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User Signup IP Filter?
11-23-2018, 10:50 AM, (This post was last modified: 11-23-2018, 10:51 AM by ABearden.)
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User Signup IP Filter?
So I was going through the banned account list out of curiosity and noticed a similar pattern to previous forums I've administered: APNIC (Asian-Pacific Network Information Centre) IP blocks make up the vast majority of the spam accounts. 061/8, 103/8, 114/8, etc. Does this forum software allow for IP filters on user registrations? Is that something we would want to possibly implement? Are we even expecting any legitimate signups from Austrailia, Korea, Japan, etc?
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11-23-2018, 02:16 PM,
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RE: User Signup IP Filter?
I think this is worth looking into. It seems like the current spam filters just aren't cutting it. I can only think of one or two signups that were ligit from those areas in years...People originally from this area that were overseas.

I'll talk to John and Dan about IP filtering. Thanks for bringing it up.
-N8

"I built it because I didn't know I couldn't"
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11-23-2018, 02:18 PM,
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RE: User Signup IP Filter?
Also, people from those areas could always contact us via Facebook if needed.
-N8

"I built it because I didn't know I couldn't"
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11-30-2018, 07:16 AM,
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RE: User Signup IP Filter?
Yes, I think that is a good idea.
-Dan

"If you didn't build it, you will never own it." - Barton Dring
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11-30-2018, 09:43 AM,
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RE: User Signup IP Filter?
John or Nate, can either of you access and upload to the server please?

what do you think of a plugin like:
https://community.mybb.com/mods.php?action=view&pid=846
-Dan

"If you didn't build it, you will never own it." - Barton Dring
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