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      CommentAuthorDinoboff
    • CommentTimeJul 24th 2006 edited
     # 1
    What is happening when a user is banned?
    Is his ip blocked or can the user sign-up with on other ip?
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      CommentAuthorJazzman
    • CommentTimeJul 24th 2006
     # 2
    Banned is just a title. It's a normal account but without the "sign-in" permission.
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      CommentAuthorTex
    • CommentTimeJul 24th 2006 edited
     # 3
    ...which means, that the user may apply again with another e-mail.
    • CommentAuthorBlueshark
    • CommentTimeJul 24th 2006
     # 4
    ..some computers are shared ..remember !
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      CommentAuthorTex
    • CommentTimeJul 24th 2006 edited
     # 5
    @ Dinoboff: You are looking for a method to bann a user permanently, right? Which does not exist as far as I know.
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      CommentAuthorBergamot
    • CommentTimeJul 24th 2006
     # 6
    As a suggestion, the IP Logging extension should be modified to highlight users who share IP addresses with Banned users.

    I wouldn't ban such users immediately, but certainly I'd keep an eye on them to see if they exhibited the same problems that caused me to ban the other.
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      CommentAuthorDinoboff
    • CommentTimeJul 24th 2006
     # 7
    That was just to know.

    How work the ip logger? Does it detect proxy and does it get the really ip when provided?
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      CommentAuthorBergamot
    • CommentTimeJul 24th 2006
     # 8
    No, it doesn't detect proxies or anything (impossible to do definitively).

    You're never going to catch all of the dupers, but most make stupid mistakes sooner or later.
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      CommentAuthorDinoboff
    • CommentTimeJul 24th 2006 edited
     # 9
    That would be a mistake to ban the ip of a proxy.

    I have to check how but I think that you can easely detect if an ip is the one of a proxy.
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      CommentAuthorMark
    • CommentTimeJul 24th 2006
     # 10
    It's never consistent. I gave up on IP tom foolery years ago. It's just too unreliable. The IP Tracking in Vanilla is really only for administrative eye-balling purposes only.
    • CommentAuthorMav
    • CommentTimeJul 24th 2006
     # 11
    Quick and dirty way to use with proxies:
    if (!empty($_SERVER['HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR']))
    $ip = $_SERVER['HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR']; else $ip = $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'];
    *note: it's on one line but that breaks the forum layout..

    Although 'HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR' can be spoofed easily...

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