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2011-01-26T19:06:44 *** ChanServ sets mode: +o amstan_ 2011-01-26T19:15:44 *** medrimonia1 has quit IRC (Quit: Leaving.) 2011-01-26T19:15:51 *** medrimonia has joined #aichallenge 2011-01-26T19:53:13 *** Mathnerd314 has quit IRC (Ping timeout: 246 seconds) 2011-01-26T19:59:42 *** asdf_ has joined #aichallenge 2011-01-26T20:02:55 *** amstan_ has quit IRC (Ping timeout: 240 seconds) 2011-01-26T20:42:35 amstan you around yet? 2011-01-26T20:42:42 ya? 2011-01-26T20:47:46 Prillicy: ping 2011-01-26T20:51:50 *** antimatroid1 has joined #aichallenge 2011-01-26T20:53:35 *** greghaynes has quit IRC (Ping timeout: 240 seconds) 2011-01-26T20:53:40 amstan I have a working spammer killer 2011-01-26T20:53:45 *** antimatroid has quit IRC (Ping timeout: 272 seconds) 2011-01-26T20:53:48 *** dlila has joined #aichallenge 2011-01-26T20:53:52 Prillicy: how easy is it to implement? 2011-01-26T20:54:01 copy paste 2011-01-26T20:54:10 i really don't feel like editing phpbb files 2011-01-26T20:54:20 i'm completelly dissapoint at the way phpbb does mods 2011-01-26T20:54:28 I don't like mods 2011-01-26T20:54:32 I built this myself 2011-01-26T20:54:39 so.. it is a mod, lol 2011-01-26T20:55:03 it doesn't follow phpbb standards, not that that's necessarily a good thing 2011-01-26T20:55:17 I tried their anti-spammer mods which were huge and didn't work 2011-01-26T20:55:22 mine's 20-ish lines 2011-01-26T20:55:30 what does it do? 2011-01-26T20:56:03 it checks the user's username, ip and email against stopforumspam.com 2011-01-26T20:56:08 *** delt0r___ has joined #aichallenge 2011-01-26T20:56:15 if they match it bans and deletes them, deleting all their posts 2011-01-26T20:56:23 it does this immediately after registration 2011-01-26T20:56:35 bans? can it delete them? 2011-01-26T20:56:36 of course, you could put it anywhere in the phpbb files, but that's where I put it 2011-01-26T20:56:44 yes 2011-01-26T20:56:47 one line of code bans 2011-01-26T20:56:51 one line of code deletes 2011-01-26T20:57:03 that's been my policy.. just delete their accounts, no reason to keep them 2011-01-26T20:57:13 so.. how much do i have to edit, how many new files? 2011-01-26T20:57:15 *** delt0r_ has quit IRC (Ping timeout: 240 seconds) 2011-01-26T20:57:18 if you don't want to ban, that's fine 2011-01-26T20:57:18 like.. do you have a github of this? 2011-01-26T20:57:19 no new files 2011-01-26T20:57:31 you open up one file 2011-01-26T20:57:33 and find a line 2011-01-26T20:57:40 and right before it, you paste this 2011-01-26T20:57:43 *** greghaynes has joined #aichallenge 2011-01-26T20:57:43 then you're done 2011-01-26T20:57:47 save and close 2011-01-26T20:57:47 ok.. decent 2011-01-26T20:58:03 can i have some documentation about this? 2011-01-26T20:58:06 I'm a profenssional developer 2011-01-26T20:58:24 what docs do you want? 2011-01-26T20:59:05 Prillicy: well.. some more docs about your mod.. like. the actual diff 2011-01-26T20:59:09 and where to put it 2011-01-26T20:59:25 and i want it somewhere permanent, so i can do this again in case i update and replace the files 2011-01-26T20:59:31 sure, how do you want me to send it to you? pm? 2011-01-26T20:59:31 i do not trust that update method phpbb has 2011-01-26T20:59:41 yeah, or like.. gist.github.org 2011-01-26T20:59:44 and tell contestbot about it 2011-01-26T20:59:54 I could pastebin it? 2011-01-26T21:00:33 sure, but how long will that stay there? 