Posted by Jerry Stuckle on 12/05/07 02:06

Chilly8 wrote:
> "David Pyles" <dnpyles@acousticmusic.com> wrote in message
> news:fj2307$3ij$1@pyrite.mv.net...
>> On 12/3/2007 4:54 PM, Chilly8 wrote:
>>> "Jerry Stuckle" <jstucklex@attglobal.net> wrote in message
>>> news:NbmdnYPKAvxy_8nanZ2dnUVZ_j2dnZ2d@comcast.com...
>>>> Chilly8 wrote:
>>>>> "Jerry Stuckle" <jstucklex@attglobal.net> wrote in message
>>>>> news:UOudnTaYbL9Oas7anZ2dnUVZ_trinZ2d@comcast.com...
>>>>>> Chilly8 wrote:
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>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> "Jerry Stuckle" <jstucklex@attglobal.net> wrote in message
>>>>>>> news:UaGdnUzHPKXDms7anZ2dnUVZ_vvinZ2d@comcast.com...
>>>>>>>> Chilly8 wrote:
>>>>>>>>> "Jerry Stuckle" <jstucklex@attglobal.net> wrote in message
>>>>>>>>> news:xLadnT6enbhCLM_anZ2dnUVZ_s7inZ2d@comcast.com...
>>>>>>>>>> Chilly8 wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> How to I change the HTML portiion of a PHP script? I want to
>>>>>>>>>>> modify
>>>>>>>>>>> the HTML portion of phpBB, and the code in there to have
>>>>>>>>>>> StatCounter
>>>>>>>>>>> record hits to that part of my web site. I already have the main
>>>>>>>>>>> web
>>>>>>>>>>> site logged with StatCounter, but I would like to be able to
>>>>>>>>>>> modify
>>>>>>>>>>> the HTML portion of PHP scripts for WikiMedia and phpBB, so
>>>>>>>>>>> I can have those logged by phpBB as well
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> I can see the HTML portion when I ask for the source in my
>>>>>>>>>>> browser, but I cannot find the place in any of the PHP scripts
>>>>>>>>>>> to change the HTML portion of the code
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> You need to ask in the PhpBB support forums, not here. It's more
>>>>>>>>>> complicated than just changing text files.
>>>>>>>>> I have figured out one way to do it, which works with ANY
>>>>>>>>> PHP page. Just load it into your browser, select the option
>>>>>>>>> for viewing the source, and then save that as an index.htm or
>>>>>>>>> index.html page, then have the web crawlers crawl that
>>>>>>>>> instead of the php file. I have so far gotten this to work with
>>>>>>>>> my phpBB and Wiki pages, then just change the redirects
>>>>>>>>> on my domain to take users to the HTML-translated
>>>>>>>>> version of the page. Then you can put in things like
>>>>>>>>> Statcounter, or banner ads into WikiMedia, PhpBB,
>>>>>>>>> VBulletin, or anything else. Now, you will need to have
>>>>>>>>> the original php version, so that users can login. If the
>>>>>>>>> index.php file has been erased or renamed, a user will
>>>>>>>>> not be able to log on, but if anyone else asks about this,
>>>>>>>>> that is how you do it. Log off and delete all cookies. Go
>>>>>>>>> back to the main page, open the source in your browser,
>>>>>>>>> and then save the HTML-translated page, then submit
>>>>>>>>> the HTML version of hte page to Google and Yahoo
>>>>>>>>> so that users get directed to that, instead of the PHP
>>>>>>>>> version of the page.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> And pretty soon you'll figure out why that doesn't work.
>>>>>>> Its so far worked for me. Just have the original PHP version
>>>>>>> of the page, so that users can log in, if logins are required.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> Keep it up. You'll find why it doesn't work. Then you can come back
>>>>>> here and look at the advice given you in this thread.
>>>>> Its already bearing fruit. I have found two networks, one in Germany
>>>>> and one in Ukraine, where a lot of the porn links are coming from, and
>>>>> have already blocked them at the firewall level, so I won't see any
>>>>> more
>>>>> from those networks. Statcounter is already revealing to me where these
>>>>> assholes are coming from.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> And if you chase them down, chances are you'll find they are coming from
>>>> anonymous proxies.
>>> I dont know, some seem to come from whole class C IP blocks.
>>> I have had to block entire class C IP blocks to shut off the
>>> worst offenders, which are coming from server colocation
>>> facilities in Germany and Ukraine. Just blocking those two, at
>>> the firewall level, has shut mot of those that create screen names,
>>> put porn links in the profile, and then dissapear. You create a
>>> profile when you register, so someone could register, put their
>>> porn, or other spam link in the profile, and never come back.
>>> They don't even have to login, one they have registered, and
>>> placed the porn link in their profile.
>>>> One non-PhpBB board I manage had a major problem with Spam until we
>>>> implemented CAPTCHA. We were getting 200-400 spam posts per hour at
>>>> times, and every one of them came from a different IP address. But the
>>>> content was always the same.
>>>
>>> Well, what they are doing is creating accounts, and then putting
>>> porn links in the profile. The create the accounts and then
>>> never return, and I then have to edit those profiles to get rid
>>> of the spam, and then ban them, on the off chance the do
>>> decide to try and come back.
>>>
>>> Some of the scrren names that are created, I can Google,
>>> and find them on a number of phpBB, vBulletin, and punBB
>>> boards.
>>>
>>> Google any of these strange screen names that appear, and
>>> post porn links in their profiles, and chances are you will
>>> find it being done to other boards running vBulletin,. phpBB,
>>> or punBB.
>>>
>>>
>> If you want to keep the porn bots out of your phpBB 2 board, log ontp
>> phpBB's community forum and search on GMT-12. You will find an answer
>> there that stops them flat.
>
> It appears that by simply blocking incoming traffic from the networks
> of three data centers around the world has stopped it. I have only see
> one "phony" registration all day, coming from China. Blocking all
> traffic from inHoster in Ukraine, Keymachine in Germany, and
> FDC servers in Chicago has pretty much stopped the porn bots.
>
>
>
>

For now. But how many legitimate users might you be blocking, also?

Blocking an entire range of addresses is almost never the right answer.
Just the expedient one.

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