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General Airsoft Arizona => Site Suggestions => Topic started by: Kileyhaz on June 10, 2009, 09:52:32 AM

Title: Anti Bot Mod
Post by: Kileyhaz on June 10, 2009, 09:52:32 AM
Looks like we have a uprising of porn bots now that the mail is working again and activations are taking place.  Here is the mod I used on the TAC boards to 'thin the herd':

http://www.phpbb.com/community/viewtopi ... 9&t=645075 (http://www.phpbb.com/community/viewtopic.php?f=69&t=645075)

Basically its a set of xml instructions that have you create a control panel module in the admin tools that creates a questions and answer box in the registration.  Since scripts rely on the activation form being the basic stock activation form this will trip them up.  Paco or another administrator with access to the phpbb install and rights to edit files will need to apply the fix.  It takes about 10 minutes to complete but will save countless hours in moderating time getting rid of the garbage these things are posting.
Title: Re: Anti Bot Mod
Post by: XavierMace on June 10, 2009, 02:08:13 PM
Or just require admin approval for new accounts.  That would solve the problem as well.
Title: Re: Anti Bot Mod
Post by: deathbydanish on June 10, 2009, 11:07:36 PM
Quote from: "XavierMace"
Or just require admin approval for new accounts.  That would solve the problem as well.

I like that idea because that would help regulate what kind of users we get. But I have a feeling that's not really what the admin wants. If airsoft were much smaller we could probably get away with a cloak and dagger kind of community, but that isn't the case.
Title: Re: Anti Bot Mod
Post by: XavierMace on June 11, 2009, 12:17:16 AM
It would take roughly 2 minutes to approve a user.  I can't say I've really checked what our new user sign up rate is, but divided by the number of people we have with mod privs, it really wouldn't be some horrible burden.  Just my thoughts anyways.
Title: Re: Anti Bot Mod
Post by: Ac9891 on June 11, 2009, 04:32:54 PM
Yes i would love this <3
Title: Re: Anti Bot Mod
Post by: Admin on June 11, 2009, 08:30:24 PM
Should be taken care of now.

CAPTCHA has been made much more difficult for bots to recognize now.