2011-01-26T21:00:59 I could make it permanent, but I'm not a fan of permanent pastebins 2011-01-26T21:01:18 that's why i suggested github, they're pretty permanent, but you can also delete them 2011-01-26T21:01:36 I've never been to github except from a link at your site tbh 2011-01-26T21:01:52 ok.. nvm 2011-01-26T21:01:58 just pastebin it, keep it permanent though 2011-01-26T21:01:59 I like pastebin because it can show the difference 2011-01-26T21:02:02 k 2011-01-26T21:02:17 gists are git repos, you can actually clone them and see all the diffs of all the ppl who made them 2011-01-26T21:02:19 and when 2011-01-26T21:02:21 and so on 2011-01-26T21:02:26 hmm 2011-01-26T21:02:35 I'll look into github 2011-01-26T21:08:50 I have an auto-block on chinese and russian emails in here, do you want me to remove that for you? 2011-01-26T21:09:02 .cn and .ru 2011-01-26T21:10:44 seeing as russia is the country with the second most visits to the site that would probably be a good idea 2011-01-26T21:11:07 I figured, just wanted to make sure, real people have a gmail 2011-01-26T21:14:54 amstan: the code: http://pastebin.com/vAJkk2E8 the file it goes in is in your phpbb directory, in includes/ucp the file is called ucp_register.php 2011-01-26T21:15:19 it goes before the line $message = $message . '

' . sprintf($user->lang['RETURN_INDEX'], '', ''); 2011-01-26T21:15:37 the text of the whole file is here: http://pastebin.com/g63JPL3f 2011-01-26T21:15:44 all the spammer has to do is to make their username something random 2011-01-26T21:15:46 like.. 2011-01-26T21:15:58 "&ip=0.0.0.0" 2011-01-26T21:16:35 believe me, it hasn't been stopped yet 2011-01-26T21:16:52 but I could add a safe characters check 2011-01-26T21:17:04 *** chris__0076 is now known as chris_0076 2011-01-26T21:17:06 seems unnecessary given the restrictions already in place on usernames & emails 2011-01-26T21:18:36 ok, decent 2011-01-26T21:18:39 how effective is it? 2011-01-26T21:19:47 I've caught all but 1 so far, and that's because the 1 wasn't on stopforumspam yet, so I submitted him and deleted him 2011-01-26T21:19:55 btw, if you're concerned, add this http://php.net/manual/en/function.urlencode.php 2011-01-26T21:20:41 Prillicy: can you be more specific where it's supposed to be added? like. that line might change in future versions\ 2011-01-26T21:20:50 I'm doing that 2011-01-26T21:21:31 https://gist.github.com/797936 2011-01-26T21:21:53 @learn forumspam as https://gist.github.com/797936 2011-01-26T21:21:53 amstan: Aye, aye, sir 2011-01-26T21:23:48 Prillicy: why is your change full of spaces when the phpbb source is tabs? 2011-01-26T21:24:21 it's tabs 2011-01-26T21:24:25 stupid pastebin 2011-01-26T21:24:49 joined github for ya 2011-01-26T21:25:13 that line may change, yes, but the premise is pretty basic. call it after a user finishes registering 2011-01-26T21:25:30 I put it there because some other spam protection script put their stuff there 2011-01-26T21:28:00 did you get it set up? 2011-01-26T21:28:59 Prillicy: yeah, wanna help me test? 2011-01-26T21:29:09 just make a new user 2011-01-26T21:29:11 i'll prune it.. 2011-01-26T21:29:20 ok 2011-01-26T21:30:53 now who was that guy who didn't want his account deleted 2011-01-26T21:30:54 lol 2011-01-26T21:31:46 registered and activated 2011-01-26T21:32:02 dr-, i don't see him 2011-01-26T21:32:20 dr`away: ping... 2011-01-26T21:32:26 dr`away: i'm not sure what forum account you have 2011-01-26T21:33:14 you can delete my account now 2011-01-26T21:33:22 yeah, i have a ton more to delete 2011-01-26T21:33:28 i'll just delete all with 0 posts 2011-01-26T21:33:36 heh 2011-01-26T21:33:41 but dr is one that is shy and doesn't talk 2011-01-26T21:33:43 by the way, you're welcome 2011-01-26T21:33:45 ;) 2011-01-26T21:33:45 so he has 0 as well 2011-01-26T21:33:50 Prillicy: thanks 2011-01-26T21:34:03 that's what we do. Open source has to stick together 2011-01-26T21:34:08 but i still have to see this working, i have been decieved before, lol 2011-01-26T21:34:18 recaptcha has failed me 2011-01-26T21:34:24 you won't see it working 2011-01-26T21:34:29 it doesn't log users it gets rid of 2011-01-26T21:34:43 my submissions to stopforumspam.com is how I track them 2011-01-26T21:34:56 I have over a hundred, that's more users than my whole board 2011-01-26T21:35:21 well.. 2011-01-26T21:35:40 as long as legit users can register and forum spammers can't(therefore no spam) 2011-01-26T21:35:43 it's all good 2011-01-26T21:35:51 I registered just fine 2011-01-26T21:35:52 so legit can 2011-01-26T21:35:53 Prillicy: can't an entry be added to the forum log actually? 