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Gizmo Admin Group  Joined: 05/06/2004 Location: AustraliaPosts: 5116 |
Today the site has been hammered by a couple of IP's originating in China. The site is safe, the code wont let them get in, but its really starting to piss me off. I get an email for every failed attempt, about 200 per hour. I would like to block the entire China IP range, but I do have contacts in China that read the forum, so that means I just need to block the individual IP's as they show up. What they are trying to do is register as forum members, so they can then post messages for mobile phones, viagra, that sort of stuff. But the software they use to automatically register is preditable, and I've changed the code to reject them and notify me. The problem is it slows down the site and fills my inbox. If the IP was based in Australia I can contact the police, but thats not going to help with oversea's attacks. Arghhhh! Glenn The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago, the second best time is right now. JAQ |
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sPuDd Senior Member  Joined: 10/07/2007 Location: AustraliaPosts: 251 |
Well, at least you have the technology and skills to reject the attack. Sheltering behind armour that is being strafed by auto fire still sounds bad, but being hit is much worse 
I'm sure there are other sites/forums now that are suffering because their admin has not been so security conscious. You do a top job Gizmo, and we love ya for it mate! 
sPuDd.. It should work ...in theory |
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| Robb Senior Member Joined: 01/08/2007 Location: AustraliaPosts: 221 |
How about after 3 failed registrations an ip is automatically blocked for a given time. After 3 ips are blocked at one time a whole range is blocked. 3 ranges blocked the whole country is blocked with an error page stating why and that is only served to the country in question. And so on... |
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| Gizmo Admin Group Joined: 05/06/2004 Location: AustraliaPosts: 5116 |
Now thats a good idea Robb. I'm starting to narrow down a few IP ranges, and blocking those, but this also blocks anyone in these regions who wants to read the forums. I think your way is much smarter, write a script to track and block IP's when they are obviously just spamming the forum. I'll also write the script to unblock them a few days later. Glenn The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago, the second best time is right now. JAQ |
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| sPuDd Senior Member Joined: 10/07/2007 Location: AustraliaPosts: 251 |
 sPuDd.. It should work ...in theory |
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MacGyver Guru  Joined: 12/05/2009 Location: United StatesPosts: 1329 |
I have a hydroponics Web site (www.tengreenthumbs.com) and was hammered with the same crap. The ONLY way I could find around it was to make folks "register" before posting. Doing that cured the Viagra and Cialis crew's efforts, but it also cut down on my traffic. Seems most folks want 'instant' instant-gratification and are not willing to do anything beyond even a nominal effort before moving on. I get lots of click-throughs though! Such is life. I'll be putting up an alternative-energy Web site soon if for no other reason than to prove I'm not crazy. All the forum claims I make are true, but most of the "toys" have been long-since dismantled. I'm from the time when there was no reason to take pictures and digital cameras (or anything else digital for that matter) weren't even a twinkle of a dream yet. Everything I've told about on this forum was once a hands- on reality, though I know some don't believe. The new Web site will clear up all the nay-sayers' questions. I will offer all the stuff for free, but will also offer detailed plans, CDs and custom- made "parts" for those who don't own a lathe or mill at a nominal cost. I'm looking forward to doing it as a "retirement" job as I'm swiftly approaching that chapter in my life. First up will be a compressed-air engine / generator set that can be hand built with a screwdriver and an electric drill (this is the part where some folks might want a little hired help). Gizmo: email me from my Web site Contact and I'll share with you some other secrets my son and I used to shed the spammers. From my Web site on the presentation page, click on "It Happens", you'll see what I mean. Nothing difficult is ever easy! Perhaps better stated in the words of Morgan Freeman, "Where there is no struggle, there is no progress!" Copeville, Texas |
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mobiper Newbie  Joined: 12/11/2010 Location: United StatesPosts: 1 |
China became a now great in manufacturing mobile and it cover whole world for specially china mobile.Really now a days the site has been hammered by a couple of IP's originating in China. Electronics Wholesale|China Mobile Phones |
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| VK4AYQ Guru Joined: 02/12/2009 Location: AustraliaPosts: 2539 |
Yoy their back, need some more firewall Glen. All the best Bob Foolin Around |
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| domwild Guru Joined: 16/12/2005 Location: AustraliaPosts: 873 |
Spudd, Great banstick wielder! Is that your alter ego? Taxation as a means of achieving prosperity is like a man standing inside a bucket trying to lift himself up. Winston Churchill |
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mikel19 Newbie Joined: 26/12/2010 Location: United KingdomPosts: 1 |
The day will come and china will be better than japan , china electronics will be top quality , the best market in the world . Electronics Dropship |
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| Dubyagee Newbie Joined: 15/06/2007 Location: United StatesPosts: 21 |
Amazing. Shouldn't you be reporting back to your master or making toys from lead? Regards, Dubyagee |
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Downwind Guru Joined: 09/09/2009 Location: AustraliaPosts: 2333 |
A message to the spammers............... May the flees of a thousand camels infest your armpits and your chickens grow up to be emu's and kick your sh*thouse down. Wishing you a bad new year. Pete. Sometimes it just works |
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| domwild Guru Joined: 16/12/2005 Location: AustraliaPosts: 873 |
Glenn, Good to read you have set up your own "Great Firewall". It has been claimed in "The Australian", that China is conducting 10,000 cyber attacks per day; mainly espionage against oil companies, etc. May the wombs of all the hacker's women dry up! Taxation as a means of achieving prosperity is like a man standing inside a bucket trying to lift himself up. Winston Churchill |
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