Integration with vBulletin - vB Bad Behavior

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What is vB Bad Behavior?
This is an integration of the Bad Behavior software with vBulletin.

What is Bad Behavior?
Bad Behavior is a PHP-based solution for blocking link spam and the robots which deliver it. Bad Behavior complements other link spam solutions by acting as a gatekeeper, preventing spammers from ever delivering their junk, and in many cases, from ever reading your site in the first place. This keeps your site's load down, makes your site logs cleaner, and can help prevent denial of service conditions caused by spammers.

Visit http://bad-behavior.ioerror.us/ for more.

Features
For more information on the features of Bad Behavior (and subsequently this mod) please go to Bad Behavior's site:

http://bad-behavior.ioerror.us/documentation/benefits/

For features related to the mod itself, please take a look at the screenshots.

This mod should work with the entire 3.x series (well, beginning with 3.5), but it's only been tested on 3.8.x. I'm not sure if this works on vB 4.x yet, as I've not tested it - but if you try it out, let me know!

Installation
1. Extract the contents of the zip file.
2. Upload the contents of the `upload` folder to your forum root.
3. Enter your AdminCP and go to Plugins & Products > Manage Products > [Add/Import Product]
4. Import the product using the `product-vb_badbehavior.xml` file.
5. Configure the mod in AdminCP -> vBulletin Options -> vBulletin Options -> vB Bad Behavior Options

Upgrading

vB Bad Behavior
In many cases, all you'll need to do to upgrade is follow the installation instructions above.

The only difference, will be you'll need to allow the files to overwrite. Also, when re-importing the product file, you'll need to set "Allow Overwrite" to "Yes".

Bad Behavior
Bad Behavior's files are at `/includes/bad-behavior/`. If you wish to update manually go to:

http://bad-behavior.ioerror.us/download/

And download the latest development version. Extract the zip, and upload the contents of `bad-behavior` to `/includes/bad-behavior/` allowing the files to overwrite.

Versions
The current version of Bad Behavior this mod is using is: v2.2.14
The current version of Bad Behavior (development) is: v2.2.14

Changelog
Version 1.0.13, 04/23/2013

• Bad Behavior upgraded to 2.2.14

Version 1.0.12, 12/21/2012 -- Released: 02/05/2013

• Bad Behavior upgraded to 2.2.13
• Added some more ranges to whitelist.ini

Version 1.0.10, 09/09/2012

• Bad Behavior upgraded to 2.2.10

Version 1.0.9, 06/17/2012

• Bad Behavior upgraded to 2.2.7

Version 1.0.8, 06/12/2012

• Bad Behavior upgraded to 2.2.6
• New Setting: EU Cookie

Version 1.0.7, 05/04/2012

• Bad Behavior upgraded to 2.2.3
• Cron/Scheduled Task for automatic log pruning added.

Version 1.0.6, 01/04/2012

• Bad Behavior upgraded to 2.1.15

Version 1.0.5, 05/26/2011

• Added option for bypassing users/members.
• If the visitor is a user, and is in usergroup 5, 6, or 7 (admin/mod/super mod) - Bad Behavior is bypassed.
• Modified bad-behavior core to check for Google Web Preview
  • file edited: /includes/bad-behavior/core.inc.php
• Added a link beside the IP address in the log for WhoIs.

Version 1.0.4, 04/28/2011

• Bad Behavior upgraded to 2.1.13 (fixes search engine block issues)
• Added Paypal/Paypal IPN IP address to the whitelist.
• Added payment gateway file names to the whitelist.

Version 1.0.3, 04/21/2011

• Fix #1: Pruning log doesn't work.
• Fix #3: POST more than two days after GET (added support for BB's javascript)
• Fix #5: Cannot modify header information error (suppressed error in BB's function)
• Implemented #6: Filter per key (new admincp option to list keys not to be shown in log)
• Implemented #9: Show link to member profile (if userid is found in headers, link to profile)

