Web Wiz Support and Community Forums : blocking IP Range question https://forums.webwiz.net/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Sun, 12 Apr 2026 20:54:58 +0000 Mon, 28 Mar 2005 21:45:51 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.08 360 https://forums.webwiz.net/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=14461 <![CDATA[Web Wiz Support and Community Forums]]> https://forums.webwiz.net/forum_images/web_wiz_forums.png https://forums.webwiz.net/ <![CDATA[blocking IP Range question : As I&#039;ve posted in other threads...]]> https://forums.webwiz.net/blocking-ip-range-question_topic14461_post80024.html#80024 Author: xeerex
Subject: 14461
Posted: 28 March 2005 at 9:45pm

As I've posted in other threads on this same topic:

The truth is that there is no way to 100% block a user from a forum unless on a publicly accessible forum.

  • If you block the IP address, then most likely the user is on adynamic IP which will change, or the user can just come in through aproxy server.
  • If you ban the IP range, then you will most likely penalize otherusers on that network, and the "bad" user can again come in throughanother network or through a proxy.
  • If you ban the email address, then the user can just use another email address.
  • If you ban the email domain, the user can just get another.
  • If you ban the username, then the user will just create another one.
The best hope is to simply ban the users email, deactivate theusername, and hope he/she eventually tires of the game. Anothersuggestion is to allow new users to enter a group that has limitedrights and ladder them to the next, or manually elevate their rights.However, this has the cost of additional overhead on your part.

You could also setup the forum where admins have to manually activatemembers, but again there is the additional overhead in administration.

http://forums.webwiz.net/search.asp?KW=block&SM=1&SI=PT&FM=1&OB=1

http://forums.webwiz.net/search.asp?KW=ban&SM=1&SI=PT&FM=1&OB=1

http://forums.webwiz.net/search.asp?KW=range&SM=1&SI=PT&FM=1&OB=1


]]> Mon, 28 Mar 2005 21:45:51 +0000 https://forums.webwiz.net/blocking-ip-range-question_topic14461_post80024.html#80024 <![CDATA[blocking IP Range question : I have a number of users who...]]> https://forums.webwiz.net/blocking-ip-range-question_topic14461_post80006.html#80006 Author: WebG
Subject: 14461
Posted: 28 March 2005 at 3:58pm

 
I have a number of users who are using any number of the dozens of free email account domains available from MAIL.COM.
 
First, has this been an issue for others, and if so, what's the easiest/fastest way to add all those dozens of domains to the 'banned email domain' table?
 
Also, I've started to see some users with 10.x.x.x IP addresses in their posts.  Is this what programs such as Norton Internet Security do to 'hide' a user's IP from appearing?  If so, should I just add 10.0.0.0 as a blocked range to prevent 'hidden' folks from showing up?
 
What are you guys doing to best verify your users?  (currently using modified v7.9)
 
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