How to ban IP addresses?

[Mercury]

Question 1: I would like to ban this IP address: 91.201.66.73 I have added this IP to the field in main configuration but the IP still appears in session list even after deleting all sessions.

Question 2: What if anything should I place between each IP in that field in main configuration? Should I put space, comma, or a comma followed by a space?

Question 3: Is there any limit to the number of IP I can put in that field?

Thank you for your help.

[Thorsten]

Hi,
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Question 1: I would like to ban this IP address: 91.201.66.73 I have added this IP to the field in main configuration but the IP still appears in session list even after deleting all sessions.

The IP ban is currently only used for preventing an IP to add content. I could add the IP ban to the session tracking, too. Would you suggest it?

Question 2: What if anything should I place between each IP in that field in main configuration? Should I put space, comma, or a comma followed by a space?

Please put a space between the IPs.

Question 3: Is there any limit to the number of IP I can put in that field?

yes, 255 characters currently.

bye
Thorsten

[Mercury]

The IP ban is currently only used for preventing an IP to add content.

Useful but not what I wanted.

I could add the IP ban to the session tracking, too. Would you suggest it?

Most definitely. If you want to know why I want to ban that IP then do a Scroogle search for it (I don’t use Go0gle, it’s evil).

Please put a space between the IPs.

OK

Question 3: Is there any limit to the number of IP I can put in that field?

yes, 255 characters currently.

My rough calculation suggests that a limit of 255 characters = 15 IP max (including spaces).

[Thorsten]

Hi,

this should add the IP ban for sessions as well:

https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/co ... 5feea2ef10

bye
Thorsten

[Mercury]

I assume I should copy the contents of the code and save as “Session.php” in the “inc” directory.

That is very impress Thorsten. I will give it a try and let you know how it works.

[Thorsten]

Hi,

you can use this file version of inc/Session.php: https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/bl ... ession.php

bye
Thorsten

[Mercury]

I’m confused, what is the difference and which one do I use in 2.5.4 (I haven’t upgraded yet)

[Thorsten]

Hi,

ah, okay... you can use the function function userTracking() from above in your 2.5.4 based version. I checked the code base.

bye
Thorsten

[Mercury]

ah, okay... you can use the function function userTracking() from above in your 2.5.4 based version. I checked the code base.

I don't have a clue about what you just said. I used the search in my browser to find userTracking but that didn't enlighten me. If you are suggesting that I modify that file then I wouldn't know where to begin.

[Thorsten]

Hi,

I added the patch to 2.5.x, you can grab the file here:

https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/bl ... ession.php

bye
Thorsten

[Mercury]

Thanks, I'll try it after I eat my lunch.

This isn't mission critical so don't feel like you have to wait around here.

[Thorsten]

Hi,

I don't wait. I'll leave now for cooking dinner.

bye
Thorsten

[Mercury]

I never saw a download link for https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/bl ... ession.php so I copied and pasted the text into a text editor and saved it that way. Then I uploaded Session.php

To test I used two PC. Each PC had it’s own Internet connection and IP address. I used one to enter an IP in “Ban these IPs”. Then I visited the site with the banned IP but no joy. I visited several times as the banned IP but still no joy. I even forced a reload in the browser.

Any ideas why this didn’t work? Did I do something wrong? This seems simple enough to test so I think I got that part right.

[knubew]

Hi,

you can use this file version of inc/Session.php: https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/bl ... ession.php

bye
Thorsten

Hallo Thorsten,

ich habe ebenfalls das Problem, dass eine bestimmte IP (67.195.115.57 / Yahoo! Slurp) jeden Tag mehrere tausend Session-Einträge in den Benutzer-Sessions hinterlässt. Auch die neue Datei "Session.php" hilft da leider nicht, obgleich ich die IP im Admin-Interface gebannt habe. Auch der "Yahoo! Slurp" Eintrag in der "/config/constants.php" scheint gründsätzlich nicht zu helfen.

Die Detail-Session Einträge sehen dann wie folgt aus:

2010-12-31 00:14:26 old_session (1078879)
Referer:
Browser: Mozilla/5.0 (compatible, Yahoo! Slurp, http://help.yahoo.com/help/us/ysearch/slurp)
IP-Adresse: 67.195.115.57

Es wäre toll, wenn es dafür eine Lösung gäbe.

Guten Rutsch !
Knut

[Mercury]

Hi knubew,
That bot really does belongs to Yahoo. This might help you: How to Reduce the Number of Requests the Search Crawler Makes on Your Site

As I don’t speak German I used a translator to read your post.