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Advanced IP Ban Manager · **Released**: 07-24-2008

Advanced IP ban manager

What is it/What does it do?

This is intended as a replacement for the ip bans under vbulletin options. It allows for timed ip bans, cidr ranges and attatching reasons to bans.

It also features registration only ip bans allowing members who may be effected by an ip ban to continue using the forums, but blocking registrations and ip ban exempts so that you can ban a large range of ips and let through a smaller subset of them.

Features

Ip bans
Timed ip bans
Ip ban exempts
Registration only bans
Ban by cidr range

Installation
Backup db.
Upload files from zip.
Import product.
Refresh admincp.

Once Version 0.3 is installed; upload the attached php file into your admin cp to replace the one already there. This file fixes a couple of minor issues for some people.

Changelog

0.3.1
Added a work around for issues of 0.0.0.0 ips being banned on any system where ip2long returned a signed int instead of an unsigned int.
0.3
Fixed bug where ip bans wouldn't block registrations unless set to registration only.
Added file with a list of common spambot ips that can be auto banned.
Changed limit on cidr range from 16 to 4 As i often came across instances where i wanted to ban larger ranges
0.2.1b
Added a bitfield rebuild to installer to fix issues with menu not showing.
0.2b
Fixed bug in instal code.
0.2a
Added admin permissions and exempt bans
0.1a
Initial release.

Notes

This has been tested on 3.7.2 but should work on 3.6.x, 3.7.x and 3.8.x

This mod has not been tested on vbulletin 4; a separate, improved vbulletin 4 version can be found HERE

Access is now controlled by an admincp permission however no control over ip banning is done.

This variable can be used in the config file to prevent banning any ip/range of ips that contain the ips listed in it: $config['SpecialUsers']['unbannableips'] = "127.0.0.1|127.0.0.2";
Ips should be separated by a | symbol. This will not effect any bans that are already in place.

Bans are limited to a cidr range of 4. (This should be more than enough) If you require a ban that covers more than this, it should be set in the database. If there is demand for it, I may make the cidr limit optional/changable in future versions.

Exempts/bans work by taking the tightest cidr range match. eg if you ban 127.0.0.1/16 and add an exempt for 127.0.0.1/24 the exempt will take precedence, however adding another ban against 127.0.0.1/32 would override the exempt.

When uninstalling, the mod will remove the modifications to the admin table, however it is upto you to drop the ipbans table yourself. This has been done in order to preserve the data in that table incase you still want it for something.

I've added a file which was created by a member of my admin team, it contains a large list of ip addresses from which A lot of malignant traffic seems to come from. If you are having trouble with spam bots this list may help in preventing them from registering. To use the file visit the url : <your forum url>/admincp/ipban.spambots.php It will ask you to log in to your cp then display a blank page; this is to be expected as all its doing is inserting into the database. It will add approximately 140 bans; so they've been coded NOT to show up in the ip ban list. This feature is something i plan to expand on with a full interface for viewing, creating, adding and removing ip blocklists, but for now this mechanism is what i've come up with.

Support

As all of my boards have been upgraded to vbulletin 4, I am no longer actively maintaining any of my vb3.x mods. Free support for all of my 3.x mods is being removed from the 31st of March 2010 after this date, I will only be offering paid support for 3.x mods; downloading and usage of the mods will remain free but unsupported.

Please pm me for support of 3.x mods as I will not be checking their threads very often.

[S]Support is now offered as this is a beta release. I'll be checking vborg from time to time but for critical support issues, you are best contacting me on my own forums.

I'm hoping that this version (0.3) is bug free, so this can be considered a release candidate version.[/S]

I've uploaded a fixed php file for some people who were having problems with short php tags and other parse errors. This needs to be uploaded to the admin cp. The file will be added into the zip once in the next release.

This mod [S]will be [/S] has been upgraded to support vb4 The vbulletin 4 version will be released once the beta goes public.

Extra features in vb4.0 version:

whois ip from admin cp
cidr calculator (shows the ip range that a cidr bans)
test bans (enter an ip to see if its banned or not)

Planned features for future versions:

import/export bans
integration into 'delete posts as spam' => admins with suitable permissions will be able to select a box to ban the posters ip(s) in addition to banning their account(s)

Carnage · #12 07-28-2008, 09:58 AM

@pspmaster93
Agreed, i want some feedback so i can improve it and fix any bugs.

however, VB allows you to run a personal dev board (protected by .htaccess) for testing things. This is what i'm encouraging people to install onto. use the same settings + mods that you have on your main site and see if there are any conflicts/bugs.

