Version: 4.x, by SemperFideles
Developer Last Online: Jun 2018
Category: Integration with vBulletin -
Version: 4.x.x
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Released: 01-19-2010
Last Update: 01-07-2011
Installs: 23
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This is a simple integration of the Bad Behavior Script. 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.
I use this in conjunction with the Project Honeypot addon and the vBStopForumSpam addon. The three ought to be considered a layered defense at reducing spam and other unwanted traffic to your site that simply consumes resources.
*NOTE: The Project Honeypot addon has now added Bad Behavior implementation, which makes this implementation superfluous if you are using that plugin. Do not install if you have the latest version of the Project Honeypot.
I don't want to take credit for implementation as the idea originated with this thread
This is a simple implementation of the script and it will work but it will not provide any logging. I'll leave it to others who know more about how to improve this to enable logging.
Installation instructions:
1. Extract the contents of the zip file and upload the contents of the upload folder to your forum root. (Note: Latest stable version of bad behaviour can always be found here
2. Install Product.
Updates:
01/21/2010: Created Product file in lieu of plugin code to make it easier to install/uninstall.
01/22/2010: Added Bad Behaviour files for convenience.
01/24/2010: Simplified installation and included the php code within the plugin for the generic implementation of Bad Behavior per simonhind's suggestion below.
01/09/2011: Updated BadBeheavior.zip and included bad-behaviour files to 2.0.39
Added BadBehavior2.1.8.zip to include 2.1.8 developmental version
*NOTE: The Project Honeypot addon has now added Bad Behavior implementation, which makes this implementation superfluous if you are using that plugin. Do not install if you have the latest version of the Project Honeypot.
No, I'm sorry I was not explaining myself well. I use the Project Honeypot addon (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=233388) but I disable all the plugins that come bundled with it except the Project Honeypot addon.
I know that sounds confusing but that other product comes with several plugins. One of them slows down my site considerably and the other doesn't allow me to create articles. The Project Honeypot addon (which is a very simple implementation) works very well and when you get you own http:bl key from project honeypot you can see how it is detecting blacklisted ip's that try to get to your site.
Got the following error displayed above my header (above site logo) after I installed this:
PHP Code:
Warning: array_merge() [function.array-merge]: Argument #1 is not an array in [path]/includes/functions.php(7038) : eval()'d code on line 279
Warning: array_merge() [function.array-merge]: Argument #2 is not an array in [path]/includes/functions.php(7038) : eval()'d code on line 279
Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at [path]/includes/class_core.php:5363) in [path]/includes/bad-behavior/screener.inc.php on line 8
This happen on 4.1.1
Disabling this modification seems to have resolved it, but of course that means I'm not using it.
1. Did you upload the files in the new uploads folder in the zip download?
2. I was wrong that it worked with vb 3.x.
Sorry I can't help you more than that. My "Not Supported" notice on this gives you the disclaimer that I have it working for me and can offer a bit of help now and again but I can't promise it will work given the variety of ways people have their boards configured or install things. This was my first "product" addon and I built it by copying the xml format of other products. That xml format may be specific to 4.x fora.
Its option number 2, I am afraid.
This addon is very important and I really hope that someone will provide BB integration for vb 3. This will allow me to offload a substantial amount of server strain. It could postpone the need to buy new servers.
This addon is very important and I really hope that someone will provide BB integration for vb 3. This will allow me to offload a substantial amount of server strain. It could postpone the need to buy new servers.
I'm working on something that has a deeper integration with vBulletin (viewable logs, options, etc) that will hopefully work for both vB3 and vB4. I'll be releasing as soon as I can.
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01-15-2011, 11:20 PM
