Board Optimization - Proxy Alert

FORMALLY KNOWN AS TOR ALERT! PROXY ALERT TAKES CONTROL OF YOUR FORUMS WITH THE NEXT LEVEL OF PROTECTION! 3.8 VERSION HERE.

I've searched high and low for a modification that can detect Tor or proxy users. Personally I've had one too many banned members just create another identity and troll about. Now let proxies and TOR... Give you problems NO MOR! Now when those pesky proxy and Tor users visit your site, you can block them and redirect them to a custom error message!

You can also alert your members that proxies and Tor is not a nice thing to use! You can customize the message and it also allows to be closed.

Demo:
http://www.consolediscussions.com/forum/
*You will need to register as I have it set to detect for members only.


Features:
Thread Posting on Detection [PRO]
IP Address Whitelist [PRO]
Redirect Proxy Registrations to Blank Page [PRO]
Detect Web Proxies [PRO]
Email on Detect [PRO]
Index Only Option [PRO]
Usergroup Permissions [PRO]
*Search Engine Safe
Block Proxy Registrations (Registration Blocking Only Option Available)
Detect Lan Proxies
PM on Detect
Enable/Disable
Automatic or Manual Template Edits
Persistent Message Enable/Disable (Uses Cookies)
Redirect if Detected
Custom Messages
Customer Color of Messages
UserID Permissions
Block Registration Even When Proxy Disabled


No Branding Version:
For a premium no-branding version which has additional features, please visit my Products & Services page.

If you look forward to seeing this modification progress, you can help by donating! Donators will be given access to early releases before anyone else, and access to the 3.8 version pro when it's released as well. Upcoming features include:
[S]Option to remove X on alert[/S]
Not allowing Tor users to post
[S]Redirect to another page[/S]
Usergroup Permissions
Set a certain amount of views before blocking
[S]Once closed, don't persist with displaying box[/S]
Possibly a notice type message instead of a popup
BAN Tor users automatically
[S]Enable/Disable feature[/S]


Installing:
1.) Upload everything in the upload folder to your forum root.
2.) Navigate to AdminCP Add/Import Product
3.) Select product-toralert.xml
4.) Install the modification
5.) Set your options in the AdminCP
6.) Mark Installed


Upgrading:
1.) Upload everything in the upload folder to your forum root.
2.) Navigate to AdminCP Add/Import Product
3.) Select product-toralert.xml
4.) Check yes to Allow Overwrite
5.) Install the modification
6.) Set your options in the AdminCP


*Not working?
1.) Disable automatic template edits in the AdminCP
2.) Navigate to the navbar template in your style
3.) Add {vb:raw toralert} to the bottom of the template


Changelog
1.9.2
Fixed issue with broken bracket.

1.9
Fix for 4.2.2
AdminCP Manager
Pro Feature Ported to Free (Block Registration Even When Proxy Disabled)


1.8
Registration Detection Only
Added Link to Change Registration Detection Message
Fixed Issue w/ Registration Detection
Reduced Queries Further


1.7.5
Fixed "Could not find phrase 'proxy_alert_registration'." Error
Improved Detection
Reduced Queries
Enhanced Code


1.7
Thread Posting on Detection [PRO]
Added Member Only Detection
Added Global Enable/Disable
Restructured Code
Optimized Code


1.6
User ID Whitelist
Bot detection fix
IP Whitelist [PRO]
Registration blocker works with ip address whitelist [PRO]


1.5
Block Proxy Registrations (Screenshots Added)
Redirect Proxy Registrations to Blank Page [PRO]
Block Registration Even When Proxy Disabled [PRO]


1.4
-Updates
Changed IP text to Real IP
Changed pm alerts to be more detailed if it was detected using tor, a lan proxy, or a web proxy.


