Track all Duplicate IP Addresses via Admin CP (by Jolten)

[tamarian]

This is a port from the 3.0.7 version by Jolten. He doesn't plan to upgrade to 3.5, and I do, so I'm releasing it for 3.5 with his permission:

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=75416

What's this do?
This hack is an admin control panel addition. It will render a complete list of all users with duplicate IP addresses in your forums. And adds very little in terms of queries and sever load. This is designed to help those site admins, who wish to, to track users which may have duplicate accounts.

Be aware that many internet service providers (AOL, JUNO, NetZero) may assign the same IP to many different users. A duplicate listing is not an immediate indication of a duplicate account by the same user.

Files to edit -- 0
Phases to add -- 2
Files to upload -- 2
Database alterations -- None
Total Queries -- 3

Time to install -- Less than 5 minutes

Installation
Step 1: Upload the file dupip.php to your admin control panel directory (adminCP)

Step 2:Upload cpnav_dupip.xml to includes/xml

Step 3: Add 2 new phrases

Phrase type: Control Panel Global
Varname: dup_ip
Text: Duplicate IPs

Phrase type: Control Panel Global
Varname: dup_ip_max
Text: Maximum username per page

Screen shot from the 3.0.7 version

[Dream]

very nice, thanks for sharing. just had to change the background-color:#EBC7C7 to work with the default style.

would be nice if you could sort the list by "last active" and "name" in a future version.

[tamarian]

very nice, thanks for sharing. just had to change the background-color:#EBC7C7 to work with the default style.

would be nice if you could sort the list by "last active" and "name" in a future version.

Sure thing. The initial release just converts it from vB 3.0.7 to 3.5, but there are a few things planned to enhance it.

[Snake]

OMG That's hot! Thanks for the conversion. I can't wait for the next version. :D

[Capslockman]

Thanks a Lot for sharing this with us Jolten/tamarian !

[Spinball]

Hi tamarian,
I use this hack with 3.0.7 and I'll be using it with 3.5 when a load of other hacks have been upgraded.
However, in the mean time, and thinking of the future, would you be willing to tweak this hack?
The problem I have is that with 250 users per page, I have 51 pages!!!
And there is no way to track the activity of a specific user.
I have put a suggestion here:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=91006
and would appreciate you taking a look.
I know a particular user has several duplicate registrations, but he shares and IP address with about 50 others. Bit of a problem.

[tamarian]

Hi tamarian,
I use this hack with 3.0.7 and I'll be using it with 3.5 when a load of other hacks have been upgraded.
However, in the mean time, and thinking of the future, would you be willing to tweak this hack?
The problem I have is that with 250 users per page, I have 51 pages!!!
And there is no way to track the activity of a specific user.
I have put a suggestion here:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=91006
and would appreciate you taking a look.
I know a particular user has several duplicate registrations, but he shares and IP address with about 50 others. Bit of a problem.

I know what you mean, and I get a lot more pages :) Will add some more twaks soon.

[darksoulz]

Has this been tested/is it compatible with 3.50RC2? I'm getting an error.

Warning: mysql_fetch_array(): supplied argument is not a valid MySQL result resource in /admincp/dupip.php on line 66

EDIT: nevermind, just figured it out. We're using the new mysqli support instead of mysql. just needed a few quick edits.

[Sadie Frost]

Okay I know I'm being majorly thick here, but I can't find a link in the admincp to this? Can someone tell me where it is? lol

[tamarian]

Okay I know I'm being majorly thick here, but I can't find a link in the admincp to this? Can someone tell me where it is? lol

It's in the includes directory under xml in the zip file.

[Boofo]

The nav isn't showing up in the Admin CP anywhere. I have been messing with it for an hour and it does not show up.

[Boofo]

Here is the fixed cpnav file. You can't use text in phrases. vB doesn't really like that for some strange reason. ;)

Also, I added it in the User cpnav right under Search IP Addresses.

[tamarian]

Here is the fixed cpnav file. You can't use text in phrases. vB doesn't really like that for some strange reason. ;)

It used to :)

[hotrod1]

Cool hack, thanks!

[vibe]

I love it!

[Lea Verou]

It would also be interesting to show WHEN they had this IP address :)

Also, it doesn't display all the duplicate IPs. I had found a member that had the same IP with 4 others and it doesn't display any of them!

[Telegon80]

ill be installing this during lunchtime :D

[Snake]

I know you will. :P

[Telegon80]

this thing rawks!!!!!

[cmiller1014]

This is great but why does it refresh the entire control panel when clicking on a users name? Shouldnt it just update that frame? This makes it so that you cant use the back button.

Is there a work around?

[ndahiya]

Wonder if it possible to (extend the hack to) check for dupips when the "base" members belong to a particular user group... eg, i have a banned group, and i want to make sure none of them is registering using pseudo ids. tough to go thru the entire list... ?

[tamarian]

Wonder if it possible to (extend the hack to) check for dupips when the "base" members belong to a particular user group... eg, i have a banned group, and i want to make sure none of them is registering using pseudo ids. tough to go thru the entire list... ?

