[DaNIEL MeNTED]

Reserved.

[Ajavas]

Thnx, for your first hack.... First install! Oops..mean first reply.

[Eggie]

Open Proxies are often exploited by malicious users to circumvent IP bans. If you feel your IP is being blocked in error you may contact the site administrator.

Is there an option to whitelist an IP if they are found to be blocked and can prove they are blocked in error? Is opm.tornevall.org the only list this works with or do you offer other options, as I have never heard of them and the site is not in english to get more info on their RBL. Can this work off a custom built RBL database? Looking good though!

[ociosos]

where are options?
have options?

More information please

[DaNIEL MeNTED]

Hey guys... thanks for the feedback.

I had written this hack quickly but I agree there was room for improvement.

I have uploaded a new version - much improved.

Originally Posted by Ajavas

Thnx, for your first hack.... First install! Oops..mean first reply.

Thanks!

Originally Posted by Eggie

Is there an option to whitelist an IP if they are found to be blocked and can prove they are blocked in error? Is opm.tornevall.org the only list this works with or do you offer other options, as I have never heard of them and the site is not in english to get more info on their RBL. Can this work off a custom built RBL database? Looking good though!

There is now.

There is a custom whitelist / blacklist to which you can add IPs. There is also a "known proxy" list that contains the IPs of sites like "the cloak" or "proxify". I will add to that list with each update.

Also, I've been having some issues getting opm.tornevall.org to resolve addresses so I've replaced the default with sbl-xbl.spamhaus.org which is a much more well known RBL.

Originally Posted by ociosos

where are options?
have options?

More information please

There were no options... but there are now.

DL and install the new product and check in your ACP > VB Options. There should be an entry.

I've also added the ability to PM user(s) when an IP gets blocked.

Thx Guys!

[Tulsa]

I like the new options, thanks!

[funkmeister]

I installed this and then fired up Hide IP Platinum and with various IP's ranging from Slovakia to Saudi Arabia was still able to register successfully on my forum with fake id's.

I don't know much about what, who or how Hide IP works, but whatever it is doing, it's getting past this - any ideas how to circumvent it too?

Great idea though, thanks.

[DaNIEL MeNTED]

Originally Posted by funkmeister

I installed this and then fired up Hide IP Platinum and with various IP's ranging from Slovakia to Saudi Arabia was still able to register successfully on my forum with fake id's.

I don't know much about what, who or how Hide IP works, but whatever it is doing, it's getting past this - any ideas how to circumvent it too?

Great idea though, thanks.

The problem is that products like hideIP or anonymizer aren't getting blacklisted by RBLs.

I guess its debatable on whether or not they should...

I'm looking into different RBLs to see if I can find one that hits those ranges.

[NiTRoN]

maybe this product can expand to also allow multiple ip checking sites.. not just 1.. also Custom msg explaining why the registration was denied with admin option to enable or disable it. The msg would show in format of vbulletin error msg instead being PM one..

my 2cents.. otherwise this is great idea for a product. Looking very promising.. maybe it could evolve into some front-end security suite for vbulletin, but who knows.. its me just dreamin.

[DaNIEL MeNTED]

Originally Posted by NiTRoN

maybe this product can expand to also allow multiple ip checking sites.. not just 1.. also Custom msg explaining why the registration was denied with admin option to enable or disable it. The msg would show in format of vbulletin error msg instead being PM one..

my 2cents.. otherwise this is great idea for a product. Looking very promising.. maybe it could evolve into some front-end security suite for vbulletin, but who knows.. its me just dreamin.

Hi Nitron.

There is an error message that is displayed to the user in the standard vb error display format. You can edit exactly what it says by editing the phrase DM_found_in_rbl.

The PM option allows you, as an admin, to receive a PM with the IP when its blocked.

I will look at adding multiple RBLs in the next version.

[NiTRoN]

oh sweet.. just got confused by what the options were for.. since there was no clear explanation..

can the PM options have drop down menu and let you chose PM or EMAIL?
You can solve that by making one line option with multiple boxes..
example

"Notify Following UserID's [enter userid# here] by [drop down box with options EMAIL/PM] about failed registrations"
and user id "0" would disable that whole option.

[Tom1234]

Isn't the sbl-xbl.spamhaus.org blacklist a list of IP's that are used by email spammers? I'd expect that to be successful for blocking email spam, but that is not the same as blocking anonymous http proxy sites like Proxify.

countrycheck.com used to try to keep track of anonymous http proxy servers, but they seem to have gone out of business. Their site has contained just an error message for a few weeks now.

[DaNIEL MeNTED]

Originally Posted by Tom1234

Isn't the sbl-xbl.spamhaus.org blacklist a list of IP's that are used by email spammers? I'd expect that to be successful for blocking email spam, but that is not the same as blocking anonymous http proxy sites like Proxify.

countrycheck.com used to try to keep track of anonymous http proxy servers, but they seem to have gone out of business. Their site has contained just an error message for a few weeks now.

spamhaus.org rolls up a number of other RBLs. You can also specify whatever RBL you want to use.

[Tom1234]

Which Spamhaus (or other source) RBL contains anonymous http proxy servers?