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by **Thomas MacFinn** » Sat Apr 25, 2009 8:26 am

May I suggest locking down new memeberships to the board for a little bit? Looks like the spammer just made another login

by **Tails** » Sat Apr 25, 2009 9:49 am

while I agree that we need to do something about this, I don't think thats the way about solving it.

by **Claymore** » Sat Apr 25, 2009 1:01 pm

I'm not very good with networks, but is this guy logging on through the same IP address each time? Or are we dealing with a setup that gets around that?

Just mentioning because I've heard of IP banning, but I'm not familiar with the effectiveness.

by **Derian** » Sat Apr 25, 2009 1:20 pm

Nope, they all come in from different IP addresses.

by **Juicer** » Sat Apr 25, 2009 4:05 pm

I know it's a hassle, but you could just switch it to admin/mod permission.

by **Thomas MacFinn** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 1:10 pm

Tails wrote:while I agree that we need to do something about this, I don't think thats the way about solving it.

I'm open to alternatives.

by **Derian** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 1:26 pm

Really the only viable solution is to put in a challenge question. Because of the setup we have, this isn't as simple as you'd think, it's actually a pain in the *.

There is no way I'm going to turn on admin authentication. I don't have 2 hours a day to sit and sift through new members.

by **Bortas** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 1:57 pm

But that advanced text system in the registration only section of the board files... It's as simple as downloading, uploading two files the server, and adding one line of code to one php file. It's not perfect, it's not pretty, but I haven't had a spammer since install.

-bort

by **Derian** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 2:12 pm

Yeah, I'm hesitant to put something in that gives you a free trial as a permanent solution.

by **Elebrim** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 2:36 pm

http://board.belegarth.com/viewtopic.php?f=108&t=30553

New one.

NEW: 2 in New Members, Rules Questions, Recruitment Info... Gah!

by **Elebrim** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 2:38 pm

New in Foam Smithing, Armory...

Username: http://board.belegarth.com/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=11026

Buy/Sell/Trade, Medieval Arts & Sciences... RP, Photos...

by **Derian** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 2:45 pm

For anyone who wants to report these guys to me, the best way to do so is to give me a link to their profile. I can delete the user and all their posts in a couple quick clicks.

by **Chicken** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 7:05 am

memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=11044

by **Bortas** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 1:44 pm

Derian wrote:Yeah, I'm hesitant to put something in that gives you a free trial as a permanent solution.

Occasionally, good things are free. Seems to be worth doing until a permanent solution is found. *shrug*

-bort

by **Chicken** » Wed Apr 29, 2009 7:07 am

memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=11085

and

memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=11088

by **Galya** » Wed Apr 29, 2009 11:53 pm

Here's another Derian.

http://board.belegarth.com/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=11118

Edit: And this one posted in nearly every forum. Stupid bots.

http://board.belegarth.com/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=11119

by **Chicken** » Thu Apr 30, 2009 7:01 am

Dwerwepayhorp - memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=11127

by **Big King Jimmy** » Fri May 01, 2009 2:02 am

memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=11161

by **Sir Roland** » Mon May 04, 2009 12:22 pm

http://board.belegarth.com/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=11271

by **Claymore** » Tue May 12, 2009 8:18 am

memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=11474

by **Elebrim** » Tue May 12, 2009 7:17 pm

http://board.belegarth.com/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=11482

by **Elebrim** » Thu May 14, 2009 11:38 am

Also, http://board.belegarth.com/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=11520

by **Galya** » Sun May 24, 2009 7:43 pm

Another to report: http://board.belegarth.com/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=11826

EDIT: and another: http://board.belegarth.com/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=11821

by **Elebrim** » Tue May 26, 2009 10:26 am

http://board.belegarth.com/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=11819

by **Galya** » Sat May 30, 2009 8:58 pm

http://board.belegarth.com/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=12035

by **Black Cat** » Sun May 31, 2009 7:32 am

http://board.belegarth.com/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=12053

by **Black Cat** » Sun May 31, 2009 9:55 am

We're under attack!

http://board.belegarth.com/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=12057

by **Hanov3r** » Tue Jun 02, 2009 9:17 am

memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=11876

This one's PMing spam links

by **Chicken** » Thu Jun 04, 2009 8:22 am

memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=12171 , I guess.

by **Tails** » Mon Jun 08, 2009 9:46 am

memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=12122

by **Chicken** » Sun Jun 21, 2009 9:01 pm

memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=12575

by **Runner** » Sun Jun 28, 2009 6:08 pm

memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=12768

by **Elebrim** » Wed Jul 01, 2009 10:17 pm

NSFW images

http://board.belegarth.com/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=12853

by **Elebrim** » Wed Jul 29, 2009 9:15 am

http://board.belegarth.com/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=13414

http://board.belegarth.com/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=13332

by **Cib** » Mon Nov 02, 2009 9:59 pm

EdmundPaquette just posted a whack load.

by **Galya** » Mon Nov 02, 2009 10:10 pm

Cib wrote:EdmundPaquette just posted a whack load.

QFT. Here's the profile:

memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=13968

by **Big King Jimmy** » Tue Nov 03, 2009 12:52 am

Dude, I love keno!

by **Galya** » Tue Nov 03, 2009 6:20 pm

EDIT: Here's another:

memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=13974

by **Galya** » Mon Nov 09, 2009 12:40 pm

Wow...posting in the Web Design forum. This bot has guts.

memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=13986

by **Arrakis** » Thu Nov 12, 2009 8:46 am

memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=14001

Captcha up, bro.

by **Derian** » Thu Nov 12, 2009 9:48 am

Oh, there is a captcha up.

by **Arrakis** » Thu Nov 12, 2009 11:34 am

I suppose I meant to say, "Pray, increase the strength of the captcha, my brother, and man well the gunwales!"

by **Derian** » Thu Nov 12, 2009 12:30 pm

It's pretty much at the max strength it can get without being illegible. phpBB really needs to implement a challenge question option, because all the mods I've found that do it are turrible.

by **Rasheab** » Thu Nov 12, 2009 10:48 pm

BlotaDepdolla

Wierdest bot ever. (Gold Bullion Exchange?)

by **No'Vak** » Thu Nov 12, 2009 11:12 pm

And hes not even really linking to anything either.

by **Sir Cairbre** » Fri Nov 13, 2009 7:49 am

Derian wrote:It's pretty much at the max strength it can get without being illegible. phpBB really needs to implement a challenge question option, because all the mods I've found that do it are turrible.

You can make a challenge questions. I have on all the other boards I manage. It is usually a simple math problem. What is Seven + 3 =?.

Here is a the tutorial:
http://www.phpbbdoctor.com/blog/2009/10 ... on-answer/

by **Satanaka** » Fri Nov 13, 2009 9:30 am

wow- lot of work behide the "Curtain"

Good work guys.

Oz must be strong! :devil:

by **Derian** » Fri Nov 13, 2009 11:44 am

It's not that I don't know how to do a challenge question or need help coming up with some, it's that the functionality to require them for registration is not present in phpBB and I'm hesitant to hack it up for risk of problems down the road.

by **Sir Cairbre** » Fri Nov 13, 2009 12:24 pm

The concept is pre-built into PhpBB's current ACP. You create a new field in the users profile. Like our "Favorite Fighting Style" text field. Then you set the description to "What is 3+4?" and make it a numeric field. Then you set the only acceptable answer as "7" and the field is required at registration. You then might want to make the field invisible after registration accept to the user. It is not a hack at all, just a custom configuration.

by **Derian** » Fri Nov 13, 2009 4:12 pm

Christ, I'm dumb.

Thanks.

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