Comments on: Checkbox Challenge http://www.phpbbdoctor.com/blog/2007/04/14/checkbox-challenge/ Your premium source for custom modification services for phpBB Wed, 11 Jan 2012 20:39:04 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: dave.rathbun http://www.phpbbdoctor.com/blog/2007/04/14/checkbox-challenge/comment-page-1/#comment-2377 dave.rathbun Fri, 06 Jul 2007 21:09:56 +0000 http://www.phpbbdoctor.com/blog/?p=107#comment-2377 Hi, harry, sorry to hear about your bot issue. I think we all get that. You can download the preliminary version of this MOD from the <a href="http://www.phpbb.com/community/viewtopic.php?t=531774" rel="nofollow">development topic</a> at phpbb.com. I have made some improvements to the code on my own board(s) but have not written them up and updated the code that is available for download yet. The code that is there should be functional, even if it doesn't have all of the features that the final version will have. Hi, harry, sorry to hear about your bot issue. I think we all get that. You can download the preliminary version of this MOD from the development topic at phpbb.com.

I have made some improvements to the code on my own board(s) but have not written them up and updated the code that is available for download yet. The code that is there should be functional, even if it doesn’t have all of the features that the final version will have.

]]> By: harry http://www.phpbbdoctor.com/blog/2007/04/14/checkbox-challenge/comment-page-1/#comment-2376 harry Fri, 06 Jul 2007 17:18:07 +0000 http://www.phpbbdoctor.com/blog/?p=107#comment-2376 i was wondering where i can find this mod and how hard is it to install i seem to get about 8-20 spam bots aday i was wondering where i can find this mod and how hard is it to install i seem to get about 8-20 spam bots aday

]]> By: dave.rathbun http://www.phpbbdoctor.com/blog/2007/04/14/checkbox-challenge/comment-page-1/#comment-2322 dave.rathbun Wed, 18 Apr 2007 20:20:48 +0000 http://www.phpbbdoctor.com/blog/?p=107#comment-2322 I installed the MOD on two more boards. I also tweaked the log that is managed by the code, and am including the IP address used during registration as well. I installed the MOD on two more boards. I also tweaked the log that is managed by the code, and am including the IP address used during registration as well.

]]> By: dave.rathbun http://www.phpbbdoctor.com/blog/2007/04/14/checkbox-challenge/comment-page-1/#comment-2321 dave.rathbun Tue, 17 Apr 2007 15:44:57 +0000 http://www.phpbbdoctor.com/blog/?p=107#comment-2321 36 hours later, and zero spam registrations. There are two legitimate registrations (folks I asked to come test) and every other registration failed to click the proper checkbox and was rejected. This is looking quite promising. 36 hours later, and zero spam registrations. There are two legitimate registrations (folks I asked to come test) and every other registration failed to click the proper checkbox and was rejected.

This is looking quite promising.

]]> By: dave.rathbun http://www.phpbbdoctor.com/blog/2007/04/14/checkbox-challenge/comment-page-1/#comment-2320 dave.rathbun Mon, 16 Apr 2007 00:47:53 +0000 http://www.phpbbdoctor.com/blog/?p=107#comment-2320 So far it looks good, thanks for the words of encouragement. :-) I installed the Checkbox Challenge MOD on one of my boards that gets essentially nothing but spam registrations, and an average of about 5 a day at that. Since I installed it, nothing. I wish I had thought of this yesterday... but I didn't... today I altered the code so that it would log rejected attempts otherwise I don't know that anything is happening. :lol: As of about noon today when I added the log code I have rejected about one spambot registration every hour. I also removed <strong>all</strong> of the banned emails during the testing... I want to let them all come and see if they can make it through. I plan to put it on another board tonight, and I have permission to add it to a third board that I host (that is owned by someone else) as well. So far so good. :-) So far it looks good, thanks for the words of encouragement. :-) I installed the Checkbox Challenge MOD on one of my boards that gets essentially nothing but spam registrations, and an average of about 5 a day at that. Since I installed it, nothing. I wish I had thought of this yesterday… but I didn’t… today I altered the code so that it would log rejected attempts otherwise I don’t know that anything is happening. :lol: As of about noon today when I added the log code I have rejected about one spambot registration every hour.

I also removed all of the banned emails during the testing… I want to let them all come and see if they can make it through. I plan to put it on another board tonight, and I have permission to add it to a third board that I host (that is owned by someone else) as well.

So far so good. :-)

]]> By: eviL3 http://www.phpbbdoctor.com/blog/2007/04/14/checkbox-challenge/comment-page-1/#comment-2319 eviL3 Sun, 15 Apr 2007 13:51:15 +0000 http://www.phpbbdoctor.com/blog/?p=107#comment-2319 Great idea there, i hope you have the same success with phpBB as you've had with blocking spam from this blog :) Great idea there, i hope you have the same success with phpBB as you’ve had with blocking spam from this blog :)

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