Version 1.0.2, 04/10/2011

• Updated /includes/functions_vb_badbehavior.php to:
  • disable Reverse Proxy if Reverse Proxy Addresses are empty
  • distinguish SQL queries using "SET", for example: SET @@session.wait_timeout = 90 - which is used by BB
  • set "offsite_forms" to false by default, as it's not really needed in vB IMHO, and it can cause problems with certain setups
  • cleaned up the bb2_read_settings() function and fixed a typo in one of the vbulletin options calls
• Updated /includes/whitelist.ini to include the following GOOGLE ranges:
  • 74.125.0.0/16
  • 216.239.32.0/19
  • 209.85.128.0/17
  • 66.102.0.0/20
• Updated /admincp/vb_badbehavior.php
  • Log pruning was pruning all logs, despite what was entered for number of days

Version 1.0.1, 04/06/2011

• Bad Behavior upgraded to 2.1.12
• Changed files:
  • /includes/bad-behavior/core.inc.php
  • /includes/bad-behavior/searchengine.inc.php
• "Verbose" admin option now set to "No" by default.

Version 1.0.0, 04/05/2011

• Initial release.

Screenshots
Screenshots can now be seen at: http://www.secondversion.com/images/vb/vb_badbehavior/

I was running out of room for attachments here on vB.org


Development

https://github.com/ericsizemore/vb_b...ree/master/vb3


Only those who "Mark As Installed" will receive support for this modification.

[Alfa1]

I see that whitevector is hitting my website around 50.000 times a week, while its blacklisted in robots.txt
Im not sure about the exact number as I can't count it. Is there any way to count this?
This is a very serious amount and explains why my site was having such problems.

Does this count as a cyber attack? If it qualifies as a cyber attack, then I can press charges against them.

[Lee G]

Whitevector are not a robot as such
They are a corporate scraper, so in their tiny minds, do not need to obey robots text
The extortionate amounts they charge for scraping your site would dwindle if they did

Simple block in the first half of the blacklist file

PHP Code:

        "Whitevector Crawler",        // 


[Alfa1]

I had already blocked whitevector. (Right after installing BB) But whitevector makes up a substantial part of the BB logs. Its quite bizarre. This might explain why turning on BB had such a dramatic positive effect on my sites performance.

Well, I hope that their tiny minds can understand the letter that my lawyer is going to send to them. if I don't skip that part and file charges straight away.

[Lee G]

Another one to add to the second half is this

PHP Code:

        "SiteBot/0.1",        // 


Another scraper with a bad reputation being run out of the Ukraine and just about anywhere else the morons can hit with

2500 pages hit by that one yesterday in a short space of time

[carsafety]

Originally Posted by ClemsonJeeper

Please add a whitelist for Forum Runner as well.

Thanks!

I've just enabled this mod to test it. No issues with ForumRunner so far, at least on the iPhone app. Apparently, Tapatalk does something different inherently that needs whitelisted.

Two questions for the devs or anyone who knows:

1) If I set "Bypass Users" to "Yes" and "Join Date" to 0, does that mean it will bypass all registered users?

2) For "Operating Mode", is normal mode "Yes" or is strict mode "Yes"?

I'll report on traffic and affiliate revenue in a week or so.

[carsafety]

Originally Posted by Lee G

Another one to add to the second half is this

PHP Code:

        "SiteBot/0.1",        // 


Another scraper with a bad reputation being run out of the Ukraine and just about anywhere else the morons can hit with

2500 pages hit by that one yesterday in a short space of time

Where do you enter additional blocks?

[Alfa1]

Originally Posted by carsafety

1) If I set "Bypass Users" to "Yes" and "Join Date" to 0, does that mean it will bypass all registered users?

That should be correct.

Originally Posted by carsafety

2) For "Operating Mode", is normal mode "Yes" or is strict mode "Yes"?

Normal mode should be set to yes, not strict mode.

[Alfa1]

Originally Posted by carsafety

Where do you enter additional blocks?

In includes/bad-behavior/blacklist.inc.php

[Lee G]

In the blacklist.inc.php you will see it split in two halfs
First section is starts with
Second half is anywhere in the user agent

The one I listed goes in the second half

With a bit of tweaking on that file you can drop out a lot of out the box xrummer user agents

[carsafety]

Originally Posted by Lee G

In the blacklist.inc.php you will see it split in two halfs
First section is starts with
Second half is anywhere in the user agent

The one I listed goes in the second half

With a bit of tweaking on that file you can drop out a lot of out the box xrummer user agents

Could you please post your file contents or perhaps send them to me via PM?