Link Anonymizer

Link Anonymizer v1.02a & 1.03, 1.04, 1.05.3 & 1.10

Author: MarcoH64

vBulletin Version: 3.5.1

Warning: Version 1.02 might create double anonym links if you edit a post multiple times. Version 1.03 has been reported not to be working for some people. Please read posts in this thread if you plan on using this hack, until i had time to look into this.
v1.05 and higher should be the best versions
1.10 Is an updated version of 1.05.3 and is considered a stable release. Only version 1.10 will be supported now.

Description:
This Product will add a self configurable anonymising link to all external urls in posts.

Installation:
Install the XML-file as Product.

Configuration:
vBulletin Options->Link Anonymizer :

• Local Addresses

Local addresses are not anonymized. If you leave this option blank, the value for vBulletin Options Cookie Domain will be used. Do not use a http:// prefix.

If you start the name with a dot (.mydomain.com) all server addresses ending with this will be considered local. If you want to add mulitple domain/servernames, seperate them by a single space.

• Anonymizer (default: http://anonym.to/?)

Link to a anonymizer function. Use preceding / if needed. Other Usable Anonymizers:

http://anon.free.anonymizer.com/ 
 
http://anonym.webgurus.de (Thanks Wachtmeister)

• Allways anonymize Unparseble URLs (* New in version 1.10)

Please click install if you are using this hack.

Donations are always welcomed at Paypal: marcoh64 AT gmail.com

Change log:
6-9-2005 v1.01
- 1 setting was missing from product file due to wrong Product. Fixed
7-9-2005 v1.02
- Under some conditions a newly posted post with only a link would not get anonymized. Fixed.
7-9-2005 v1.02a
- Fixed bug when handling generic local domain (starting with a dot '.'') Sorry for the many updates.
8-10-2005 v1.03
- Totally new way of doing this, on view instead of on write.
- Solved doubling the anonym link on edit
10-10-2005 v1.04
- Link not didn't get anonym prefix if URL= didn't contain http://. Solved.
- Added truncate table post_parsed to install routine.
1-11-2005 v1.05
- Standard Editor fixed
- Simple URL's in standard editor fixed.
- Default anonymizer changed
2-11-2005 v1.05.1
- Fixed bug where only the last url to the same domain in a single post was anonymised.
9-11-2005 v1.05.2
- Added option to ignore certain protocols in the vBulletin Options (ie. ignore https, ftp, ....).
- Attempt to fix reported bug where an inline fragment (#fragment) would also be anonymized.
10.11.2005 v1.05.3
- Another attempt to ignore fragments
25.11.2005 v1.10
- Fixed a bug where some urls could lead to a parse error. Example of an url leading to this error:

http://mymail@mymail.com:password@www.mydomain.com

- Added new parameter to vB Options: Always anonimyze unparseble URLs
- This is considered a very stable release. No bug reports pending
- All previous versions are from now on unsupported

Upgrades:
If you are running an older version and want to upgrade, simply do an overwrite install.

It is possible that there are still double links in the database from old versions. If you wish to remove these, run the following queries (make backup first!!):

SQL Query: (how to run queries)
update post set pagetext = replace(pagetext, "http://YOURANONIMIZERLINK/","");

[Marco van Herwaarden]

I would call it unethical, but i doubt that it is illegal (might depend on your location).

[Chad F.]

Any chance you could update this for 3.5 Gold?

[Abe1]

Originally Posted by Chad F.

Any chance you could update this for 3.5 Gold?

It works on gold.

[Chad F.]

Originally Posted by Abe1

It works on gold.

Not for me, the anonymous part at the beginning of the link repeats itself 4 times.

[Marco van Herwaarden]

Haven't tried on gold yet, but will try to have a look today.

[RMS-Chef]

This has the same WYSIWYG editor issue as Active Link Security hack does/did.

When editing a post using Enhanced Editor, after the first edit it adds the "http://anonym.to/?" again and again each time you edit the post. Edit the post 4 times and you get:

http://anonym.to/?http://anonym.to/?http://anonym.to/?http://anonym.to/?http://network-tools.com/analyze

[Marco van Herwaarden]

Thanks this will put me on the right track to duplicate the problem and solve it. Expect an update tomorrow.

[RMS-Chef]

Awsome, thanks MarcoH64.
It's just wierd, post...it works great. Edit once, still works great. Edit again, and dup URLs are prefixed again and again on each edit.

[JoeLouie]

any chance of this being something that you can turn on and off for each forum?

[Nullifi3d]

Originally Posted by JoeLouie

any chance of this being something that you can turn on and off for each forum?

I'm sure it could be added in future releases.