A stiffer Proxy Blocker

BobMarion · Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2004 8:39 am

When coding the Proxy Blocker I made it mild since I didn't have that list of proxies to test it with. Anyway follow the instructions below to increase it's effectiveness.

Open includes/sentinel.php and find:

Code:

// Proxy Blocker
$proxy1 = get_client_ip();
$proxy2 = get_x_forwarded();
if($ab_config['allow_proxy'] == 1 AND ($proxy1 != "none" OR $proxy2 != "none")) {
$proxy_reason = stripslashes($ab_config['proxy_reason']);
die($proxy_reason);
}

Now replace that with:

Code:

// Proxy Blocker
$proxy0 = get_ip();
$proxy1 = get_client_ip();
$proxy2 = get_x_forwarded();
$proxy_host = @getHostByAddr($proxy0);
if($ab_config['allow_proxy'] == 1 AND ($proxy1 != "none" OR $proxy2 != "none" OR stristr($proxy_host,"proxy") OR $proxy0 == $proxy_host)) {
$proxy_reason = stripslashes($ab_config['proxy_reason']);
die($proxy_reason);
}

This is a much stiffer proxy check and should catch most but not everyone since it's hard to catch everything.

Muffin · Client Joined: Apr 10, 2004 Posts: 649 Location: UK

I've had to turn this option off on my site, it wouldnt let any of my regulars on. I guess we must all use proxies.

Is there any way we can allow some and not others?