Hi all,
I have trouble with one of the ex-users of our site. He is changing IPs, passwords, names and emails and re-registers all the time.
Is there a way how to make banning more efficient? Is there a way how to read e.g. his MAC address and use it in PHP script?
Any hints much appreciated!
Cheers
Tom
Efficient banning system
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Re: Efficient banning system
Not a lot you can dotomcupr wrote:He is changing IPs, passwords, names and emails and re-registers all the time.
Simple answer...Notomcupr wrote:Is there a way how to make banning more efficient? Is there a way how to read e.g. his MAC address and use it in PHP script?

If it is a phpBB forum, you could google for "phpbb coventry mod". vBulletin has a similar thing. It basically lets the user make posts, but noone else can see them
tying up to this, is it necessary that a new user can post ...freely right after registration?Pimptastic wrote:If it is a phpBB forum, you could google for "phpbb coventry mod". vBulletin has a similar thing. It basically lets the user make posts, but noone else can see them
I don't know how much work it would generate for you but maybe it's possible to have new users under "supervision" for some time, i.e. posts are invisble to other users until a moderator clears them.
You could ban an IP range, and/or ban the ip's of common proxy services. (such as proxify.com)
Or, require users to know a password to sign-up.
Or, require users to know a password to sign-up.
Last edited by toasty2 on Fri Aug 11, 2006 1:46 pm, edited 1 time in total.
I recently changed my forums due to similar issues. I implemented a 2 day wait after signup to be able to post. Although, my forums are supplementary to the site and not an important part of "business". If your forums are important to your site/business, then you may not be able to go this route.
Set Search Time - A google chrome extension. When you search only results from the past year (or set time period) are displayed. Helps tremendously when using new technologies to avoid outdated results.