Answers.Body: <p>The first problem can be avoided by checking 'Skip IDS check' in Drupal permissions. I have this checked for my clients, and it hasn't resulted in any problems.</p>
  
  <p>The second message is 'normal' - I'm getting this message too for my clients.  I guess it's some PHP warning?</p>
  
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Answers.Text: We just did that - did you check it for all user types?
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Answers.Text: Yes, for all roles.
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Answers.Text: Thanks Andy - one more question - with IDS off, do you use anything else to bolster security?
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Body: <p>We are getting IDS errors left and right. We would get complaints here and there that our site isn't working and after reviewing our logs, IDS errors everywhere.</p>
  
  <p>Mostly getting the error: <code>There is a validation error with your HTML input. Your activity is a bit suspicious, hence aborting</code></p>
  
  <p>We also seem to get this warning <code>[warning] Deprecated Path: There is a setting (generate_schema_and_data) not correctly defined. You may see unpredictability due to this. CRM_Core_Setting::setItems
  Array
  (
      [civi.tag] =&gt; deprecated
  )</code></p>
  
  <p>Not sure if they are related - but sharing in case it is.</p>
  
  <p>D7 5.24.3 (but this has existed for some time now.)</p>
  
Tags: <security>
Title: IDS causing site to fail for lots of visitors
ThreadText: # IDS causing site to fail for lots of visitors
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2020-05-17)
  
  We are getting IDS errors left and right. We would get complaints here and there that our site isn't working and after reviewing our logs, IDS errors everywhere.
  
  Mostly getting the error: `There is a validation error with your HTML input. Your activity is a bit suspicious, hence aborting`
  
  We also seem to get this warning `[warning] Deprecated Path: There is a setting (generate_schema_and_data) not correctly defined. You may see unpredictability due to this. CRM_Core_Setting::setItems
  Array
  (
  [civi.tag] => deprecated
  )`
  
  Not sure if they are related - but sharing in case it is.
  
  D7 5.24.3 (but this has existed for some time now.)
  
  **Tags:** security
  
  
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  ## 1 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_1 on 2020-05-17. Score: 3 | Accepted answer
  
  The first problem can be avoided by checking 'Skip IDS check' in Drupal permissions. I have this checked for my clients, and it hasn't resulted in any problems.
  
  The second message is 'normal' - I'm getting this message too for my clients. I guess it's some PHP warning?
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_0**: We just did that - did you check it for all user types?  
  > **username_1**: Yes, for all roles.  
  > **username_0**: Thanks username_1 - one more question - with IDS off, do you use anything else to bolster security?  
  > **username_1**: No, nothing other than some Drupal modules regarding security  
  
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