[The Finman]

Hi Paul,

I had an idea from something a ran across a long time ago. I'm not sure if I should post this idea in this thread or PM you. I figured since you got promoted that you probably get tons of PMs already from people asking you about this that and the other...that a post might work better. :nervous:

I'm posting this here (you may delete it if you want) as I think this idea could possibly be merged with this hack, and also because you are one of the few people I think could pull it off.

A long time ago, I ran across a UBB hack that checked what port a post or thread was posted from. The hack denied all posts the were not from port 80 (http), and it was effective in blocking any post that was made from proxies that were using non-standard ports (those other than http port 80, with the exception of any "whitelisted" the admin wished to designate), which are quite a fairly large number of proxies.

Since your hack works on all but anonymous proxies, this would also eliminate even anonymous proxies if they weren't using port 80 to connect, thereby giving this an even stronger "bite".

It's been a number of years ago since I ran across this "hack" that my friend was using on his UBB board. I have looked for it over at UBB Developers for it, and I've tried to get in touch with my friend that used it, but he has since moved back to Hungary. I suspect given the time frame that it was done either in PERL (he was using UBB classic at the time) and/or it he may have used something like an .htaccess file. I do know that it existed, but I don't know any more of the details than that. :ermm:

Anyway, if the idea is silly or shouldn't even be posted in this thread, I apologize and please go ahead and delete it, as I don't have the level of PHP skills necessary to try recreate it on my own, and I thought if it was entwined with your original hack that it could be used to help make it even a little stronger. :nervous: