Miscellaneous Hacks - Ban IP's In vBulletin Options Easily

What this mod does
With this simple mod you can enter a list of IP's that you want to ban (redirect) one per line, when trying to access your site the user of the IP will be redirected to an obscure google page with a 301 permanent redirect.

What this mod won't do
With this mod you cannot ban partial ranged IP's laid out like this 2.23.123 - 2.23.130

How to install
Simply go to Admincp>Manage Products and import product-baniparray.xml

Please mark as installed if you use this!

Version History
v1.0.1
Made it possible to use partial IP addresses
v1.0.2
Added custom redirect message box
Added custom redirect url box
Added IP Range boxes for banning IP's that fall within range
Ranged IP's parsed during checks
vbeta added for test purposes 9/08/2011
Beta has email notification ability, this beta is for those of you that wish to test it and feed back!


Checked range block working only against my IP range, please report any bugs!

[Simon Lloyd]

Lol!, the ban is a redirect, firstly the session timeout set in you vbulletin options has to pass before anyone goes missing off the who's online, secondly the bot/spider/person has to visit another url before they get redirected if their session hasn't timed out.

Give it time and they will disappear

P>S please mark as installed!

[lmsol]

Sorry. I clearly have the Sunday morning sleepies.

I have marked as installed. Thanks

[ChiNa]

I remember you helped me with the Quick-Editor and then the Similar thread.. Thank you very much for your help. I wish there was more like you in vBulletin. And I am sure there is. Everyone have been amzingly helpfull to me. (Newbie)

[ChiNa]

VOTED: Excellent, and INSTALLED!

I Forgot something..

I Just Installed this one, I have little question! Do you think that a proxy-Ban, or Proxy Detection option could be added in this product! Or maybe in your next release!

Maybe close to the Product called (Proxy to Real IP)......

[Simon Lloyd]

Thats not the intention of this mod, there is a mod that prevents proxy use and there's one that helps display the users real ip (by Paul M) if the proxy provides it, as far as i know this mod doesn't conflict with any of those so you can use it in conjunction.

[ram94401]

Thanks! Installed. How do I verify that this mod is working as intended? I can't block my IP obviously.

[Simon Lloyd]

You can ban your own ip , when you find it works go to your /includes/config.php and right under <? php add

define('DISABLE_HOOKS', true);

then access your admincp of the forum and remove your ip, once done comment out the line you added in config.php by adding // in front of it so its there for future use (it disables all plugins).

[ram94401]

Thanks. I used Chrome and Firefox. In Chrome, I went admin panel and banned my IP and kept open admin panel screen. In Firefox, I tested the redirect. It worked ok. Then, I went back to Chrome and removed my IP from ban list. After a minute, I tested in Firefox. I was able to see the forum instead of getting redirected. It worked great! I do not see "Message to Redirected users" though. In fact, that's what I wanted. I do not want to show some courteous message to spammers.

Overall, it worked as advertised! Nominating for the mod of month. Great Job!

[Simon Lloyd]

Glad it's what you wanted, check out my other mod https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=264932 to keep bad bots away and reduce your bandwidth

[ram94401]

Thanks. Quick question. Under "List IPs" box, instruction says "You may use full or partial IP's in the list". What is the format for partial IP? Should I enter

xx.xx.xx.* or just xx.xx.xx.

Thank you.