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Originally Posted by ssslippy

You should really be doing all IP blocking at the server level as having to run a Php script is a lot more server load especially vs a bot who will hit the site quickly.

You can simultaneously use your firewall and BlockScript as they can compliment each other well. BlockScript has both cookie-based and disk-based caching systems that efficiently block traffic from previously blocked users.

Originally Posted by OldSchoolDSL

Anyone can block an Ip range and thus, block a country using vBulletin (AdminCP > options > User ban options).
Anyone cal also do this on their server.

Anyone can setup their forum or server using htaccess to make a white list.

Geolocation in BlockScript is powered by MaxMind's GeoLite database which we have licensed for redistribution in this way. GeoLite is extremely accurate and regularly updated. Additionally, when BlockScript is licensed, it will block over 20 million proxy and hosting provider IP addresses. We are constantly adding to and improving our blacklists and software. Webmasters rely on BlockScript when they don't want to use their valuable time manually managing blacklists when it can be managed for them.

Originally Posted by Hornstar

How will the block message look?

Can we customize the block message?

The standard error message looks like this and can be customized. Also, one of the Developer APIs that we provide enables "Transparent Mode". When BlockScript's Transparent Mode is enabled, no blocking will be performed, and alternatively, information about the user is provided by BlockScript within the $_SERVER global variable for use with other systems. In other words, you can use Transparent Mode to construct your own blocked user page.

Originally Posted by Hornstar

I don't want it looking like this ... Which does not spell information correctly.

Thanks. That typo will be corrected in the next release.

Originally Posted by worried

This sounds interesting. I'd really like to use this specifically for my register page not the entire site is this possible?

Yes but not currently using the vBulletin plugin. One way to accomplish this is to follow our Basic Integration instructions to install BlockScript only in vBulletin's register.php file.