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:
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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.

[edgeless]

AT&T came through and added the PTR records. The two /24 IP blocks that my phone's IPs come from all resolve to host names now. But unfortunately that wasn't the problem. What was, and is the problem is the fact that the only APN available to my phone through its current provider goes through a proxy. So the public IPs that it's given by the dhcp server are in fact proxy IPs. Which, of course, means that my phone being detected by PA as using proxy connections is accurate. I believe there are some comments about mobile carriers using proxy IPs earlier in this thread.

Question: Does the IP Whitelist provision in PApro allow the use of CIDR or wildcards? I'm hoping I don't have to individually allow each IP.

[edgeless]

Originally Posted by Marv

Whitelisting is nice - but heck, I can?t go through 8.000 dynamic IP?s each day and add them one by one to the list. Esp. nearly every mobile carrier uses proxies, where the half is beeing detected false as TOR-users. As I had the mod activated my mailbox turned into pandoras box with complaints over complaints.

Unless there is no data-service which handles & checks (!) the ip?s and ip-ranges for proxies, I wouldn?t recommend to use this on boards with >500 members.

This is exactly the problem! The system falsely detects certain mobile carrier proxy IPs as Tor exit nodes. Therefore, you can't turn off these false detections without turning off Tor detection altogether. Personally, I could get by if there were a way to whitelist IP ranges. But it appears that there isn't. It's really a shame because this system has tremendous potential. But as it stands, auto blocking the registration efforts of legitimate potential members stands to discourage them from ever trying to register again. This problem really needs to be worked out in order to make this an outstandingly useful and dependable add-on.

It also seems difficult to get the developer to address these concerns for some reason

[Thr33]

im getting an error:

PHP Warning: require_once(..../includes/functions_proxyalert.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in ..../global.php(29) : eval()'d code on line 4

Fatal error: require_once(): Failed opening required '/home/litereco/public_html/x2/includes/functions_proxyalert.php' (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in /home/litereco/public_html/x2/global.php(29) : eval()'d code on line 4

[rhody401]

From the error you posted, it looks like perhaps the files were not all uploaded to your server. (the includes sub folder, etc)

Double check that, perhaps?

[Thr33]

When i first read your comment i thought "how stupid does this guy think i am"...

I re-uploaded all the files and the modification works :| Thanks.

Originally Posted by rhody401

From the error you posted, it looks like perhaps the files were not all uploaded to your server. (the includes sub folder, etc)

Double check that, perhaps?

[MarkFL]

The developer should click the "Additional Files" option then, to make it more clear that files need to be uploaded to the server.

[Thr33]

I know I know... egg on my face. (shamed)