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Apr 13, 2007, 9:20 AM

Andy

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Apr 13, 2007, 9:20 AM

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[NEW PLUGIN] BlockIPs

Hi,

I'm please to announce the release of BlockIP's, our latest plugin.

Full details: http://www.ultranerds.com/...rsion/BlockIPs_L173/

Basically, it will let you stop people from accessing add.cgi, if:

1) Their IP address matches anything on your list of banned IP addresses
2) They don't have a value for their IP Address

Main features:

1) Logs errors (i.e "123.123.123.123 is a banned IP address"
2) Customize the messages that users are shown:

Code:
$LANG->{BANNEDIP}  = qq|::IP:: is a banned IP address.|; 
$LANG->{INVALIDIP} = qq|::IP:: is an invalid IP address.|;

3) Can easily remove bans.
4) Supports wildcards. For example, if the IP range 123.345.something.something is always spamming your site with rubbish, you would filter them out with 123.345.*.* - its that easy Smile

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5) Admin panel feature for adding IP addresses to the ban list (and also removing them, if you need to =))

Please see a couple of screenshots (attached).

Price is $35 - which isn't bad (its taken me quite a while to get it working how I wanted).

This plugin is part of the ULTRA Package, and also ULTRA Package PRO bundles.

Please let me know if anyone has any suggestions/feedback.

Cheers

Andy (mod)
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Andy: Apr 20, 2007, 2:00 AM

Apr 17, 2007, 12:02 AM

Gypsypup

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Apr 17, 2007, 12:02 AM

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Yes - Hi Andy
This issue of spammers is one that needs addressing badly.
It is a major web issue.
If anyone wants to do a quick easy site fix to stop some then this link may help tho it will NEVER replace Andys script.

http://www.wizcrafts.net/nigerian-blocklist.html

If anyone wants a CSV format of countries and IP's I can send it to you. Just PM me.

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Apr 17, 2007, 1:50 AM

Andy

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Apr 17, 2007, 1:50 AM

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Hi,

Thanks for the URL :) I've made a little script that populated the IPBans table (for this plugin). I've attached it, for anyone who wants to use these bans with this plugin Smile

Cheers

Andy (mod)
andy@ultranerds.co.uk

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Apr 17, 2007, 2:01 AM

Gypsypup

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Apr 17, 2007, 2:01 AM

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china is one of the worst.

Apr 17, 2007, 3:03 AM

Andy

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Apr 17, 2007, 3:03 AM

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Hi,

I've updated it to include both the Nigerian list, and China :)

Cheers

Andy (mod)
andy@ultranerds.co.uk

Apr 17, 2007, 3:35 AM

Gypsypup

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Apr 17, 2007, 3:35 AM

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Isnt the world a wonderful place to live...

We have this global village where we all live in harmony.
We had the iron and bamboo curtain to keep us out. We had poor misunderstood third world countries that we have to 'understand'....

Now we have IP blockers to keep them all out.
We were quite OK when you think about it when there was the cold war.
Silly bastards brought it on themselves.

Apr 17, 2007, 4:01 AM

Andy

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Apr 17, 2007, 4:01 AM

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Hi,

Yup, its a sad state of affairs :(

Unfortunately, I've been stung by the Nigerians before with ebay listings - almost lost 2 lots of over £100 (a PSP and IPod) - not to mention several "false" purchases (mainly on innocent people's PayPal accounts) with our Ultranerds stuff - really sucks :( (not to mention it ruining things for "genuine" people.

BTW, if anyone has a list of IP's that spam their sites a lot, please send them to me. I may actually compile a list of IP addresses (for download), ready to put straight into this plugin :)

Cheers

Andy (mod)
andy@ultranerds.co.uk

Apr 17, 2007, 4:31 AM

Gypsypup

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Apr 17, 2007, 4:31 AM

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ghana
ivory coast
philippines
most of west africa - most of africa.

easier to leave the wanted countries, there are only about 50 of them
the rest, what business are they going to offer?

Apr 20, 2007, 1:59 AM

Andy

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Apr 20, 2007, 1:59 AM

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Hi,

Just a note to let you know version 1.1 has now been released. This fixes a bug that was affecting users who had "user login required" set in their admin panel (it was just showing a blank page)

The new version is available from our Members Area.

Cheers

Andy (mod)
andy@ultranerds.co.uk

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