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]

You should already see it when hovering over a link.

Please check the following:
- You did install version 1.01
- Is the product/plugin active?
- Please post a screenshot of the Options page for Link Anonymizer

And PM me a link to a thread with an external link on your forum please (if needed please a test login)

[theArchitect]

Nice. Only one question. I am going to be putting some ads on my site and obviously these only work when the click through is registered. This hack won't affect this? i.e. it will only anonymize urls in posts and not every url on the forum.

[b6gm6n]

PM sent

-b6

[Abe1]

I created a hack that does the same but doesn't use an outside source. Look at my sig for the link. "Active Link Security Hack"

[Marco van Herwaarden]

Originally Posted by theArchitect

Nice. Only one question. I am going to be putting some ads on my site and obviously these only work when the click through is registered. This hack won't affect this? i.e. it will only anonymize urls in posts and not every url on the forum.

It will only work on links in posts.

[Marco van Herwaarden]

Can anybody else who installed version 1.01 confirm if it is working or not?

[Scooterpig]

It works ok for me although very slow to load up page, but when it does load up the address still shows the anon.free.anonymizer.com within the url of the page, dunno why..

[Marco van Herwaarden]

Thanks for the report.

Yes that is how this peticular anonymizer works. But it is only set as an example, you can change to any anonymizer you want. Others might also have better speed, i don't have much experience with the different anonymizer services.

Edit: Please click install

[Scooterpig]

Originally Posted by MarcoH64

Thanks for the report.

Yes that is how this peticular anonymizer works. But it is only set as an example, you can change to any anonymizer you want. Others might also have better speed, i don't have much experience with the different anonymizer services.

Edit: Please click install

So by selecting a different anonymiser would that then get rid of the link in the address bar, as I find this a bit annoying to have it there and makes it hard to copy/paste?

[Marco van Herwaarden]

Try putting the following in your Anonymizer link:

http://anonym.to/?