UBB.Developers Forums UBB.classic V5 Mod Questions another non-mod question (about banning)

i have a sticky situation here.

i need to remove an annoyance from my forums.

i've locked his account(s), and banned both his IP and email address, but... he's found a way to create a completely new IP any time he wants (and its completely differetn, starting with 200 one time, or 90 another, etc, etc). i continue to ban those, and lock those names, but....

id like to keep him permanently out.

however....

i can NOT shut down new member registration
i do not have FTP access (im "only" the admin/mod)
the forucm can not be upgraded

sooo... i know its more than likely a hopeless case, but, i was wondering if there were any ideas? some rare, samurai, super secret techniques or something?

oh yeah... and the reason i posted this here is cuz its a ubb v5.47

What he's probaby doing is using HTTP proxy's to mask his IP, which is very easy to do. The only think you can do it block these proxys as he tries to use them? Unfortunatley thats all that can be done.

heya bassteq... thanks for the reply!!

would banning his base IP number do anything? or can even that be masked (i dunno much about server or network stuff )

and, when you say blocking the proxies, do you mean just banning the IP number he's coming in at, at the time? ("the mask" essentially)

No banning it would do nothing, as all he would do is find another proxy. What a proxy does is tunnel information via another computer (the proxy) so your web server would see a connection from the proxy, not the actual host.

So the persons real IP could be 125.22.55.31
but if he uses a proxy it would be the same IP as the proxys, so in essence you could never see his real IP.

As fo the blocking of proxys, yes I mean block the proxy IP each time u see him trying to use it.

doh!

so, the only solution is to continue "the dance" and ban him 10 times a day ... sigh...

oh well, figured as much. thanks for the help, anyway!!!

Hi there. So im taking its a demo version of the 5.47 u are using then?

no, notta demo. just an olllld board, that hasnt been updated. ...ever, as far as i remember

been running since jan of 99, i think.

If he's not to smart you can try getting him out using javascript and cookies.

[code][/code]Put this in your header section.

hmm... im intrigued by this...

what exactly will it do?

and izzit gonna interfere with other posters? (it IS a popular board... somethin like 15,000 members).

I think just him. Just put the username in the code.

and it goes in the "header insert" section of the "general settings" CP area, right?

this is sounding better and better!

but, still... what exactly is it doing? in laymans (stupidmans) terms.

It checks if that user has their last username cookie, and if it finds it, it redirects them to the last page they visited. (history - 1)

excellent!

this sounds like just the thing. im relatively certain this individual user is not that computer literate, but even if he is, its still one more deterrant to him.

thank you for your help, guys!!! much appreciated!

doh!

everytime i entered this into the header insert section, it would just display the code on the forum pages (looking messed up and out of line)

did i mess up?

You have to put it between javascript tags..

I can not type the javascript tags here because then the board will give an error on me. Put it between these tages:

[SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript"]

[the code I gave earlier]

[/SCRIPT]

Replace [ for < and ] for >

ahhh... stupidity defeated!

ill jump on that asap -- thanks again!

wuhoo!! seems to have done the trick!! (i think)

i can see that they registered a new name, but havent made any new posts (or, did it not work, because they shouldnt be able to reregister?)

another question -- what if i wanna do this for 2 (or more) users?

does the whole code have to be re-written?

[java]
stuff in here
[/java]

[java]
stuff in here
[/java]

?

doh!

either its not working, or, the individual is clearing their cookies each time.

...sigh...

how i wish ips were static!

Hmm... they should not be able to register. I bet they are clearing cookies... >:

If you want to use multiple names replace this:

if (checkname == "[his last used username]")

with this:

if ((checkname == "[his last used username]") || (checkname == "[second username]") || (checkname == "[third username]"))

You can use the same piece of javascript with IP numbers if you use SSI to obtain IP numbers.

If you can post a link to the board you are using it on I can check if the code is working or not.

soitenly!

http://dcboards.warnerbros.com/cgi/Ultimate.cgi?

[Pip De Resistance] including the [] is his username? (not public name, if there is this hack for v5.x

no no... not including the brackets.

hmm... mebbe thats what i was doing wrong?

there should be no brackets?

Yup, delete the brackets.

Yes, the brackets need to go...

It must be the exact username the way he/she is using it on the boards.

You can test it on yourself first. It should work, it works on my boards.

cool!! im on that now

thanks a million for the help, guys!

here's a quick solution that hopefully will solve your problems with the person that is acting as an annoyance on your forums.

Do you have the original IP address he connected from? (the one he posted the very first message of annoyance on your forums with). If you have this, you can e-mail it along with the rest of the information/proof of him attacking your boards, to his isp.

Make sure to include logs of the posts he's made while he was going thru the other proxy servers to mask his ip (including date and time). This should work