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My forum is getting attacked
« on: March 15, 2007, 11:25:15 pm »
Forum Url: http://sportsworld.smfforfree.com
His IP keeps changing so I can't ban him!
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Re: My forum is getting attacked
« Reply #1 on: March 15, 2007, 11:59:42 pm »
ban on hostname.
You can also ban a range of ips.
Or ban on email.
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Re: My forum is getting attacked
« Reply #2 on: March 17, 2007, 04:38:21 pm »
Every computer has a main ip.
If you get that one, you could ban him on that.
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Re: My forum is getting attacked
« Reply #3 on: March 17, 2007, 10:37:18 pm »
Quote from: Simply The Best on March 17, 2007, 04:38:21 pm
Every computer has a main ip.
If you get that one, you could ban him on that.

Not if their on DSL/cable. Its best to ban someone by the "host name". You can also ban a "range of IP's). Banning one simple IP in this case will not do any good.
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Re: My forum is getting attacked
« Reply #4 on: April 05, 2007, 10:10:56 pm »
Can someone please explain what sort of "attack" could be involved, how you find the "host name" and whose "host name" you need.  "localhost" and "linuxbox" are two host names probably used quite commonly.
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Re: My forum is getting attacked
« Reply #5 on: April 05, 2007, 10:17:19 pm »
the ISP host name of a member is shown on their profile page. The attack is probably a member spamming their forum. When someone is on highspeed internet it is hard to ban them by their IP address because it frequently changes. The host name is the root of the IP providers server where the "range of ip's" are stored. Those IP's are given out randomly. If you ban by host name you can gennerally stop them in their tracks.
« Last Edit: April 05, 2007, 10:19:37 pm by Kimmieb »
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Re: My forum is getting attacked
« Reply #6 on: April 05, 2007, 10:24:43 pm »
one must watch when banning by host an use it as a last resort....for  if tis a member an not a spammer...u cood be bannin potential members frum ever being able to come to your site...just keep that in mind
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Re: My forum is getting attacked
« Reply #7 on: April 05, 2007, 10:34:27 pm »
DC is correct.   Keep in mind each situation is going to be different and how you ban will be different accordingly. 

also..  Kimmie...  what you said about highspeed is not necessarily true.   I use cable, for instance, and my IP never changes.. ever.   
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Re: My forum is getting attacked
« Reply #8 on: April 05, 2007, 10:44:51 pm »
Quote from: simply sibyl on April 05, 2007, 10:34:27 pm
DC is correct.   Keep in mind each situation is going to be different and how you ban will be different accordingly. 

also..  Kimmie...  what you said about highspeed is not necessarily true.   I use cable, for instance, and my IP never changes.. ever.  

yeah some ISP's give out static ip addresses instead of dynamic ones. Mine is different every time I reboot my system :)
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Re: My forum is getting attacked
« Reply #9 on: April 10, 2007, 11:02:59 am »
Quote from: simply sibyl on April 05, 2007, 10:34:27 pm
DC is correct.   Keep in mind each situation is going to be different and how you ban will be different accordingly. 

also..  Kimmie...  what you said about highspeed is not necessarily true.   I use cable, for instance, and my IP never changes.. ever.  
My IP changes frequently.
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