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MaDCaT75

07-30-2003 09:58 PM

I'm having trouble keeping a user out of my forums.

This guy with a dynamic IP address keeps registering and causing problems at my forum. Isnt there a more effective way of keeping him out rather than banning his IP address over and over? Both IP addresses I have banned have started with 212.202.

Is there a better way of keeping him out? I have vB3 beta 4.

insanctus

07-30-2003 10:09 PM

I did an isp ban on mine for a special member (or ex member) In global php.

PHP Code:


		
			
$ipaddress=getenv("REMOTE_ADDR");



$ip =@gethostbyaddr($ipaddress);

if (stristr("$ip", "dialup.renocs.nvbell.net")) {

print ("Sorry but but you can not view this site. Feel free to email admin@sitename if you feel you reached this in error. ");

mail("admin@sanguinox.com", "Banned user", "$ip tried to view the forum and failed");

exit;

}

dialup.renocs.nvbell.net being the banned isp

I just tosed that in top of global (I got part of it from a hack in here someplace so I take no credit for it. I added the mail to (I like to know they trying) Call me odd.

MaDCaT75

07-30-2003 10:43 PM

Ok thats great but how do I know do I ban the user's ISP?

insanctus

07-30-2003 10:46 PM

in online options do a resolve ip, when the user logs in you see there isp in the resolve, vb3 shows it resolved if you look at there history I am not sure about vb2.

So once you have there resolved isp you can ban it as I just showed ya.

MaDCaT75

07-30-2003 10:49 PM

excuse me for being a n00b but where is the "online options" located? Is it in admin cp I assume?

insanctus

07-30-2003 10:57 PM

Yes it is in admin options , whos online, resolve ip.

You can aslo do a find user, the name, ip's and if 3 it will show there resolved isp, if 2 I am unsure.

MaDCaT75

07-30-2003 11:01 PM

Thanks I will try it out

filburt1

07-30-2003 11:28 PM

Never resolve the IP on every page load. Sometimes an IP is unresolvable and takes a few seconds to time out, stalling the page load.

MaDCaT75

07-30-2003 11:34 PM

Ok so how the heck do I ban their ISP? You still havent told me how to do this in admin cp! Please I keep getting unwanted users!! Aaahhh!!!

insanctus

07-31-2003 12:17 AM

could always just use that on register ? then atleast it not be every page and the said user could not reg

MaDCaT75

07-31-2003 12:39 AM

I dont understand what you are trying to say?

Andrew111888

07-31-2003 01:26 AM

Ban the IP 212.202 for a few weeks until they bug off.

MaDCaT75

07-31-2003 01:44 AM

I'm afraid that wont work I just saw him registering again with 210.34.45.199 ugh I give up

Andrew111888

07-31-2003 01:55 AM

Did you email ban him? Start deleting his accounts as soon as they are made. Make it harder for him.

Erwin

07-31-2003 02:26 AM

Ban all free email addresses for the moment, and he should run out of email addresses.

Bottom line: No matter what you do you can never truly ban a person. They can use proxies, spoof IPs, and do all sorts of things to reregister.

MaDCaT75

07-31-2003 04:08 AM

I think when the miserable user hack comes out for vB3 it will solve my problem.

MaDCaT75

07-31-2003 04:13 AM

Quote:

Today at 03:55 AM Andrew111888 said this in Post #14
Did you email ban him? Start deleting his accounts as soon as they are made. Make it harder for him.

I e-mail banned him and I put in the e-mail ban list the free e-mails list (the huge one). I also am going to moderate incoming users because I know this guy has friends that will try to jerk around on my forum.

Chris M

07-31-2003 07:11 AM

Quote:

Today at 03:44 AM MaDCaT75 said this in Post #13
I'm afraid that wont work I just saw him registering again with 210.34.45.199 ugh I give up

Unfortunately, due to the existence of proxy servers far and wide accross the planet, the only possible way of an IP Ban is banning every proxy server in existence and every IP of the user...

And to ban every proxy isn't good, as lots of people use them for reasons other than spoofing their IP :rambo:

Satan

MaDCaT75

07-31-2003 07:57 AM

Guess I'll just wait for the miserable user hack to come out for vB3 then :D

Chris M

07-31-2003 03:10 PM

Alternatively, you could experiment with it yourself;):)

Satan

MaDCaT75

08-01-2003 05:18 AM

I would but I know nothing about PHP :(

Chris M

08-01-2003 09:37 AM

It shouldn't be too hard to port to vB3;)

Satan

cirisme

08-01-2003 08:25 PM

It's not... I also made it far more sadistic. :D

MaDCaT75

08-01-2003 08:35 PM

Quote:

Today at 11:37 AM hellsatan said this in Post #22
It shouldn't be too hard to port to vB3;)

Satan

I wish I could use it right now... I know nothing about porting it over :(

Chris M

08-02-2003 09:55 AM

Unfortunately, without the hack author's permission or a medium to transfer the hack over (not allowed until vB3 goes RC) I can't port the hack for you:(

Satan

hvacr

11-23-2003 10:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MaDCaT75

Ok so how the heck do I ban their ISP? You still havent told me how to do this in admin cp! Please I keep getting unwanted users!! Aaahhh!!!

I would watch out about trying to ban the whole
ISP, if you do, you might get rid of him, and 1000's
of other potential users also that might be
using that ISP. just a thought.

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