2011-01-26T21:36:00 when a spammer is found? 2011-01-26T21:36:09 I don't know phpbb's logging mechanism 2011-01-26T21:36:16 that could be added 2011-01-26T21:36:18 dr`away: yeah.. so i'm deleting all accounts with 0 again 2011-01-26T21:36:26 dr`away: i have no idea which one is yours, sorry 2011-01-26T21:36:29 I just didn't...took me long enough to figure out user_ban and user_delete 2011-01-26T21:38:13 Prillicy: would be a cool addition 2011-01-26T21:38:22 Prillicy: this should be integrated into phpbb 2011-01-26T21:38:33 I'll go ask on their channel what the function is 2011-01-26T21:39:11 Prillicy: does your user exist anymore? 2011-01-26T21:39:46 yup 2011-01-26T21:39:47 all good 2011-01-26T21:39:57 you deleted the new account 2011-01-26T21:40:02 decent 2011-01-26T21:40:15 forum finally reopened, thanks to you 2011-01-26T21:40:22 well.. wasn't closed.. and it might be closed again 2011-01-26T21:41:30 happy to help...actually surprised no one else did it, after all, we're all programmers here 2011-01-26T21:42:50 it seems kinda inactive in here, we lack a good leader 2011-01-26T21:43:00 so people are kinda losing interest 2011-01-26T21:43:09 I can lead ;) 2011-01-26T21:43:18 j/k 2011-01-26T21:43:44 and it's sad too, such cool ideas 2011-01-26T21:44:02 ? 2011-01-26T21:44:14 oh.. any idea what happens if stopforumspam gets a false positive? 2011-01-26T21:44:29 like.. the poor guy will get all his emails, ips and names marked as spam 2011-01-26T21:44:41 unless he changes all of them at once 2011-01-26T21:45:36 you can of course create his account for him in an absolute worst case 2011-01-26T21:45:47 but users submit people to stopforumspam 2011-01-26T21:45:55 I did myself by accident while testing 2011-01-26T21:46:10 the way to fix it is to ask the user who submitted you to take you off his list 2011-01-26T21:46:15 it's a quick delete button 2011-01-26T21:46:20 and if it's real bad 2011-01-26T21:46:29 you can ask stopforumspam's management to remove you 2011-01-26T21:46:53 yeah, but.. hold on 2011-01-26T21:47:02 @forumspam 2011-01-26T21:47:03 amstan: forumspam = https://gist.github.com/797936 2011-01-26T21:47:14 Prillicy: oh.. right, i'm using your api key now 2011-01-26T21:47:37 crap 2011-01-26T21:47:40 get that off there 2011-01-26T21:47:45 I commented it out in the pastebin 2011-01-26T21:47:47 didn't I? 2011-01-26T21:47:50 * Prillicy mutters. 2011-01-26T21:47:59 lol.. somehow i still have it 2011-01-26T21:48:00 I'm going to have to change my api key 2011-01-26T21:48:03 can you get yeah.. 2011-01-26T21:48:23 i can't really take it out, since it's a git repo, all revisions are still there 2011-01-26T21:50:13 Prillicy: lol.. you put it in your comment too 2011-01-26T21:50:32 crap crap crap 2011-01-26T21:50:42 can you fix it please? I'm trying to figure out how to delete it 2011-01-26T21:50:59 I commented it out in the pastebin and then reworked the thing to make it more organized 2011-01-26T21:51:00 Prillicy: i could delete the gist, that'll work 2011-01-26T21:51:03 and forgot to remove it 2011-01-26T21:51:07 thanks 2011-01-26T21:51:14 I'll give you a fresh copy 2011-01-26T21:51:20 I'll post my first ever gist 2011-01-26T21:51:25 ok 2011-01-26T21:51:31 just copy mine.. and change it 2011-01-26T21:51:36 i'll link contestbot to the new one 2011-01-26T21:51:43 @forget forumspam 2011-01-26T21:51:43 amstan: OK 2011-01-26T21:53:55 mine's not colorful 2011-01-26T21:55:07 Prillicy: same.. make sure you have your filename with a .php in it 2011-01-26T21:55:14 but like.. it should work 2011-01-26T21:55:21 anyway.. how long did the key take to come? 2011-01-26T21:56:30 https://gist.github.com/797970 2011-01-26T21:56:35 it's instant 