Looking for a pro-active solution against registrations from specific countries
I've got a problem and am looking for a viable solution.
My forum is constantly being assaulted by spammers (of course... who isn't). Almost all of them come from a few select countries. Enough is enough and I want to prevent any registrations from these countries, period (sure , some may use proxies but the mod staff knows how to handle the few that try). I tried just adding an IP list to htaccess but that proved almost disastrous as the server was being pounded by Chinese bots to the point that it was crawling.
My thought was to create a folder and add the htaccess list to it. I would add deny from <their IP address> to the list, of course. once that tested out OK I would move the registration page into that folder.
My questions are: Would this work, why or why not? Is it even possible to move the registration page like that? Is there a better way to handle this situation (besides nuking said countries)?
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01-10-2011, 02:41 PM
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