQL commands), I think it's safe to say you're pretty screwed even with those permissions. Amongst what you list is DELETE and DROP - that's everything that's needed to destroy a database.
That one sounds just like a way to make people feel more secure.

2) That won't prevent injection threats. I believe the thinking is if someone has found an injection vulnerability, it will limit the damage they can do, but, as I said before, if someone has found a way to execute arbitrary SQL commands - it's kind of beyond the point of help. All they need to do is run "SHOW TABLES;" and they'll see a list of your tables, thus showing your prefix.

3) Not totally sure what those keys are for...

4) Yes, a secure password is always good :)

5) All those are good ideas, and there are features in IPB for doing them.

6) The option is in 3.0, although, for many people, it's probably not worth the expense ;)

7) I agree with Wolfie, that just seems annoying to me: "Hey, you just signed in to the ACP!"

Under "Your Purchases" it lists the renewal date.

Under "Your Purchases" it lists the renewal date.

It is not intended for people with a license :)

Licenses start at $149.99 and cost $25 every 6 months - for very small boards, this is expensive - whereas $10 per month is much more feasible.

Wofie :D I know you mean well, but if you're not 100% sure on something, please don't suggest things :) It's quite normal to see only the paid category on that page.


Dirtbagz, your ticket will be answered soon if it hasn't been already - please wait for that response :)

Many people found the old method confusing, and we used to receive many tickets about it. That is why it was changed, and I can't imagine it being changed back.
There is an article on IPS Resources to revert it back to the old behaviour if you're so inclined.

This article should explain everything with who gets access to what:
https://www.invisionpower.com/index.php?appcomponent=core&module=customer_area&section=kb&do=viewarticle&id=385

To answer your question, the peer-to-peer boards are available to those with active support ($30 per year for perpetual license holders).

Ditchmonkey, thanks for the positive feedback. It's great to know that we're able to provide you with a standard of service you're pleased with - we know how important these things are and we appreciate all the tickets, calls and topics like this from you guys telling us we're doing a good job.

Although, I really don't think it's appropriate to start making digs at Jelsoft here, they get enough of that on their own forums.

Fundamentally, they are quite different. CCS will be an application for IP.Board, while Dynamic was a stand-a-lone application. CCS also is purely for content (at least in this 1.0 version) while Dynamic had a myriad of other features which are not needed as they are already in IP.Board (for example, Dynamic had Personal Conversations, which is now in IP.Board 3).
But of course, there are similarities in that they are both content creation systems :)

Ditchmonkey, thanks for the positive feedback. It's great to know that we're able to provide you with a standard of service you're pleased with - we know how important these things are and we appreciate all the tickets, calls and topics like this from you guys telling us we're doing a good job.

Although, I really don't think it's appropriate to start making digs at Jelsoft here, they get enough of that on their own forums.

Ditchmonkey, thanks for the positive feedback. It's great to know that we're able to provide you with a standard of service you're pleased with - we know how important these things are and we appreciate all the tickets, calls and topics like this from you guys telling us we're doing a good job.

Although, I really don't think it's appropriate to start making digs at Jelsoft here, they get enough of that on their own forums.

Some hobo we found outside the office.

Or it might have been a few security professionals.... yes, that would seem much more logical ;)

Some hobo we found outside the office.

Or it might have been a few security professionals.... yes, that would seem much more logical ;)

Some hobo we found outside the office.

Or it might have been a few security professionals.... yes, that would seem much more logical ;)

This article should explain everything with who gets access to what:
https://www.invisionpower.com/index.php?appcomponent=core&module=customer_area&section=kb&do=viewarticle&id=385

To answer your question, the peer-to-peer boards are available to those with active support ($30 per year for perpetual license holders).

If people choose not to renew, that's their prerogative :) There was really no need to bring Jelsoft into this... I thought our community was a little bit above that ;)

Ditchmonkey, thanks for the positive feedback. It's great to know that we're able to provide you with a standard of service you're pleased with - we know how important these things are and we appreciate all the tickets, calls and topics like this from you guys telling us we're doing a good job.

Although, I really don't think it's appropriate to start making digs at Jelsoft here, they get enough of that on their own forums.

Ditchmonkey, thanks for the positive feedback. It's great to know that we're able to provide you with a standard of service you're pleased with - we know how important these things are and we appreciate all the tickets, calls and topics like this from you guys telling us we're doing a good job.

Although, I really don't think it's appropriate to start making digs at Jelsoft here, they get enough of that on their own forums.

Ditchmonkey, thanks for the positive feedback. It's great to know that we're able to provide you with a standard of service you're pleased with - we know how important these things are and we appreciate all the tickets, calls and topics like this from you guys telling us we're doing a good job.

Although, I really don't think it's appropriate to start making digs at Jelsoft here, they get enough of that on their own forums.

Yes.

Yes.

When has any member of staff said it wouldn't be ready for final?



That is wrong. We have every intention of releasing subscriptions manager with IP.Board 3.0 before handing it over to the community... Matt has been working on it for a while.