Hyper.nl Unreal Services The forum of Hyper.nl Unreal Services and the semi-offical resource for Winged Unicorn's Unreal mods    FAQ   Search   Memberlist   Usergroups   Register   Profile   Log in to check your private messages   Log in  zvy1979          Hyper.nl Unreal Services Forum Index -> Moderator Forum View previous topic :: View next topic   Author Message Hyper Joined: 24 Jan 2004 Posts: 1227 Location: Middelburg, The Netherlands Posted: Mon Sep 04, 2006 11:36 pm    Post subject: zvy1979 Someone seems to have written a nice bot that registers users with the name "zvy1979". I deleted it twice from the forum, and it still defeats my antibot functions. I improved the security a bit again, so I'm interesting if/when it comes back. :p Google search for zvy1979 gives 44 500 results. Whoever this might be has a lot of user accounts now. :p _________________ Alter your reality...forever. Hyper.nl Unreal Services unreal://hypercoop.tk Back to top Hyper Joined: 24 Jan 2004 Posts: 1227 Location: Middelburg, The Netherlands Posted: Thu Sep 07, 2006 3:18 pm    Post subject: It re-registered twice and I deleted it twice. I have to improve my defences again. _________________ Alter your reality...forever. Hyper.nl Unreal Services unreal://hypercoop.tk Back to top SoulReaver Joined: 15 May 2004 Posts: 162 Posted: Thu Sep 07, 2006 5:31 pm    Post subject: Thats a nasty forum bot there lol... It might go advertizing if you wont remove it. Cant you just put a nameban on the forum? I mean, my forum (yes the crappy proboards thing) allows a ReservedNames table, which you can add names that cannot be used. I already have that name in there. Regards, -SR _________________ Before asking, try the Unreal wiki here. ------------------------------ New UT3 Community site. Back to top Hyper Joined: 24 Jan 2004 Posts: 1227 Location: Middelburg, The Netherlands Posted: Thu Sep 07, 2006 5:53 pm    Post subject: Yes, in fact, I did it a few hours ago. But it is a bad solution since the bot owner only has to set an option to set a random name to pass this 'protection'. _________________ Alter your reality...forever. Hyper.nl Unreal Services unreal://hypercoop.tk Back to top SoulReaver Joined: 15 May 2004 Posts: 162 Posted: Thu Sep 07, 2006 6:31 pm    Post subject: Ah ic... well thats bad, maybe you can do an IP ban? _________________ Before asking, try the Unreal wiki here. ------------------------------ New UT3 Community site. Back to top Hyper Joined: 24 Jan 2004 Posts: 1227 Location: Middelburg, The Netherlands Posted: Thu Sep 07, 2006 6:43 pm    Post subject: No no no, that's not the way I'm looking for a solution. I have to change the image verification ot registration procedure to make it different from the standard phpbb forums. Bots get in here because they are tailored for the widespread phpbb forum software, so when I can make it different, it will stop the bots. Nobody is interested in writing a bot for this specific forum alone. _________________ Alter your reality...forever. Hyper.nl Unreal Services unreal://hypercoop.tk Back to top SoulReaver Joined: 15 May 2004 Posts: 162 Posted: Fri Sep 08, 2006 12:39 pm    Post subject: Indeed, but you would need somebody with good PHP knowledge. Ive heard forums are very complicated in PHP. -SR PS: I also heard, changing the tags of the textboxes sometimes does the trick, for example if the bot cannot find a account and password box. But alot of bots can surpass that too. _________________ Before asking, try the Unreal wiki here. ------------------------------ New UT3 Community site. Back to top Hyper Joined: 24 Jan 2004 Posts: 1227 Location: Middelburg, The Netherlands Posted: Fri Sep 08, 2006 2:22 pm    Post subject: It's not neccesary to 'code' it in php since there are several 'mods' available for phpbb that counter the spambots. I applied two of them already, a third one was not compatible with the webserver config at unrealdestination.com. _________________ Alter your reality...forever. Hyper.nl Unreal Services unreal://hypercoop.tk Back to top [B@D]Thug Joined: 07 Oct 2005 Posts: 315 Posted: Sat Sep 09, 2006 6:59 am    Post subject: Whats wronge with forum bots, I never thought they harmed in any measure. _________________ Improvements along the way friends and foes. WebSite:www.freewebs.com/agressivetoys Back to top Hyper Joined: 24 Jan 2004 Posts: 1227 Location: Middelburg, The Netherlands Posted: Sat Sep 09, 2006 10:36 am    Post subject: [B@D]Thug wrote: Whats wronge with forum bots, I never thought they harmed in any measure. They do harm. They make the database grow, generate unneccesary traffic, Make administration more work, and they might leave spam. _________________ Alter your reality...forever. 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