whitehawk43 Posted December 9, 2008 Share Posted December 9, 2008 I have IP Banning set up on my site and all works good ..... My ? is how to tell what is a ip that should be banned or not ........ Any info or where I might find more on this wouold be great .......... Ben Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jax2 Posted December 9, 2008 Share Posted December 9, 2008 I'm not sure how to answer your question completely, but one thing I would like to point out, some IP banning will also ban others who share part of that IP... I don't know if this happens with oscommerce or not, but it has on other scripts I have used. People in the general area of the person I had banned wrote and said they'd been banned when it wasn't supposed to be them in the first place. I'd also like to know myself if osc does this before I try banning anyone for anything. Not that I expect to have to mind you. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burt Posted December 9, 2008 Share Posted December 9, 2008 IP Banning is completely useless, unless you know exactly what an individual IP address is doing in/to your site. So how are you tracking IP actions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
♥FWR Media Posted December 9, 2008 Share Posted December 9, 2008 And even if you did know most people are on dynamic ips anyway. Even if it's an attacking server it will have more than one ip to attack you with. If its an hacker outfit they could have an endless number. IP banning in my opinion works ok for recognised attacks .. short term .. but even then I set the system to free the ip after x days or it just clogs up the server. Ultimate SEO Urls 5 PRO - Multi Language Modern, Powerful SEO Urls KissMT Dynamic SEO Meta & Canonical Header Tags KissER Error Handling and Debugging KissIT Image Thumbnailer Security Pro - Querystring protection against hackers ( a KISS contribution ) If you found my post useful please click the "Like This" button to the right. Please only PM me for paid work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitehawk43 Posted December 10, 2008 Author Share Posted December 10, 2008 IP Banning is completely useless, unless you know exactly what an individual IP address is doing in/to your site. So how are you tracking IP actions? Well frist I guess I should of said I was using a ip trap...... and this is what it does ........ works by setting a trap for bad robots, and snoopers. They follow a link supplied in the Robots.txt (cutomers will not see it) when they enter the folder they are automatically sent to a banned page, thier IP number is added to a file if they ever come back to your store then the software recongises then and all they see is the banned page. you get an email each time someone is banned Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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