Prevent known spammers

[Cor]

Hi,

I have copied it except for this part

  On 11/27/2019 at 7:31 PM, shakamonkey88 said:

//Google reCaptcha //updated to Google noCaptcha 1/15 $resp = null; $reCaptcha = new ReCaptcha(RECAPTCHA_PRIVATE_KEY); // Was there a reCAPTCHA response? if ($_POST["g-recaptcha-response"]) { $resp = $reCaptcha->verifyResponse( $_SERVER["REMOTE_ADDR"], $_POST["g-recaptcha-response"] ); } //check if reCaptcha response was valid if ($resp == null) { $error = true; $this->set('captcha_error', 'reCaptcha Validation Error'); } //end Google reCaptcha

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that gave an error 🙂

I then tried to register with an E-mail adres that was used for the spam and it still just register despite the outcome was if you put the url in another browser

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<response success="true"> <type>email</type> <appears>yes</appears> <lastseen>2019-11-28 03:26:30</lastseen> <frequency>1</frequency> <type>ip</type> <appears>no</appears> <frequency>0</frequency> </response>

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So I am a little lost now 🙄

Regards,

Cor

 

[KenG]

Added as well and checking. 

[flyalaska]

I been using it for years. You get an email when a registration is blocked.

[KenG]

This has yet to catch someone, however Stop Forum Spam also produce a list, https://www.stopforumspam.com/downloads.

 

I grabbed the ip4 and ip6 180 day version and uploaded them to my deny list. (All 330,000.) 

 

I checked my logs and I can see where the BOTs have been knocking on my door at a rate of a few dozen times per minute and denied entry. 

 

A few other things I considered. Checking the firstname and lastname for spaces or a url , I am just not sure how to write that into the registration.php module. 

 

I guess this nuclear option of just ban a boat load of IP addresses will work for now at least until phpvms7 is ready.

[Cor]

A lot of registrations is done by automatic scripts and location is always Afghanistan.

Is there a code that checks the location and if this is Afghanistan the registration

will be blocked.

 

Regards,

 

Cor

[Strider]

If this catches the bots then you don't need code for that, recaptcha should stop those bots registering, as they can't only fill out forms, not perform a recaptcha test.

[KenG]

Recaptcha v2 has been busted a while back. It only keeps out the less sophisticated bots. 

[flyalaska]

  On 8/1/2020 at 3:44 AM, Cor said:

A lot of registrations is done by automatic scripts and location is always Afghanistan.

Is there a code that checks the location and if this is Afghanistan the registration

will be blocked.

 

Regards,

 

Cor

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I think Afghanistan is registred alot because its the default country on registration.

[ProAvia]

  On 8/2/2020 at 7:18 PM, flyalaska said:

I think Afghanistan is registred alot because its the default country on registration.

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BINGO!!!

 

Look in your server logs and find the IP addresses behind these registrations - and if you choose, block them.

[Cor]

  On 8/2/2020 at 7:35 PM, ProAvia said:

 

BINGO!!!

 

Look in your server logs and find the IP addresses behind these registrations - and if you choose, block them.

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That is a solution if you have 1 a week orso, but if you have around 20 till 40 a week, you get a little bit tired of it and

I am looking for a way that if people "choosing" Afghanistan that it will be treated as spam.

 

I already blocked a range of IP addresses it getting ridiculous