So far, I've had ten blocks of a persistent troll who appears to be using "Hide My IP" or "Multi-Proxy" to try and get back in as his proxy IPs have been rotating. So far so good...but he's apparently not giving up yet as he spent the entire day yesterday trying to reregister using various proxies without success. All I can say is that he has waaay too much time on his hands. :cool:

Thank you to both you and Paul M for your mods! :cool:

Hi Daniel, hope this is as awesome as it sounds. It looks great as it stands, and should solve my recurring proxy issues... I don't think my members are too creative with their proxy choices, but I guess I am about to find out :p

I too would really like to see a blocked-ip-to-post feature, if another signature on the list helps any.

Ed; Knowing nothing about proxy RBLs, I have to ask - why not make it possible to list multiple RBLs, so we don't have to rely on just spamhaus or just another one, when we could just stick multiple servers up? I don't claim to be a pro, but I would expect that blocking the same IP twice because of duplicate entries would not have any effect.

Hey there... I will be adding a "post a thread" option when I update the hack (probably after the holidays as I'm insanely busy with real work (tm) and life in general). I will also be adding an "email" option as well for those that want it.

I haven't considered multiple RBLs but can... It shouldn't be that much effort to code.

The main reason I haven't is that most of the larger RBLs amalgamate the data from smaller ones... so listing 3 or 4 RBLs will get you the result of listing the biggest, most inclusive one.

Hi Daniel! No rush ;) vB modding is a hobby after all. I might see if I can cobble something together myself, because my PM box is cramping up a lot.

For people curious about the efficiency of this mod, I have had a reasonable amount of trouble with people from obscure ISP's, particularly one large one in Italy, getting blocked. However, it is very easy to ask them their ISP when they complain, then google the ISP and find out that it is not a proxy. Then I manually create their account via the adminCP, making sure to set the "IP on Registration" as well so it is no trouble to ban them if they act up. It takes about 5 minutes of my time, and it has happened 3 times since I installed. Of those three times, two of the new users bought subscriptions to my site because they were so impressed with the care I took to help them out ;)

If you have an Italian board, I don't recommend this mod. There is a big Italian ISP that is marked by spamhaus because its dynamic IP system can be used by spammers (or something like that. Don't ask me, I'm an English teacher, not an IP person.)

Hey Daniel,

Thought you users might get a chuckle out of the way I set it up.

I created a user called "Troll Stomper" and he's set up as the chosen "informant" member for both your Proxy RBL Checker and the Multiple account login detector (AE Detector).

Now whenever your Proxy RBL Checker detects either someone using a proxy, or a spam bot trying to register...our Mods get this PM. https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2009/02/1.gif

http://www.ronaldreagan.com/current_...stomper_pm.gif

He also shows up in the Private Forum if the Multiple Account (AE) Detector gets tripped and posts the alert as a thread.

My Mods also had a suggestion that doesn't seem that relevant to me, but they said they would like to know what username the person or bot tries to use. I don't see how that info would be very relevant, but they indicated they would like it as it would help them recognize a problem user if they do manage to switch their IP into one that was not listed (basically recognizing them if they try using the same username).

Anyway, it's been great as it is not only stopping trolls trying to use proxies to bypass bans, but it's also stopping the spam bots right at the door as well. https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2011/01/19.gif

I really want the username and email the blocked IP tried to register from to be included in the PM. Actually, the way I want it to work is for a new thread to be created in a specified forum. In the first post of the thread would be the IP as well as the hostname the IP resolves to, the username and email address the IP tried to register with, and the blacklist that pegged the IP.

Subsequent registration attempts from the same IP would appear as replies in the thread and would only list the username and email the IP tried to use.

Some of this is within my abilities so if I ever get time (hahahahahaahaha) I will try to set it up myself, but I am at best a no-talent hack at this stuff. I'm not even sure I can get it to detect the name and email :p

Actually that does make a lot of sense. :D

That would be awesome! https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2011/01/19.gif

I think that was what my Mods were asking for...they just didn't state it as clearly as you just did. ;)

Hi Guys --

I can look into adding that as a feature for the next run - right now the hack hooks in to register_start which means for anyone who is registering from a blocked IP they don't get to enter ANY information before being blocked.

Now that you mention it... it might be a good idea to let them get far enough to enter a username/email so they can be tracked.

Also - I love the Troll Stomper thing, can you shoot me a link to that avatar?

This is just what I was looking for, thanks so much and I hope it helps me a bit..

Hooking it later would also make it take longer for people to get to the blocked screen, so they could stop trying 70 times per hour and filling my inbox ;) or the report thread, whichever.