Administrative and Maintenance Tools - Duplicate IP Report by BOP5 (Checks for users sharing the same IP Addresses) VB3/VB4

Brought to you by BirdOPrey5
www.Qapla.com

Version 2.1.2 - Fixed MySQLi bug - Introduced GOLD/Premium Version
Version 2.1 - Added BBCode to Banned Users and Post Count Options, better debug info
Version 2.0 - Added report for Registration (User) IP Address Checking

Check out the GOLD Version for these additional features:

• Run reports directly from the Admin CP anytime you want
• Post daily report as a "New Post" into an existing thread rather than a "New Thread" each night
• Access to another Gold Mod- Recent Registration Check- will block spammers and scammers trying to register multiple accounts from the same IP address

This mod will run a nightly scan of your "post" and/or "user" table. It will report if it finds any users sharing the same IP address. You choose in the options how many days back you want to look. (Max of 5000 days, but please use more reasonable limits.)

If any "duplicate use" is found the IP addresses, usernames and optionally the posts themselves will be reported.

See a real report: Report Demo at Qapla.com

The report takes the form of a new thread posted to the forum of the Admin's choosing (A private forum for mods or admins is strongly recommended.)

There are options for whitelisting (ignoring) specific IP Addresses and/or userids so if you or your mods post as other users you can prevent that from being reported. If you use the Zoints Anonymous Posting mod you will want to put that userid on the whitelist else the report will out whoever posted "Anonymously."

NOTE: There are PERFECTLY valid reasons 2 or more users may share the same IP address. This report in and of itself is not proof of malicious activity. Users that connect by mobile devices, work in same offices, or go to the same schools for example would likely share the same IP address on some posts. So would too any users connecting from the same home or public Wi-Fi network.

As of version 2.0 there is a report for both the "post" and "user" table. The "user" table will find when 2 or more users register with the same IP address.

Tested and working on VB 3.8.7 and VB 4.1.12/4.2.0 and should work on all 3.7 / 3.8 / 4.x versions.

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[Disco_Stu]

Originally Posted by ForceHSS

I dont see his reply being rude in any way

I agree.

It amazes me that people complain to the authors of the mods when they're getting them for free.

I've installed many of these (including paid premium versions) and I'm extremely grateful to the authors for making my board operations easier for me.

[BirdOPrey5]

Originally Posted by liamwli

In the meantime you can stop talking to me like that.

Maybe there was an issue in translation?

"mean" did not mean "rude" in my sentence. (I was using it as a verb)

Verb:
Intend to indicate or refer to (a particular thing or notion); signify: "I don't know what you mean".

[djbaxter]

Originally Posted by liamwli

In the meantime you can stop talking to me like that.

This is a 14 year old child with an obvious chip on his shoulder. Some advice, liamwli: Learn some common courtesy or you won't last long around here.

[gajinoz]

This one sounds good, it will be going in tonight!

[gajinoz]

I've installed this one and it seems to work just fine. One strange thing though, immediately after I went through the settings and saved them I hit the "Run Now" button and the following "error" appeared:


Warning: mysql_free_result() expects parameter 1 to be resource, object given in [path]/includes/cron/bop5_dupeip.php on line 126

Warning: mysql_free_result() expects parameter 1 to be resource, object given in [path]/includes/cron/bop5_dupeip.php on line 259


The mod appeared to work perfectly though, as far as I can tell, it posted the report in the forum I selected and had what appeared to be valid results so I'm not too concerned but I'm curious as to what the above warnings might mean.

[EDIT] Sorry, just went back and paid more attention to what I was reading. All is explained, ignore above.

Good mod, thanks. Marked as installed.

[w00fy]

Thank you, Marked as installed..no issues running 4.2.0

[ceho]

Hello, as said I love this mod ! However I have one weird problem. I use Glowhost's Spam-O-Matic and no matter what I do and what I try, the report thread ends up in the mod queue every single night. I checked every setting like ten or twenty times, forum permission settings, usergroup settings, Spam-O-Matic settings, I guess simply everything. Still I have that issue. Does anybody have that as well and maybe an idea how to fix it? Thanks a lot .

[BirdOPrey5]

I don't use that mod, sorry... Hopefully someone else can chime in. Did you try changing the username associated with the report? Maybe the glowhost mod has some sort of "whitelist" for userids or usernames?

[ForceHSS]

Originally Posted by ceho

Hello, as said I love this mod ! However I have one weird problem. I use Glowhost's Spam-O-Matic and no matter what I do and what I try, the report thread ends up in the mod queue every single night. I checked every setting like ten or twenty times, forum permission settings, usergroup settings, Spam-O-Matic settings, I guess simply everything. Still I have that issue. Does anybody have that as well and maybe an idea how to fix it? Thanks a lot .

You need to post in the mod post and wait for someone to reply. Posting in another mod will not make it faster if anything will slow the help down

[BirdOPrey5]

Originally Posted by ForceHSS

You need to post in the mod post and wait for someone to reply. Posting in another mod will not make it faster if anything will slow the help down

His problem involves this mod too, no reason not to post here- maybe someone has a solution.