Yes, shouldn't be that hard. Feel free to bump if you don't hear from me in a week or so :)

[ndahiya]

Yes, shouldn't be that hard. Feel free to bump if you don't hear from me in a week or so :)

bump! :)

[Colejo]

I have this installed and the extra IP information hack installed. https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=96834

The extra IP information hack shows other users that have used the same IP but those users don't show up in the duplicate IP information in the admincp. Does the duplicate IP hack only check the IP that shows up under the user manager in the admincp and if so could it check all the IPs a user has used to add them to the duplicate IP address list?

[tamarian]

I have this installed and the extra IP information hack installed. https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=96834

The extra IP information hack shows other users that have used the same IP but those users don't show up in the duplicate IP information in the admincp. Does the duplicate IP hack only check the IP that shows up under the user manager in the admincp and if so could it check all the IPs a user has used to add them to the duplicate IP address list?

You will get that info when you click the IP link. Otherwise, the list would be too long, since some users have dynamic IP's, and it would take several pages just to display one user. :)

[ndahiya]

thanks tamarian..

think there is a bug in the latest version in that it only searches the chosen "primary" member group, not all groups for duplicates...

for eg, if i have a "banned" group, i would like to search for all banned members who might have created other accounts in "regular" groups...

TIA.

[xheliox]

I know it'd be next to impossible, but it'd sure be nice to filter out AOL proxy's. They make up 80% of my duplicate posts. :(

Or better yet, just filter by date. If they haven't posted in X days, it won't show up?

[biggjoe]

tamarian;

Great hack! Works beautifully on vb 3.5.1! One small note: In the AdminCP the title is mispelled, see attached image. Other than that, it works great!

J.

[mark99]

Under one of the older DupeIP mods for vB2, the script also had the ability to list duplicate passwords (albeit the encrypted output only for security). I found this more useful for spotting multiple accounts since people like that tend to use an identical password, would it be possible to add this as an option?

[tamarian]

Under one of the older DupeIP mods for vB2, the script also had the ability to list duplicate passwords (albeit the encrypted output only for security). I found this more useful for spotting multiple accounts since people like that tend to use an identical password, would it be possible to add this as an option?

I remember the vB2 version. (I think) it's impossible to do with vB3.x, due to the introduction of "slat" to md5 of the password.

[tamarian]

One small note: In the AdminCP the title is mispelled

That's my unfortunate trademark. I made a spell checking hack, and the button for "thesaurus" was misspelled!

[Milesian]

I can't see the link for viewing duplicate ip addresses. Where is the option in the ACP?

[Milesian]

Nevermind, I re-loaded the ACP and see it now.

[AWI]

Installed on 3.52 and works, thanks

[dreamer81]

so I installed this hack, and it works great. But how on EARTH do i change that ugly pink background color?????

Screenshot available here
http://img467.imageshack.us/img467/8785/unavngivet5fm.jpg

[Silvio]

Cool hack,

I installed it but it can't find duplicates... querys are always --> System message : "No Matches Found"

:tired: and there are a lots of :tired:

what I did wrong?

ty 4 help

[hex1848]

Is this script just looking at the signup information in the users table? Anyway to cross search the posts table as well?

[tamarian]

Is this script just looking at the signup information in the users table? Anyway to cross search the posts table as well?

Just the user table. It will show a link to do ip checke for the user in posts.

[tamarian]

I installed it but it can't find duplicates... querys are always --> System message : "No Matches Found"

:tired: and there are a lots of :tired:

what I did wrong?

I missed this post. Do you still have a problem?

[Silvio]

Yes Sir,

It always reply "No Matches Found"

... really strange as is so easy to install

board is brandnew, fresh imported from phpbb to vbulletin 3.5.2. so now I am learning tons of thing but I would also like to set this hack up.

A very Nice and Happy New Year

ciao


I apologize for my broken english

[tamarian]

board is brandnew, fresh imported from phpbb to vbulletin 3.5.2. so now I am learning tons of thing but I would also like to set this hack up.

Might just that the IP's were not imported.

[lazytown]

Does this work with this mod? Can it detect the true IPs for proxies?
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=95198

thanks -vissa

[LBSources]

great job.. thanks

[Nathan2006]

Thank you tamarian

Great job:cool:

Install

[m52]

installed!

[Djamil]

Thanks for this hack.

There is a minor error in the XML-file in line 5.

You should change

<text>Dupliacte IPs</text>

to

<text>Duplicate IPs</text>

otherwise you will see the typo in the ACP.

Djamil

[Djamil]

Hello,

I took the freedom to make some alterations to the mod that others might find useful and am posting the package with tamarians permission.

Overview of the alterations:



Now also available within the modcp for anyone that can view IP adresses
Fully phrased
Table display should now fit into the design of control panel without changes in dupeip.php
Some minor design alterations and spelling corrected

If someone thinks this is useful I will be glad being able to give something back to the people in this place, so have fun with it :-)

Please note that an additional file alteration in modcp/index.php is necessary for this to work - all documented in install.txt.