1.3
Fixed conditional issue


1.2
-Updates
PM on detect now posts the ip address, proxy ip address, and the hostname of the user

-Bugs
Fixed multiple PMs being sent


1.1
-Updates
Renamed to Proxy Alert
Detect Tor and Lan Proxies
PM on Detect
Detect Web Proxies [PRO]
Email on Detect [PRO]
Redirect to Blank Page [PRO]

-Bugs
Fixed cache issue
Fixed font issue


1.0
-Updates
Enable/Disable
Automatic template edits Enable/Disable
Font color of messages
Index only option [PRO]

-Bugs
Fixed cache issue in tor.php
Fixed online location still showing unknown for redirects


0.6.5
Added a persistent option in the AdminCP
Minor bug fixes


0.6.0
Alert message when closed will not pop back up (Stores tor cooking and if exists alert will not pop up any longer, this does not apply to redirection)

Changed the position of the alert to not cause issues with the Adblock Alert product


0.5.0
Block Tor users and redirect them to a custom page with a custom message controlled in the AdminCP

Enable/Disable redirection in AdminCP.

Who's online trigger


0.1.0
Release.

[qpurser]

Originally Posted by TheInsaneManiac

vBulletin 4.0 or 3.8?

4.2.1

[TheInsaneManiac]

Originally Posted by qpurser

4.2.1

That's weird, I don't get that message. It sounds like the phrase never got added. Try uninstalling the product and reinstalling. When uninstalling you will need to reupload your files to the server from the zip files upload folder.

You could also add the phrase in AdminCP:
NAME: proxy_alert_registration

DATA: You were detected using a proxy. We do not allow registration from proxies. If you believe this detection was in error, please <a href="sendmessage.php">contact</a> your webmaster.


1.6 has been released:
User ID Whitelist
Bot detection fix
IP Whitelist [PRO]
Registration blocker works with ip address whitelist [PRO]

[Alan_SP]

Originally Posted by madness85

Could we have new thread on detection personally prefer this option

This is something I too would like to have very much.

EDIT: And yes, how we can enable spiders, especially Google and Google AdSense to freely scan our sites?

[TheInsaneManiac]

Originally Posted by Alan_SP

This is something I too would like to have very much.

EDIT: And yes, how we can enable spiders, especially Google and Google AdSense to freely scan our sites?

Ahh yes thanks for reminding me. As far as the bots the new version allows bots to bypass the checks. If you are still noticing bots being blocked PM me with the name of the bot so I can add them to the white list.

The thread notification is fairly easy to do. I will probably add this to the free version along with the pro. I plan on adding a Database logging through the Admin Panel for larger boards that don't want a flood of PMs/Threads/Emails. Maybe I will come up with a cron job to email weekly when new ones have been logged or possibly even email the log, so that way it is all in one email instead of multiple. The possibilities are endless! lol.

[Alan_SP]

This with weekly email would be nice, but having thread created, for all moderators to be informed is a very welcome option, so we could allow people to use proxies, but watch them more closely.

And, how can I manually add spiders? Through their UA, or differently? I'm still not installing it, as this is very important for me, so I'm waiting to know how to do this.

[TheInsaneManiac]

Originally Posted by Alan_SP

This with weekly email would be nice, but having thread created, for all moderators to be informed is a very welcome option, so we could allow people to use proxies, but watch them more closely.

And, how can I manually add spiders? Through their UA, or differently? I'm still not installing it, as this is very important for me, so I'm waiting to know how to do this.

Yes

isset($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT']) && !preg_match('/bot|crawl|slurp|spider/i', $_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT']))

Of course if you wanted to just allow a few bots and not all (The ones you know are good bots) then you could just check the user agent for Googlebot or multiple other bots.

strstr(strtolower($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT']), "Googlebot")

[Alan_SP]

This looks pretty complicated. Where it should go?

Would your mod be able to work in report only mod, without actually blocking anyone and just creating threads with users who use proxies?

[TheInsaneManiac]

Originally Posted by Alan_SP

This looks pretty complicated. Where it should go?

Would your mod be able to work in report only mod, without actually blocking anyone and just creating threads with users who use proxies?

As of now, no. I can code this feature though. I'm still working on database logging, once that is completed I will work on that as well. Give me a few days.

[dsantana]

I installed the Pro version today and used this site http://anonymizer.nntime.com/ to access my site. Do I not have it set up correctly? Because I was able to login...

[qpurser]

Testing this promising mod and it successfully denied me access using the TOR browser.

I have a quick question:
I enabled: Would you like to enable Tor Alert for lan proxies?

Now I got several PM's telling me what users are detected using a LAN proxy. I know those users and they are trusted.

Are they actually blocked and don't have access or is it just an info I get in the PM and those users can access the forum?

Thanks