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net-carver · 2007-11-29 09:52:23

If anyone’s interested, here’s a huge .htaccess example

colak · 2007-11-29 09:59:10

net-carver wrote:

Just wondering if there is scope for a referer-spam blocking TxP plugin (if there isn’t one already.)

I think that there was a request/wish like that before and I seem to remember that it was pulled back because of the complexity (or possibly its impossibility). Checking google with “block referrers with php” returns no results…

net-carver · 2007-11-29 10:15:13

colak

Here is an example php referer trap. Scroll past the .htaccess rewrite rules to see it.

That code’s meant to go on a custom 403 page to tarpit the referer. Not tried this yet.

zero · 2007-11-29 12:48:35

From my experience, if you ignore it, it will go away.

I’ve found that the higher the Page Rank, the more attempts there are to leave comment spam. When they discover it’s not working, they swamp me with referrer spam. As long as I don’t click on any of those, it goes away in a few days. After that I get infrequent attempts at comment or referrer spam.

I have one PR5 site that I only upgraded to 4.0.5 last week and had a fresh set of attacks but it is declining back to normal levels now – ie under 10 a day.

net-carver · 2007-11-29 13:14:19

zero

Thanks for the feedback. I’ve put some blocks on certain referers now anyway.

colak · 2007-11-29 15:02:34

net-carver wrote:

Here is an example php referer trap. Scroll past the .htaccess rewrite rules to see it.

That code’s meant to go on a custom 403 page to tarpit the referer. Not tried this yet.

What the example seems to be doing is that it just slows down the redirection page (403.php). Basically the php is just there for annoyance rather than blocking. Further google search revealed at least one possible php solution.

net-carver · 2007-11-29 18:16:21

All

I’ve got a first-cut TXP referer checking plugin working on my local setup, just for those folks who don’t like messing with their .htaccess settings. Needs some more work but it’s late here now.

colak wrote:

What the example seems to be doing is that it just slows down the redirection page (403.php)

Yes, that’s right. It’s a “tarpit” — meant to slow the spam referer down (if they bother waiting for the response at all.)

Further google search revealed at least one possible php solution.

Thanks, that looks interesting.

colak · 2007-11-30 05:47:08

net-carver wrote:

I’ve got a first-cut TXP referer checking plugin working on my local setup, just for those folks who don’t like messing with their .htaccess settings.

yummy!!!!

obeewan · 2008-01-02 11:51:38

I stumbled across another htaccess list. Probably outdated but …

I would love seing that plugin too!

Bloke · 2008-01-02 12:01:09

Any more progress on this btw, Steve? I made some tentative PHP stabbings at an smd_honeybot plugin about six months ago which was supposed to attract bots to bogus URLs and keep them occupied, lowering the impact on the server and keeping them off real pages.

Trouble is — as with 90% of my code — it never got past, well, what comes before Alpha? :-p Think I’ll leave something that big to the professionals like yourself!

Last edited by Bloke (2008-01-02 12:01:28)

obeewan · 2008-01-02 12:14:55

Before alpha comes the big void :D.

net-carver · 2008-01-02 12:33:50

obeewan

get in contact via my website and I’ll send you what I have.

Bloke

I’ll email you shortly.

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