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Old 05-07-2009, 08:34 PM
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I have users from another site coming on and raising hell. We are both clubs in the DFW area with the same interests.

Besides adding them to a miserable account, is there a way to find out if they are visiting our site after visiting theirs and redirecting them? I would really like to be able to block them from their own site.

Our club is family oriented and has not started any of this. Theirs is full of hooligans trying to start crap. It is in my best interest to disrupt their online experience.
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Old 05-07-2009, 08:54 PM
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Put something like this in your .htaccess file:

Code:
RewriteEngine on
# Options +FollowSymlinks

RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^http://ANOTHERSITE\.com [NC]
RewriteRule .* - http://www.GOOGLE.com [R=301,L]
Links from ANOTHERSITE.com to your site will be redirected to GOOGLE.com. This HTTP_REFERER could be faked with proxys and stuff, so it's not waterproof though.
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Old 05-07-2009, 08:57 PM
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I think that trying to block people from visiting sites that you do not own would be considered as hacking, if it is not illegal it is certainly immoral.

I have had similar problems with rival forums.

The best way to go is to install Multiple Login and Detection Prevention. Once you ban a user, rather than add them as a miserable user, go to VB Options>User Banning Options & Ban their IP & Email Address.

From that point on Multiple Login and Detection Prevention will automatically ban anybody that tries to register another account, by detecting cookies and other variables, Multiple Login and Detection Prevention usually spots people who are trying to register using Proxies. Of course this is not fool proof but it certainly helps from an Admins point of view providing you configure it correctly.
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Old 05-07-2009, 11:59 PM
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I have users from another site coming on and raising hell. We are both clubs in the DFW area with the same interests.

Besides adding them to a miserable account, is there a way to find out if they are visiting our site after visiting theirs and redirecting them? I would really like to be able to block them from their own site.

Our club is family oriented and has not started any of this. Theirs is full of hooligans trying to start crap. It is in my best interest to disrupt their online experience.
No there is no way to block them from their own site. lol

But banning them is all you need to do, as posted above.
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