Extensions > SpamBot

SpamBot detection handler

[SpamBot]

SpamBot

Block access to your Web Site (singe pages or whole internet presence) for automatic spam robots. All IP or e-mail addresses are identified as Spam (suspicious access) or Ham (allowed access) based on BlackList or WhiteList or provider checks.

The following providers are currently supported:

• Intern
  Caching of testing results. Definition of BlackList or WhiteList.
• StopForumSpam
  Testing IP and mail addresses at http://www.stopforumspam.com.
• Spam-IP.com
  Testing IP and mail addresses at http://spam-ip.com.
• Spamhaus
  Testing IP addresses at http://spamhaus.org.
• Honeypot
  Testing IP addresses at http://honeyport.org.
• Spam and Open Relay Blocking System
  Testing IP addresses at http://www.sorbs.net.
• SpamCop
  Testing IP addresses at http://www.spamcop.net.
• BlockList
  Testing IP addresses at http://www.blocklist.de.
• NixSpam
  Testing IP addresses at http://www.dnsbl.manitu.net.
• UCE Protect
  Testing IP addresses at http://www.uceprotect.net (level 1+2+3).
• Abusive Host Blocking List
  Testing IP addresses at http://www.ahbl.org.
• Spam Cannibal
  Testing IP addresses at http://www.spamcannibal.org.
• Weighted Private Block List
  Testing IP addresses at http://www.wpbl.info.
• DNS Black Hole List
  Testing IP addresses at http://dnsbl.inps.de.
• BotScout
  Testing IP and mail addresses at http://www.botscout.com.

Installation:

• Install Plugin
• Create a new Frontend module of typ SpamBot-IP or SpamBot-Mail. Configure which provider and in which order provider should be used.
• Create a new page (optional) to which suspicious visitor should be redirected or check and update template mod_spambot according to your requirements (existing template supports messages for German and English).
• Include module either in Page layout or on one or more pages as Page element.

Usage:

• All visitor IP / mail addresses are checked and in case of suspicious visitor (Spam) either a message is displayed or visitor is redirected to a preselected page.
• Using a new menu option in BackEnd (in Account management) you can specify addition IP / mail addresses or regular expressions in BlackList or WhiteList.
• If you redirect to a special error page, the following InsertTags are available:
  • {{SpamBot::clientIP}} IP address detected as Spam
  • {{SpamBot::Typ}} Spam typ
  • {{SpamBot::Engine}} Spam provider name (with link)
  • {{SpamBot::Status}} Status message

Specifics:

• Search engines were called in parallel. With this special solution operational capacity is enlarged extermly.
• We recommend using modules only on page level.
  • Depending on which / how many provider you want to use latency time for displaying pages are extended. If you include module e.g. only on registration page and/or on contact page all other pages will be displayed faster.
  • If you use a internet site with multi-language support you may define multiple Frontend modules with a a language specific redirection page.
  • With this plugin you may lock specific pages from being displayed (in your intranet) using the BlackList or allow only specific visitors to see these pages using WhiteList.
• You may use SpamBot-Mail in any forum of your choice. Please don't forget to include modul at top of your page.
• SpamBot-Mail does only work in FrontEnd - in BackEnd no checking will be performed.
• If CPU usage on server is in your special focus you should take a look at the Spam-IP.com engine. IF you enable this engine, the list of Spam IP and e-mail addresses is downloaded hourly (initiated by a Cron job) into internal cache and no further online check is performed.

Test:

• We highly recommend making any tests on a page not visible for other visitors or on a local copy of your internet site (may bee you will lock or potential customers during testing :-).
• Allow logging of Ham IP / mail access.
• Open you prepared page in front end.
• Take a look at the IP / mail address in BackEnd.
• Check IP / mail address with configured provider and analyze result.
• Modify record and change type to Spam.
• Reload your modified page in browser and check results.

Please enjoy!