Posted by The Natural Philosopher on 12/05/07 02:15

Jerry Stuckle wrote:
> 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.
>
In almost all matters concerning humans, there are no right answers,
only expedient ones.

Unless you claim papal infallibility?

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