httpBL

[snoopy_virtual]

Because I don't understand, I don't have such a php, what is the purpose of the link? How the HttpBl mod will understand that someone loaded that .php?

Did you install this mod?

It doesn't work properly without a honey pot.

If you didn't uploaded that file (or a similar one) to your site and didn't tell the mod in the configuration page where is the honey pot, the mod is not going to work

If you want to use this mod I will recommend you to read the tutorial I was talking about. I know it's not finished, but all the important things are there.

[lepidas]

I just uploaded the honeypot file now, now I understand that the clandestine.php is a generic name
thanx for the support

[Kindred]

when you signed up for project honeypot, they sent you a php file along with the API connection information.
You would have had to upload that php file to your server.

Additionally, you must have typed in the file name/trigger word in the project honeypot settings for this mod.

[snoopy_virtual]

I just uploaded the honeypot file now, now I understand that the clandestine.php is a generic name
thanx for the support

After uploading the file, remember you need to activate it too.

[lepidas]

All is online now, Thanx for yours time

[Nodaz]

I have been contacted by a user who is trying to register for my forum but their IP is being blocked and does not allow them to register.  I suspect httpBL    2.5.1     is the one blocking, but i have two other spam prevention mods in place

Misc Anti Spam    1.0       
Stop Spammer

IF i decide i would allow them, how do i go about doing so?

Do i need to register them manually? 

[shawnb61]

I have seen a several false positives over the years.  Yes, I add them manually when I encounter them.   

IP is far from a perfect tool to use, but it works the vast majority of the time. 

[DarkAngel612]

I have been contacted by a user who is trying to register for my forum but their IP is being blocked and does not allow them to register.  I suspect httpBL    2.5.1     is the one blocking, but i have two other spam prevention mods in place

Misc Anti Spam    1.0       
Stop Spammer

IF i decide i would allow them, how do i go about doing so?

Do i need to register them manually?

When this happens to me I click the little magnifying glass next to their names in the admin/members area...that is where they will be if they are trying to register.

Then you can see if indeed they are listed with username/ip or email. If the username is listed and the ipor email is not one of the offending ones then possibly they are alright to let in, just accept them.

Since you were contacted by them then you can also see what IP they used and then take it from there. I have only had to register them myself 2 times. It might be that the offenders spoofed the IP and/or the IP was used long enough to annoy us and then got recycled to a new user by their host.

I forgot, if you click the username it should bring up the account then you can choose to edit the items out or allow them with restrictions.

[snoopy_virtual]

@DarkAngel612: That's the process if it's the mod StopSpammer who is blocking them, but that's not clear in this case.

@shawnb61: To add them manually, first you need to know what mod is blocking them and why.

@Nodaz: If you tell me the IP of the user that has being blocked, I can tell you what mod is blocking the registration (and why) and what process you need to use.

[landyvlad]

Went to install this mod and got:

1.   Execute Modification   ./Sources/ManagePermissions.php   Test successful
*   2.   Execute Modification   ./Sources/Admin.php   Test successful
*   3.   Execute Modification   ./index.php   Test successful
*   4.   Execute Modification   ./SSI.php   Test successful
*   5.   Execute Modification   ./Themes/default/index.template.php   Test successful
*   6.   Execute Modification   ./Themes/default/Who.template.php   Test failed
   1.   Add Before   ./Themes/default/Who.template.php   Test successful
   2.   Add Before   ./Themes/default/Who.template.php   Test failed
*   7.   Execute Modification   ./Themes/default/languages/Modifications.english.php   Test successful
8.   Execute Modification   ./Themes/default/languages/Modifications.english_british.php   Skipping file
9.   Execute Modification   ./Themes/default/languages/Modifications.spanish_es.php   Skipping file
10.   Execute Modification   ./Themes/default/languages/Modifications.spanish_latin.php   Skipping file
11.   Execute Modification   ./Themes/default/languages/Modifications.english-utf8.php   Skipping file
12.   Execute Modification   ./Themes/default/languages/Modifications.english_british-utf8.php   Skipping file
13.   Execute Modification   ./Themes/default/languages/Modifications.spanish_es-utf8.php   Skipping file
14.   Execute Modification   ./Themes/default/languages/Modifications.spanish_latin-utf8.php   Skipping file
15.   Extract File   ./Sources/httpBL_Subs.php   
16.   Extract File   ./Sources/httpBL_2_Config.php   
17.   Extract File   ./Themes/default/httpBL.template.php   
18.   Extract File   ./Themes/default/css/httpBL_css.css   
19.   Extract File   ./warning.php   
20.   Extract File   ./warning_css.css   
21.   Adapt Database   install_2.php   

Should I install the add-on first, or afterwards?

