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Bad Behavior 2.0.33

November 19th, 2009 by Michael Hampton

Bad Behavior 2.0.33 has been released. It is a maintenance release and is recommended for all users.

Please note: The 2.0 series of Bad Behavior is receiving limited updates, including unblocks, bug fixes and security fixes only. Future development will be to the 2.1 development tree.

MediaWiki and WordPress users who have not updated in the last year or so should take note of special upgrade instructions below.

Who should upgrade?

Users should upgrade to permit use of the Coral Content Distribution Network with their web sites.

What’s new?

New in this release (since 2.0.32):

• The web crawler used by the Coral Content Distribution Network uses an HTTP header most commonly seen from malicious requests; therefore, it was being blocked. Users who used the Coral CDN to access Bad Behavior protected sites were denied, although accessing the site directly works fine. This issue has been fixed.

Support

Thank you to everyone who has chosen to make a financial contribution toward further development of Bad Behavior. Your contributions ensure that I can prioritize Bad Behavior development and make more frequent and timely releases, like this one.

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Special Upgrade Instructions

Users of MediaWiki and WordPress upgrading from version 2.0.20 or earlier should follow these special directions (from 2.0.21 or later, upgrade normally):

For MediaWiki: Before installing this version of Bad Behavior, manually remove (e.g. using FTP or ssh) any old versions you may have, including the lines added to LocalSettings.php. Then install the new version fresh, following the installation instructions for MediaWiki.

For WordPress: If updating to this version through the automatic updater fails, manually remove (e.g. using FTP or ssh) any old versions you may have installed. Then upload and install the new version fresh, following the installation instructions for WordPress. After doing so, future automatic updates should proceed normally.

For other platforms: No changes to your upgrade procedures should be necessary.