ban troll, troll re-registers, repeat x 10.. do i have any legal options?

[sross]

I have identified the jerk. I know his isp, his personal email, etc. He resides in a .ch domain which I believe is in Switzerland. The guy is relentless and has obviously made it a game to 1up us. I'm trying not to let it get to me, yet I am also growing furious and would like to.. well.. kick his f'n head in. So.. I am wondering is there anything at all that can be done? I'm thinking -no. At the moment I have him on Tachy, he's made 20 posts and has no idea but I'm sure he'll eventually catch on then start evading Tachy. grr..

[calorie]

What about blocking certain IPs for a bit? Maybe something like the following at the top of the vB init.php file will do:

$troll = '123.456'; // a or a.b of a.b.c.d

if (isset($_SERVER['HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR']) && preg_match('/\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}/', $_SERVER['HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR']))
{
	if (preg_match('/^(' . preg_quote($troll) . ')\./', $_SERVER['HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR']))
	{
		exit();
	}
}

[Vtec44]

Turn on moderation for new users, or have the first 10 posts of new users to be moderated before they can have all normal functions. It works for us

[proproject]

Sorry if this is too obvious, but where do you set moderation for first 10 posts like that?

[King Kovifor]

Originally Posted by proproject

Sorry if this is too obvious, but where do you set moderation for first 10 posts like that?

Make two usergroups:
1. "Moderated"
2. "Normal Users"

The first "Moderated" group will have their posts moderated within the group permissions. Then use the promotion into "Normal Users" when they have reached 10 posts.

[sross]

With 30 or so new users a day I couldn't manage the moderations. This guy is also using a lot of anon proxies. At the moment the only way we can catch him is with the AE detector.