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mihai11 · #4 07-18-2007, 05:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Attilitus

It would be better to ban then at the root level, not merely from vbulletin. Otherwise they could continue to break through your defences through non-vbulletin scripts on your server.

Check the activity of that IP an see if it was also browsing other pages. If those were the only (or the main) pages that it was visiting, ban it.

How can I ban them at the "root" level ?

I am on a VPS with Apache + Free BSD. I don't have CPANEL or stuff like that. To my knowledge, the way to ban IPs is to modify the .htaccess file. Is there any other way ?

More info: on my box there is *only* VB without any hacks. My site is about politics and, frankly, I expected this kind of behavior from people that don't agree with some topics. In that case, is it enough to ban them from VB control panel ?

Update:
There are many IPs.... as much as 20. These people are professionals.

Regards,
Razvan M.

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