What link is hidden by *********

Grantchstr · February 12th, 2018, 06:55 PM

Thats 10 Stars (*) .....

Example link: http://**********/cLCWQwzYl?

**QWS** · February 12th, 2018, 06:59 PM

It's banned filehost or imagehost.

**palo5** · February 13th, 2018, 02:53 AM

qws is absolutely right

VEF Rules explain it:

Banned hosts, services and sites:

Be aware that several websites, link redirects, link protectors, file/image hosts and streaming content providers are banned from use at VEF. If posted, they will get automatically censored, making them look something like this: *******.com. When that happens then stop using them and remove the censored links from your post.

MrButtz · February 13th, 2018, 10:23 AM

@Grantchstr

When you encounter such a post containing a censored link, just press the Quote button (without submitting reply afterwards), it will reveal the original content. Maybe you're lucky and the link is still alive.

**illuminated** · February 15th, 2018, 07:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MrButtz

@Grantchstr

When you encounter such a post containing a censored link, just press the Quote button (without submitting reply afterwards), it will reveal the original content. Maybe you're lucky and the link is still alive.

No that wont work, if the word is censored it will be so even when using that function.
Also the number of *'s doesnt mean it replace all letters for example if google.com is a banned host it could output many formats:
disney.com , ***.com , ********.com et cetera it depends on who added the link to the black list.
You could use the last letters/numers (/cLCWQwzYl) in the link and search on google, it might give you some results. And will reveal the banned host.
Or google the same movie, it can be posted somewhere else with same links.

MrButtz · February 15th, 2018, 09:18 AM

@illuminated

If so why does it work for me?
http://vintage-erotica-forum.com/sho...64#post3091564
http://vintage-erotica-forum.com/sho...25#post3103525
http://vintage-erotica-forum.com/sho...731#post556731
http://vintage-erotica-forum.com/sho...045#post519045
Try it on the posts above.

**illuminated** · February 15th, 2018, 09:41 AM

Seems you are correct, i do belive they have added the host in multiple way to prevent it from showing. If written other, it might show until you hit the reply button, becouse the output will look diffrent in forum view.

https://www.vbulletin.com/docs/html/...ons_censorship

**palo5** · February 15th, 2018, 10:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MrButtz

@illuminated

If so why does it work for me?
http://vintage-erotica-forum.com/sho...64#post3091564
http://vintage-erotica-forum.com/sho...25#post3103525
http://vintage-erotica-forum.com/sho...731#post556731
http://vintage-erotica-forum.com/sho...045#post519045
Try it on the posts above.

You're right, in a few cases the ******* is shown in WYSIWYG display mode, but the host name is not actually overwritten, and can be made visible in text mode. There is probably an Admin control to change this, but I do not know the inner workings of the system

Btw, the banned links above won't work any more because I have removed them, but your observation is still correct

February 12th, 2018, 06:55 PM	#1
Grantchstr Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 66 Thanks: 181 Thanked 460 Times in 46 Posts	What link is hidden by ********* Thats 10 Stars () ..... Example link: http://*********/cLCWQwzYl?

February 13th, 2018, 10:23 AM	#4
MrButtz Member Join Date: Jan 2017 Location: Inside the riff maze! Posts: 72 Thanks: 95 Thanked 960 Times in 70 Posts	@Grantchstr When you encounter such a post containing a censored link, just press the Quote button (without submitting reply afterwards), it will reveal the original content. Maybe you're lucky and the link is still alive. __________________ #fapulous

February 15th, 2018, 09:18 AM	#6
MrButtz Member Join Date: Jan 2017 Location: Inside the riff maze! Posts: 72 Thanks: 95 Thanked 960 Times in 70 Posts	@illuminated If so why does it work for me? http://vintage-erotica-forum.com/sho...64#post3091564 http://vintage-erotica-forum.com/sho...25#post3103525 http://vintage-erotica-forum.com/sho...731#post556731 http://vintage-erotica-forum.com/sho...045#post519045 Try it on the posts above. __________________ #fapulous

February 15th, 2018, 09:41 AM	#7
illuminated Death on a Pale Horse Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Die Schwarze Zone Posts: 7,778 Thanks: 19,193 Thanked 216,373 Times in 8,093 Posts	Seems you are correct, i do belive they have added the host in multiple way to prevent it from showing. If written other, it might show until you hit the reply button, becouse the output will look diffrent in forum view. https://www.vbulletin.com/docs/html/...ons_censorship __________________ ✅ All my post contains an archive recovery record: 3%

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February 12th, 2018, 06:59 PM	#2
QWS Moderator Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 6,347 Thanks: 15,043 Thanked 270,339 Times in 6,440 Posts	It's banned filehost or imagehost.

February 13th, 2018, 02:53 AM	#3
palo5 Former Staff Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 16,579 Thanks: 452,836 Thanked 222,654 Times in 16,567 Posts	qws is absolutely right VEF Rules explain it: Banned hosts, services and sites: Be aware that several websites, link redirects, link protectors, file/image hosts and streaming content providers are banned from use at VEF. If posted, they will get automatically censored, making them look something like this: *******.com. When that happens then stop using them and remove the censored links from your post.