[GentsBabe]

Is it possible to ban an IP addy from signing guestbook in Geocities?

I've been getting dozens of porn spams in my guestbook per day for the past week . As my site is an all ages accessible site, I'd like this stopped. I've had this site for several years now and never even got this much spam during that whole time put together as I have had lately

I'm assuming that the offensive spammer is one and the same. How do I find out what their IP addy is and how can I block it? Would I be able to log all IP addy's as well?

I've tried to find this out surfing the net, but I'm not sure what I'm looking for, nor do I think I'd know it if I found it. I've no experience in this at all, so I guess you may have to explain it to me like I'm an idiot

Please help

[namenotfound]

In a .htaccess file add the following:

order allow,deny
deny from ADD_THE_IP_HERE
allow from all

Make sure you add the IP where it's bold

You can get his IP from the raw access logs (if geocities even has those available)

[cwwozniak]

Originally Posted by namenotfound

In a .htaccess file add the following

That may not work on Geocities ...

http://www.webmasterworld.com/forum21/7527.htm

.htaccess doesnt work with geocities because they dont accept anyfiles starting with a "."

[GentsBabe]

Geo doesn't have raw access logs. It says it does, but it's not available on the free or paid versions.

I've considered using a non Geo guestbook where I can log IP's, etc. I did find one that I like, but I don't know what to do with it?!?! There's no ReadMe file to explain, I don't know if it'll even work with Geo and it says it's easy to use

It's called "Tecnixindo's Guest Book 1" and I got it from Download.com

The files are all .php, but what do I do with them, just upload the whole thing to my site? Gah, I feel dumb, I can't figure this out.

*bangs head against wall*

[MMJ]

Glad I've never used geo cities.

[namenotfound]

Originally Posted by GentsBabe

Geo doesn't have raw access logs. It says it does, but it's not available on the free or paid versions.

I've considered using a non Geo guestbook where I can log IP's, etc. I did find one that I like, but I don't know what to do with it?!?! There's no ReadMe file to explain, I don't know if it'll even work with Geo and it says it's easy to use

It's called "Tecnixindo's Guest Book 1" and I got it from Download.com

The files are all .php, but what do I do with them, just upload the whole thing to my site? Gah, I feel dumb, I can't figure this out.

*bangs head against wall*

Well Geocities doesn't support PHP.
So if all the files are .php then you'll have to set it up on a different site and embed it into the Geocities site with an <iframe> or <object> (<iframe> is better supported by more browsers)

Besides PHP you'll also need a MySQL database to work that guestbook.

[GentsBabe]

Thanks for all your replies

The only other place I have a website at is MSN and as far as I can tell, it doesn't support PHP either.

I've tries surfing around for another guestbook, but no luck. Geo either doesn't support the one's I've found, or they don't have the options for banning that I would like.

I did actually delete all links to my guestbook and I've still gotten 60+ spam I've no idea how to embed or do iframes, so I guess I'm going to end up deleting my guestbook for a while and see what happens after a week or so.

Thanks again everyone

[namenotfound]

To do an iframe:

<iframe src="http://your-guestbook-url-here.com" width="400" height="600"></iframe>

[sardaukar]

Onwe more question about IP ban.
I want to block all trafic to my site from China,Japan,Taiwan and alike (thanks to the hacker/s from these countries). In my site Cpanel, I entered the following in the "IP deny manager":
deny from 58.
deny from 59.
deny from 60.
deny from 61.

and more IPs like these.
The question is: would this work if user from 61.123.456 wants to access my site?
please don't offer to install ANY software - i want to manage all in IP deny manager.
Thanks

[Squashman]

Originally Posted by sardaukar

Onwe more question about IP ban.
I want to block all trafic to my site from China,Japan,Taiwan and alike (thanks to the hacker/s from these countries). In my site Cpanel, I entered the following in the "IP deny manager":
deny from 58.
deny from 59.
deny from 60.
deny from 61.

and more IPs like these.
The question is: would this work if user from 61.123.456 wants to access my site?
please don't offer to install ANY software - i want to manage all in IP deny manager.
Thanks

Rocket Science would probably tell me no. You would think they could also have an Allow feature for certain IP's. But like they have stated above, if your website is hosted on Apache and supports .htaccess files, you can allow and deny IP's in an .htacccess file. No software to install, just a simple file named .htaccess.

[Squashman]

Originally Posted by cwwozniak

That may not work on Geocities ...

http://www.webmasterworld.com/forum21/7527.htm

Does Geocities support SSI. You could do it in a javascript if they do.

[namenotfound]

Originally Posted by Squashman

Does Geocities support SSI. You could do it in a javascript if they do.

People could disable Javascript, making it useless

[Squashman]

Originally Posted by namenotfound

People could disable Javascript, making it useless

Yeah! but some script kiddies aren't that smart. They always forget the easy stuff.

[sardaukar]

And if I enter this "deny from 58.; deny from 59...." in my htaccess file - would user from ANY adress in this zone able to access my site?

[cwwozniak]

Originally Posted by sardaukar

And if I enter this "deny from 58.; deny from 59...." in my htaccess file - would user from ANY adress in this zone able to access my site?

I just tested this in cPanel on our hosting service. I went into the IP Deny Manager and added 61. as the only entry in the list. I then looked at the top level .htaccess file for the web site. It contained deny from 61. as an entry.

According to the cPanel documentation, this should block access from all IP addresses starting with 61.

This "APNIC resource ranges" list should let you block the entire Asia Pacific area (unless they are going through a proxy that is not in the banned range):
http://www.apnic.net/db/ranges.html#ranges