Djamil

[Boofo]

Hello,

I took the freedom to make some alterations to the mod that others might find useful and am posting the package with tamarians permission.

Overview of the alterations:


Now also available within the modcp for anyone that can view IP adresses
Fully phrased
Table display should now fit into the design of control panel without changes in dupeip.php
Some minor design alterations and spelling corrected
If someone thinks this is useful I will be glad being able to give something back to the people in this place, so have fun with it :-)

Please note that an additional file alteration in modcp/index.php is necessary for this to work - all documented in install.txt.

Djamil

So this is only the mod cp part or the whole thing? ;)

[Djamil]

It is the whole thing. :-)

To be more precise: it it usable for admincp users that have the right to administer users and at the same time for modcp users that can view ip adresses.

I wanted this mod to be available also to users I don't like to have access to admincp and so I mangled it a little bit :)

Djamil

[EasyTarget]

so is it an option to allow modcp users access to this or if I use this version it automatically gives it to them? I would like to use your updates without that particular option enabled.

[Djamil]

It is not directly configurable, but you can simply skip the code change in modcp/index.php, that way the option won't be shown in modcp.

Djamil

[Neo_obs]

it doesnt seem to work. I log in as an admin and post then as a test user with normal permissions and post and it doesnt see me as duplicate

OK stupid me fixed that

i do have a question. Can we exclude IPs from being listed? like the aol ones that pop up?

[o0Hubba0o]

Hmmm, last post here was June of '06, but does anyone have this working in 3.6.4 or know of a new one for the latest version of vB?

[lazytown]

This is working in 3.6.4 for me, but I installed in under 3.5. The only problem is there is no way to prune it and it is not sorted by date order.

-vissa

[Ingress]

Too bad there's no one willing to adapt it to vB 3.6 completely.

Just a hint for the people that still want to install this on a vB 3.5: database type must not be set to mysqli in config.php, otherwise it wil not work.

Ingress

[Chadi]

I'm also looking for one for 3.6 (even 3.7 when the stable release comes out)

[SimvD]

I'm confused if this works with 3.6.8. Another admin I know uses a duplicate IP address detection mod, and they have 3.6.8...I can't seem to find the right one anywhere.

[globofan]

Can someone redo this for 3.7? :(

[Alfa1]

I took the freedom to make some alterations to the mod that others might find useful and am posting the package with tamarians permission.

Overview of the alterations:


Now also available within the modcp for anyone that can view IP adresses
Fully phrased
Table display should now fit into the design of control panel without changes in dupeip.php
Some minor design alterations and spelling corrected
This version works in vb 3.7.1 PL1, except for 2 small things:

1. the phrase types. Here is a simple fix:
There is no 'Control Panel Global' phrase type. This should be 'GLOBAL' phrase type. So step 3 should be:

---------------

Add 2 new phrases

Phrase type: Global
Varname: dup_ip
Text: Duplicate IPs

Phrase type: Global
Varname: dup_ip_max
Text: Maximum username per page

---------------

2. The listing shows IP addresses, which link to a search for all users with that IP address: modcp/usertools.php?do=doips&ipaddress=xx.xxx.xx.xxx
xx.xxx.xx.xxx is the IP address. I suspect the hash is missing. That function is available from the user profile in modCP & adminCP anyway, so its not vital.

I was able to find a lot of members that had the same IP addresses as banned members.

I think this hack would be beneficial for many and it would be good if someone would release this in the vb 3.7 section. (with permission from tamarian or Djamil off course)

[Djamil]

I think this hack would be beneficial for many and it would be good if someone would release this in the vb 3.7 section. (with permission from tamarian or Djamil off course)

Since I migrated to 3.7.2 a few weeks before I will surely have a look at it myself, just wait a little bit. ;-)

Djamil

[Alfa1]

Take note that I edited my post above, because I found a second small bug.

[Alfa1]

Is there a way to delete all accounts that have 0 posts, are in usergroup 'awaiting email confirmation' and have duplicate IP's? I have done this by hand, but it would be nice if there would be a way to do this in one go.

[Alfa1]

Could you please add this functionality?
A list that would display all accounts that are on the same Ip as banned members, would be very useful in identifying reincarnated banned members. Such a list should exclude known proxies like AOL, TOR, etc and should exclude all accounts in miserable users usergroups.

It would be good if all moderators could see this list.

[vithorius]

Hi! I'm using the original Mod in vB 3.6.11 and it is working. :up: :up:

I'm planning the upgrade to 3.7.x soon... :D

[amagab]

Does this work in 3.8.1 ? Or is there something similar for 3.8.1 ? I just want to make sure people are not registered more than once. Thanks!

[RedDevil]

Does this work in 3.8.1 ? Or is there something similar for 3.8.1 ? I just want to make sure people are not registered more than once. Thanks!


try this one sound close.
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?p=1085503

Forgot you need this before the above will work >> https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=125871

they both work on 3.8.1

[LBGSHI]

Does this work for 4.x.x? If not, what does?