Hostname banning would be a good addition i think, but i want to get some stability testing on the current stuff done first.

I'm working on a 0.2a release, which adds admin permissioins and the unbannable ip address feature. I'm also going to add the exempts feature to it.

Sirus123 · #13 07-28-2008, 11:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by OcR Envy

How about a hostname option? IE: If the ip resolves to have anything with "proxy" in it they will get a banned message.

That would be a very good feature

Carnage · #14 08-14-2008, 06:28 PM

Update released: is now considered to be a beta.

sorry its been so long, i've had some internet issues as well as other projects i've been working on.

booher · #15 08-16-2008, 12:12 AM

I get this: "MySQL Error : Unknown column 'ipbansperms' in 'field list'"

macc · #16 08-16-2008, 05:49 PM

me to ...when saved admin permissions ...

some help?

PHP Code:


			
Database error in vBulletin 3.7.2:
Invalid SQL:
UPDATE vb_administrator SET
 ### Bitfield: vb_administrator.adminpermissions ###
  adminpermissions = IF(adminpermissions & 4, adminpermissions, adminpermissions + 4),
  adminpermissions = IF(adminpermissions & 8, adminpermissions, adminpermissions + 8),
  adminpermissions = IF(adminpermissions & 16, adminpermissions, adminpermissions + 16),
  adminpermissions = IF(adminpermissions & 32, adminpermissions, adminpermissions + 32),
  adminpermissions = IF(adminpermissions & 64, adminpermissions, adminpermissions + 64),
  adminpermissions = IF(adminpermissions & 128, adminpermissions, adminpermissions + 128),
  adminpermissions = IF(adminpermissions & 256, adminpermissions, adminpermissions + 256),
  adminpermissions = IF(adminpermissions & 512, adminpermissions, adminpermissions + 512),
  adminpermissions = IF(adminpermissions & 1024, adminpermissions, adminpermissions + 1024),
  adminpermissions = IF(adminpermissions & 2048, adminpermissions, adminpermissions + 2048),
  adminpermissions = IF(adminpermissions & 4096, adminpermissions, adminpermissions + 4096),
  adminpermissions = IF(adminpermissions & 8192, adminpermissions, adminpermissions + 8192),
  adminpermissions = IF(adminpermissions & 16384, adminpermissions, adminpermissions + 16384),
  adminpermissions = IF(adminpermissions & 65536, adminpermissions, adminpermissions + 65536),
  adminpermissions = IF(adminpermissions & 131072, adminpermissions, adminpermissions + 131072),
  adminpermissions = IF(adminpermissions & 262144, adminpermissions, adminpermissions + 262144),
 ### Bitfield: vb_administrator.ms_custom_admin_perms ###
  ms_custom_admin_perms = IF(ms_custom_admin_perms & 1, ms_custom_admin_perms, ms_custom_admin_perms + 1),
 blogpermissions = 3,
 ipbansperms = 0,
 cssprefs = '',
 dismissednews = ''
WHERE userid = 1;
MySQL Error   : Unknown column 'ipbansperms' in 'field list'
Error Number  : 1054
Request Date  : Saturday, August 16th 2008 @ 01:48:51 PM
Error Date    : Saturday, August 16th 2008 @ 01:48:51 PM
Script        : http://libar-libar.com/vb/libar/admincp/adminpermissions.php?do=update
Referrer      : http://libar-libar.com/vb/libar/admincp/adminpermissions.php?do=edit&u=1
IP Address    : 
Username      : Admin

booher · #17 08-17-2008, 01:04 PM

Umm... any1 gonna help us?

Carnage · #18 08-17-2008, 07:01 PM

i've been away for the weekend.

That was an issue i was having while testing, however i was sure i'd fixed it.

i should have a fixed product file in an hour or two.

Edit: fixed the problem... a missing ; :s

Import new product file allowing overwrite to fix.

macc · #19 08-17-2008, 08:26 PM

hello

i can not see anything in my cp ...no ip bans (where to found this in admin cp ?.... just updated ...and database errors is fixed - thanks

reg

macc

Carnage · #20 08-17-2008, 09:14 PM

It should add a new menu item; did you upload all the extra files?

Bounce · #21 08-17-2008, 09:16 PM

cool

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