Version: 1.0.0, by King Kovifor
Developer Last Online: Aug 2015
Category: Integration with vBulletin -
Version: 4.0.x
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Released: 03-28-2010
Last Update: 03-28-2010
Installs: 154
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Purpose
The purpose of the Stop Forum Spam database integration is to add an effective way to reduce the amount of Spammer registrations on your forum.
Limitations
As of v1.0.0, the modification only works with new registrations. A later update will allow submission of previously registered users as well as integration with moderator controls and user profiles. Also, the modification will eventually have the ability to have more actions besides rejection of the registration.
Installation
Installation includes the uploading of 1 file as well as installing 1 product through the Administrators Control Panel.
Upload class_sfs.php to your forum's /includes directory.
Install product_kk_sfs_integration.xml through the ACP (ACP -> Plugins & Products -> Manage Products -> [Add/Import Product]
Modify the tolerance level, if desired. This can be found under the registration options.
Enjoy
Default Tolerance Level
By default, the tolerance level is set to 2. Meaning it must match at least 2 out of 3 fields (Username, IP, and Email) to be rejected. If it only matches 1 field, it will be permitted to go through.
One concern. When I unzipped it it said that it would lose it's encryption. Is that anything to be concerned about? TIA.
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Where does the database that matches in reg info come from?
The database is the Stop Forum Spam database. I have no affiliation with it whatsoever, but it is a place where administrators such as yourself may post spammers that come to your forum. And no, there shouldn't be encryption on the ZIP.
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Originally Posted by ScEmH
Installed. Thank you for making this, bots have been hitting my forum hard lately so hopefully this will help.
In the future could you add admin options that lets us choose specifically what fields to reject by? IE: Matching by just email and IP, or just by IP?
I'm requesting it because rejecting by matching two things won't always work because I have noticed some of the bots that are in that database have the same IP but nothing else. Sure, I could get around that problem by having it only match one field.... But that in itself is very dodgy. With that set it could match by just username and create a ton of false positives, as some of the names bots use are really common.
As I have explained earlier in this thread, I had plans to do such a thing, but I went for a "tolerance" level setting approach. By introducing on / off switches for checks, it could potentially undermine my original approach, by only setting to match 1 field (say IP) but keeping tolerance at 2. The logic needs to be thought out.
Marked as installed.
I hope it will do the job good.
Since I have upgraded to the Suite4.0 I have had a lot of spam registrations - without this addon.
This addon looks very promising. I have downloaded it and am about to install it. I was actually looking for something that would check an ip / proxy address against a DNSBL. If more than x amount of black listings came back, then the registering user would be rejected and added to a ban list automatically.
I would still like to find an addon that has that function-ability. I will give this addon a go.
The database is the Stop Forum Spam database. I have no affiliation with it whatsoever, but it is a place where administrators such as yourself may post spammers that come to your forum. And no, there shouldn't be encryption on the ZIP.
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04-17-2010, 06:10 PM