I have just installed the stopspammer mod without any problem.

These are the other mods I have installed on my forum.

1.   Stop Spammer   2.3.9   
2.   SMF Links   3.0.5   
3.   SMF Post Prefix   
4.   SMF Gallery Pro   7.2.2
5.   Google Member Map   3.0   
6.   Downloads System   3.0   
7.   Like Posts   2.0.5   
8.   Sortable Packages (and Installed Time)   
9.   Automatic Attachment Rotation   3.1   
10.   EzPortal   3.1.3   
11.   Responsive Curve   
12.   Social Login   
13.   Yet Another YouTube BBCode Tag   4.1


I'd appreciate guidance on how to proceed.

Thanks

P.S. I note that the Project Honeypot website / system is 'down'for hardware upgrades currently.

[snoopy_virtual]

Should I install the add-on first, or afterwards?

It doesn't matter if you install the addon before or after the mod.

There is a small conflict between mod httpBL and Responsive Curve.

You need to have httpBL BEFORE you install Responsive Curve

But there is an easy solution:

- Uninstall Responsive Curve

- Install httpBL

- Install again Responsive Curve

This way, every thing should go smooth.

[Kindred]

or do it by hand... it's one little change.


However be aware that httpBL has been down for several weeks now.

[snoopy_virtual]

or do it by hand... it's one little change.


However be aware that httpBL has been down for several weeks now.

The server has been down for weeks?

I didn't know. I noticed today the server was down when I saw what landyvlad wrote, but I thought it was just a temporary thing,

I will try to contact them to see what's the matter.

If the server is off, this mod won't work at all.

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Edit:

"Project Honey Pot is performing database maintenance. Should be back soon.
Data Migrations are underway.
Hardware upgrades will be onsite Wednesday February 1. Updates to follow."

At least that's what they say.

[Kindred]

yeah...   a user of the bad behavior+httpbl mod noted the outage -- and noted that it's been reported on facebook etc with no response from the owners.

[snoopy_virtual]

I hope it doesn't mean they have made so much money with cloudflare they have forgotten all this started as an open source project.

But of course if they are making "Hardware upgrades" is thanks to the money they made with cloudflare. (I suppose).

[Kindred]

hmmmm....
https://www.facebook.com/Project-Honey-Pot-241276949072

Project Honey Pot
January 31 at 9:46pm ·

Data migration is underway. New servers as part of our hardware updates will be onsite tomorrow.

http://www.projecthoneypot.org/maintenance/maintenance.html

Project Honey Pot is performing database maintenance. Should be back soon.

Data Migrations are underway.

Hardware upgrades will be onsite Wednesday February 1. Updates to follow.

[landyvlad]

Reposted 1 Feb on FB  Data migration is underway. New servers as part of our hardware updates will be onsite tomorrow.

[snoopy_virtual]

Good news:

Project Honey Pot website is down, but the servers that mod httpBL uses to work are OK.

I have been checking the logs in a couple of sites where I have this mod installed and they are stopping the spammers as always. More or less 100 spammers stopped in each site a day.

I was wondering how it was possible (if their servers had been down for weeks) that I hadn't seen even one spammer in any of my forums.

Well, that's why. 

Cheers

[landyvlad]

Simply means that no new installs of this mod are possible (or rather useful) until the forum admin can make a honeypot account, for which the website needs to be up.
Hopefully that'll be soon-ish.
Cheers Snoop dog !

[snoopy_virtual]

Of course. I didn't think about that.

That means the good news are only for the people who already have this mod installed.

Sorry about that. This way of saying "It will be here tomorrow" (and keeping saying that day after day) doesn't sound too promising.

If I remember correctly, one of the admins in Project Honey Pot's website has an account in SMF. (He posted here in this thread a couple of times to help somebody). If I find out what's his username here in SMF, I will say it here so we can send him a PM to see exactly what's going on. But of course, that doesn't mean we are going to get an answer.