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I got the IP into my custom log file.
Thank you.
How to track spam or failed log in attemps?
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Re: How to track spam or failed log in attemps?
Good going! You certainly want to know the IP addresses, but I didn't find them very helpful in either blocking them (they are probably coming from innocent computers that were infected by a botnet and will rarely repeat) or in complaining to their ISP (for similar reasons). In any case, you're picking up on some of the PHP tools, which is all to the good.
Re: How to track spam or failed log in attemps?
Thank you!califdon wrote:Good going! You certainly want to know the IP addresses, but I didn't find them very helpful in either blocking them (they are probably coming from innocent computers that were infected by a botnet and will rarely repeat) or in complaining to their ISP (for similar reasons). In any case, you're picking up on some of the PHP tools, which is all to the good.
But yes you are correct, the IP address can only do so much for the average hack like myself. I will most likely now just try to stay ahead of the spam curve and maybe try implementing so simple code related counter measures. But I do like how you did links in your emails to delete posts that was a great idea. I also enjoyed reading this post that you mentioned, this was interesting:
viewtopic.php?f=34&t=137651&start=15Eric! wrote:........Since you seem to be interested in these guys, I should add that if you want to track them then it's best not to change your code to block them, but to track them and collect more data on them. You can feed them a cookie for tracking and see if they swallow. You can also see if they are accepting images, javascript. Are they using real useragents strings? Once your code triggers on a possible spammer you can record all their requests, time frames and activity to see if there is something there that reveals what they are doing.