Hostname or Useragent Registration Ban
 

THIS ADD-ON IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE AND IS NOT SUPPORTED

This is an add-on that is designed with vBulletin 4.1.5. It may not work on earlier versions of vBulletin. It is known to be working on vB versions 3.8.7, 4.0.7 and 4.1.5 through 4.2.0. I don't know if it is compatable with all versions of vB or not.

On my site, I receive quite a few PMs asking me how I prevent spam from being posted there. While I can't release everything I use because some of it is server based (external from vBulletin), I can release one of the lines of defense that I use.

This mod allows you to ban Hostnames and Useragents from registering on your site.

If a hostname or useragent contains any of the words you specify and they are trying to register, they are presented with an error telling them they are forbidden from registering on your site. And no registration screen ever appears.

In the event the hostname is blank, a WHOIS can be performed to establish the identity of the system being used to register.

The 'External Content' pulled by this mod is only the WHOIS information when that is enabled.

WARNING: This mod has the potential of banning humans from registering. Choose what words you use carefully.

Personally, I am not very concerned about banning an occasional human from registering. So, from time to time my system may ban a human that uses an anonymous proxy.

NOTE: This mod has a 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' clause. Please don't post telling people what words to ban. We don't need spammers getting around this mod by reading posts telling them what is being filtered.

REQUIREMENTS: In order for the WHOIS function used in this mod to work properly, your server must have OPENSSL installed.


* INSTALLATION *
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1) Upload the contents of the 'upload' folder to your forum's root.
(If your forum's location is http://www.example.com/forums/, the root is /forums/)

2) Import the product XML file (product-hostusercheck.xml) into the Product Manager in AdminCP.

3) Take some time to set the options in ACP->Settings->Options->Prevent Hostname or Useragent from Registering.

4) Be sure to turn on the mod when setting options in ACP->Settings->Options->Prevent Hostname or Useragent from Registering.



* History (Changelog) *
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1.0.3 (December 12, 2013)
- Fix hostname not being checked under certain circumstances.

1.0.2 (March 1, 2012)
- Fix error on registration page when Useragent or Hostname to ban is blank.

1.0.1 (February 24, 2012)
- Wrong hook being used for one of the plugins.

1.0.0 (January 22, 2012)
- Public Release

Love it! nominated and rated!

Working on 4.1.10

I am using 4.1.3, is it possible for me?

It hasn't been tested with 4.1.3 so I can't answer that.

If you could try it and let us know, I'd appreciate it.

EDIT: I was just able to test it on vB 4.0.7 and it worked, so I would imagine it works on 4.1.3.

Also, when I tested it on 4.0.7 I discovered a wrong hook was in the install file. So, version 1.0.1 has now been uploaded. Please update to that version if you've already downloaded it.

I do no see a pre-defined list of hostnames or useragents provided? It would be helpful to us noobs if you could provide a list to start us off?

I tagged this - looks promising.

There is a reason for that and I state it in the initial post..

But as a hint, two of the more important words are given in the option descriptions.

Also, every site will be different. Not every site will have problems from the same hostname or useragent. If you don't know which hostnames or useragents are giving your site problems, then this add-on is not for you.

after installing it i found this error.

Warning: stristr() [function.stristr]: Empty delimiter in [path]/showthread.php(123) : eval()'d code on line 35

Warning: stristr() [function.stristr]: Empty delimiter in [path]/showthread.php(123) : eval()'d code on line 46

Warning: stristr() [function.stristr]: Empty delimiter in [path]/showthread.php(123) : eval()'d code on line 46

See my post above..

Also, I tested this on vB 3.8.7 and it works there too. :D

which version. and is it for vbulletin version or this mod version. for a clear info let me tell you, i don't want to upgrade vb to higher than 4.1.3 thinking many of the mod will stop working. Please clear your solution. Thanks.