2011-01-26T21:56:42 you just sign in and request a key and it's there 2011-01-26T21:56:48 my email didn't come yet 2011-01-26T21:56:57 go to the website 2011-01-26T21:56:59 the key is there 2011-01-26T21:57:20 Your API key has been emailed to alex@hypertriangle 2011-01-26T21:57:24 and like.. it didn't 2011-01-26T21:57:41 go to stopforumspam.com and go to userpanel api keys 2011-01-26T21:57:58 i see 2011-01-26T21:58:00 ok 2011-01-26T22:00:13 working on logs atm 2011-01-26T22:02:05 Prillicy: i guess you don' 2011-01-26T22:02:20 don't need logs, i was underestimating the stuff at stopforumspam.com 2011-01-26T22:02:26 i see it actually has a list 2011-01-26T22:02:28 yeah, it's quite nice 2011-01-26T22:02:28 that's all i wanted 2011-01-26T22:02:39 and you can remove users that aren't spammers 2011-01-26T22:03:13 yeah 2011-01-26T22:06:33 have you caught someone already? is that why you know about the details 2011-01-26T22:09:25 Prillicy: i'm just exploring.. 2011-01-26T22:10:19 no worries, you'll have your first catch by the morning 2011-01-26T22:11:06 Prillicy: actually, i do have a catch! 2011-01-26T22:11:11 hah! 2011-01-26T22:11:13 nice 2011-01-26T22:11:14 for some reason this feels like fishing 2011-01-26T22:11:15 lol 2011-01-26T22:11:28 2! 2011-01-26T22:11:38 26-Jan-11 10:01 PM 77.70.41.8 hitBiadodak krava@4livepromotions.com 2011-01-26T22:11:41 cheers 2011-01-26T22:11:43 26-Jan-11 09:53 PM 84.19.188.43 Trequezet doctortom@prokonto.pl 2011-01-26T22:12:34 it's interesting, because the bots don't work all the time, so the users generally have to register manually, so catching them AFTER registration is just that much more cruel 2011-01-26T22:13:03 yeah, it's quite fun 2011-01-26T22:13:30 chris_0076: i also implemented it to cubicmatter.net 2011-01-26T22:13:59 ? 2011-01-26T22:14:37 chris_0076: anti spam system, contributed by Prillicy 2011-01-26T22:14:43 oh ok 2011-01-26T22:15:00 I'd love to see how they try to beat mine 2011-01-26T22:15:08 much better than a captcha 2011-01-26T22:15:19 Prillicy: they have lots of comps... they would do it 2011-01-26T22:15:35 what do you think viruses do when they're bored.. lol.. spam forums 2011-01-26T22:15:42 ;) 2011-01-26T22:15:58 well, I do know the real reason they're hitting all these forums, and It's not what you think 2011-01-26T22:16:07 hmm? 2011-01-26T22:16:24 I checked my error logs and I never activated the smtp on my forums....so I found that was their goal 2011-01-26T22:16:33 they're trying to send mass emails from the forums 2011-01-26T22:17:14 oh man 2011-01-26T22:18:07 Prillicy: also.. the stuff is already logged 2011-01-26T22:18:19 check the admin log, all the bans show up 2011-01-26T22:18:25 fair enough 2011-01-26T22:19:13 so how can they abuse the email system, i don't get this 2011-01-26T22:19:25 how can they send an email from the forums? 2011-01-26T22:21:44 it comes from their email address, but your smtp server acts as a go-between and a layer of anonymity 2011-01-26T22:22:13 much like a proxy 2011-01-26T22:22:24 it can be tracked, but it's not easy. 2011-01-26T22:22:49 i see 2011-01-26T22:22:51 eh? the smtp would have to be an open relay, no? 2011-01-26T22:23:08 sigh: the forums are pretty much relaying enough 2011-01-26T22:23:17 apparently, adding a log entry is a huge deal 2011-01-26T22:23:33 not worth the headache to my users, let alone to me 2011-01-26T22:23:37 hmmm 2011-01-26T22:23:49 like you said, it already logs the ban 2011-01-26T22:37:40 *** mega1 has quit IRC (Read error: Operation timed out) 2011-01-26T22:38:10 *** tapwater has quit IRC (Quit: tapwater) 2011-01-26T22:39:04 going to bed, glad you finally installed that 2011-01-26T22:39:39 *** Prillicy has quit IRC (Quit: I be bangin') 2011-01-26T22:39:56 *** asdf_ has quit IRC (Quit: Page closed) 2011-01-26T23:51:50 *** Mathnerd314 has joined #aichallenge 2011-01-26T23:58:12 *** nullkuhl_ has quit IRC (Ping timeout: 264 seconds)