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19/09/2007, 07h45

"Jason" <jwcarlton@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1190178762.267260.102110@d55g2000hsg.googlegr oups.com...
> I'm curious if anyone has come up with an innovative way to block
> someone from submitting a form. I've tried each of these, with limited
> success:

"Log of computer components..."
If you use this method you have too much of a chance of blocking
legitimate users.

Blocking an entire IP block
For me this would depend... if my primary user base was USA and Canada
and maybe some European countries and I was getting somebody coming in from
Singapore and spamming my site I would have no problem blocking the entire
IP block.
But if, as an example, your user base is primarily USA and the person
you want to boot is a US AOL user then I wouldn't ban the block.
Basically what you have to look at here is: if you ban an entire IP
block, what could this mean to you and your user base?

What I have done is:

Set a
This actually does work most of the time, but it does depend on the
computer/internet knowledge of the person you want to block for how long/if
until they figure it out.

Block IP address
If they have dial up, this won't you.
You can maybe figure out how likely it is they are on dial up or high
speed internet: If they are spamming your boards or something of that
nature its probably likely they are using high speed (faster to get the work
done). But you can also get their IP address and check it against an IP
lookup service like www.arin.net
If they have a dynamic IP I wouldn't worry about that and still block
the IP. Most dynamic IPs are usually used by the same person for a week or
two before they renew the IP (and even then they usually get the same the IP
address)... but even if thats the case you don't have to ban the IP for all
eternity: just block it for 1 or 2 weeks, maybe a month. If the person is
a malicious user then odds are pretty good they will just try a couple of
times and after a few days just move on.

But you might also want to look in things like:
How are they posting? IE: are they actually coming to your website? Or
just running a script on their own site that is submitting to your forums?
If they are making user accounts and then posting to your site is there
something you can do with that? IE: can you set all "new users" so that any
posts or threads started by them are moderated until they have made X number
of posts? (the posts don't show up on the site until approved by a
moderator).
If there anything you can filter out from the posts? IE: are they
always posting links to www.exampleofmakemoneyonlinesite.com that you can
just filter out and block from being posted?

19/09/2007, 07h45	#2
Auggie Messages: n/a Hébergeur:	Re: Blocking user from message board "Jason" <jwcarlton@gmail.com> wrote in message news:1190178762.267260.102110@d55g2000hsg.googlegr oups.com... > I'm curious if anyone has come up with an innovative way to block > someone from submitting a form. I've tried each of these, with limited > success: "Log of computer components..." If you use this method you have too much of a chance of blocking legitimate users. Blocking an entire IP block For me this would depend... if my primary user base was USA and Canada and maybe some European countries and I was getting somebody coming in from Singapore and spamming my site I would have no problem blocking the entire IP block. But if, as an example, your user base is primarily USA and the person you want to boot is a US AOL user then I wouldn't ban the block. Basically what you have to look at here is: if you ban an entire IP block, what could this mean to you and your user base? What I have done is: Set a This actually does work most of the time, but it does depend on the computer/internet knowledge of the person you want to block for how long/if until they figure it out. Block IP address If they have dial up, this won't you. You can maybe figure out how likely it is they are on dial up or high speed internet: If they are spamming your boards or something of that nature its probably likely they are using high speed (faster to get the work done). But you can also get their IP address and check it against an IP lookup service like www.arin.net If they have a dynamic IP I wouldn't worry about that and still block the IP. Most dynamic IPs are usually used by the same person for a week or two before they renew the IP (and even then they usually get the same the IP address)... but even if thats the case you don't have to ban the IP for all eternity: just block it for 1 or 2 weeks, maybe a month. If the person is a malicious user then odds are pretty good they will just try a couple of times and after a few days just move on. But you might also want to look in things like: How are they posting? IE: are they actually coming to your website? Or just running a script on their own site that is submitting to your forums? If they are making user accounts and then posting to your site is there something you can do with that? IE: can you set all "new users" so that any posts or threads started by them are moderated until they have made X number of posts? (the posts don't show up on the site until approved by a moderator). If there anything you can filter out from the posts? IE: are they always posting links to www.exampleofmakemoneyonlinesite.com that you can just filter out and block from being posted?