Miscellaneous Hacks - Proxy/Web-Proxy Registration Prevention

Proxy/Web-Proxy Registration Prevention allows to block registrations from most of the Web-proxy/Proxy services. It allows to you to specify count of checked Ports and timeout (max time for respone which system must wait during testing of every port).

Also you can configure product to block all users who have empty HTTP_CONNECTION parameter or who have web-server on his IP with empty Index page (in most cases, that situation reminds Web-proxy).

Product requires "curl" support on forum web-hosting (but currently it is enabled in most web-hostings... except free).

Screenshot with all possible parameters :

Installation :

Just import xml file as usual product. Then configure it via admin pannel in VBulletin Options.

Uninstallation :

Just uninstall product.

Tested on 3.7.3 and 3.8.6 versions. Currently I'am working for adjusting it to VB 4 version.

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Registration process when "Proxy/Web-Proxy Registration Prevention" installed :

1. User must accept usuall Forum Rules (Or so called Users agreement).
2. User will see form with asking to run proxy check with calculated time to wait (time = timeout*count of ports). :

3. After user will click on continue button, system will make needed checks of users's IP. If script will not detect no any proxy, then user will be able to continue registration. If proxy was detected - user will see an error message :

For multilanguage forums :

After installing of "Proxy/Web-Proxy Registration Prevention" product, you will be able to find and edit needed vbphrases :

• settinggroup_preventproxyregs
• setting_preventproxyregs_canblockemptyhttp_title
• setting_preventproxyregs_canblockemptyhttp_desc
• setting_preventproxyregs_canblockemptyserverhttp_t itle
• setting_preventproxyregs_canblockemptyserverhttp_d esc
• setting_preventproxyregs_webproxy_sentences_title
• setting_preventproxyregs_webproxy_sentences_desc
• setting_preventproxyregs_checkurl_title
• setting_preventproxyregs_checkurl_desc
• setting_preventproxyregs_timeout_title
• setting_preventproxyregs_timeout_desc
• setting_preventproxyregs_proxyports_title
• setting_preventproxyregs_proxyports_desc
• setting_preventproxyregs_onoffwebproxy_title
• setting_preventproxyregs_onoffwebproxy_desc
• setting_preventproxyregs_onoffproxy_title
• setting_preventproxyregs_onoffproxy_desc
• preventproxyregs_continue
• preventproxyregs_notification2
• preventproxyregs_notification
• preventproxyregs_isanonsite
• preventproxyregs_isproxy

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(English and Russian language included).

[|Jordan|]

This doesnt work.

I just tried registering on my site as a test and im not using a proxy and it thinks i am. It did this with the default 3 second wait time and 10 second wait time.

[LordOfWAR_PC]

Originally Posted by |Jordan|

This doesnt work.

I just tried registering on my site as a test and im not using a proxy and it thinks i am. It did this with the default 3 second wait time and 10 second wait time.

Did you have web-server launched on your IP ? This script checks url to the page (vbulletin.org by default) and then tried to send request for this same url to your IP on one of the considered ports by using curl... If your web-server will proceed request then script will think that you have something like web-proxy... also it is not recommended to enable two last options if you don't sure what they doing...

[Papa Bear]

very nice..so far it works great..thanks..

[dutchbb]

I tested it, and when not using a proxy it still said I used one. This doesn't work at all.

[g00gl3r]

Any update on V4 yet?

[leemart44]

Works great I have all options checked and its not blocking me not even with Cloudfare