Topic: How to block ip when visiting /register ? [SPAM]

How to block ip when visiting /register ? [SPAM]

modemlooper
Moderator

@modemlooper

14 years ago

Over 50% of the traffic to my BP sites are from bots accessing /register when I’ve changed the slug to create-account. This is causing over charges on my hosting. What’s the best way to set up a system where anyone who visits that URL is automatically block by ip?

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Pisanojm
Participant

@pisanojm

14 years ago

@modemlooper great idea… I look forward to seeing what the think tank here comes up with.

modemlooper
Moderator

@modemlooper

14 years ago

For the time being I used this in .htaccess. Would like a way to auto ban.

Redirect /register http://www.google.com

@mercime
Participant

@mercime

14 years ago

Have you checked out any of these?
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/stop-spammer-registrations-plugin/
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/ttc-user-registration-bot-detector/
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/ttc-wordpress-security-plugin/

modemlooper
Moderator

@modemlooper

14 years ago

The real issue is bots know the URL because its standard and will not help the hundreds of hits per hour wasting resources. It’s not a matter of blocking sign ups it’s blocking server hits.

Hugo Ashmore
Participant

@hnla

14 years ago

And do any of these bots respect and observe robots.txt file? in which case id them from your server stats and block that url although that should be blocked already really.

You could go the Apache Allow/Deny directive in .htaccess?

modemlooper
Moderator

@modemlooper

14 years ago

Need a solution that blocks any ip that reaches URL/register The only visits to this URL are spam bots trying to sign up.

Stacy (non coder)
Participant

@functionmunchkin

14 years ago

https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/ip-allowed-list/

https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/restricted-site-access/

https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/tz-host-blocker/

@mercime
Participant

@mercime

14 years ago

@functionmunchkin nice ones, didn’t notice them before .

teebes
Participant

@teebes

14 years ago

@modemlooper Check out this guy’s post regarding a blackhole setup for search bots that don’t respect robots.txt: http://perishablepress.com/press/2010/07/14/blackhole-bad-bots/ Could easily be modified to to do what your talking about regarding the default register slug.