Security: Deny Proxy Access

Hi all!

Proxy Denial
Preventing Fake E-mail Addresses
Unlimited Anonymous Access
I not in any hurry, and I understand it might take a while getting this answered properly. However, when it comes down to security it touches all of our FM hearts & souls.

Thanks in advance for your attention, patience reading this as well as your advice and enjoy your day. 


Warmest of my regards,



Samantha.

You can have it where accounts have to be activated by the administrator.  This usually causes some ban members to not return.

SLGray wrote:You can have it where accounts have to be activated by the administrator.  This usually causes some ban members to not return.

I see. Unfortunately, that does not answer the questions at all, I'm afraid. When admin approval for new accounts is in place as you say, there's no way I can check the IP address involved, nor the e-mail address involved (unless I start e-mailing the new member myself hoping to get a reply). And, for mass account forums your workaround wouldn't be convenient at all on those points.

Thanks for having given it a thought though!

This really does not go under security.  It is more in stopping them from registering.

You and your staff will have to keep an eye out for questionable accounts/members.

SLGray wrote:This really does not go under security.  It is more in stopping them from registering.

You and your staff will have to keep an eye out for questionable accounts/members.

I think it does. Security usually involves counter measures to prevent anything from happening in the first place. I'd like to stop them at the gate before any harm to the website can be done. Usually, when someone starts spamming or harassing other members it's in staff off-duty hours, so they've to clean up the the mess and get rid of the source by hand afterwards.

I believe there is no way to stop what you are referring to.

SLGray wrote:I believe there is no way to stop what you are referring to.

OK, fine with me. But it still didn't answer the questions. Should we try and let another staff members to answer them? If not, and that's the final FM statement on this, I'd like to post them as ideas in the appropriate section instead.

Thanks for looking into this.

We can wait and see if another staff member replies.

SLGray wrote:We can wait and see if another staff member replies.

OK, let's do that. Let's keep this ticket open and wait and see what others have got to say on this. Thanks for your support so far, SLGray. Appreciate it.

P.S.: If any FM staff member has a final statement or idea about this, please say so  in this ticket so it can be closed.

Hi SamanthaS,

It is possible to ban a range of IP addresses from your board by using the wild card *, however, you also risk blocking people other than the member you suspect. If there were a way to stop it, it would most likely need to be installed as an option by the Forumotion technicians.

I wouldn't recommend a lengthy e-mail delay for new registrations, as it could make your forum look bad. Commonly when registering to a website the e-mail for your account activation is almost instant. While it could be useful to some, to others it could be a nuisance. Again, if this were to be an option it would need to be added by the Technicians as you have no ability to modify properties of the activation e-mail.

Ange Tuteur wrote:Hi SamanthaS,

It is possible to ban a range of IP addresses from your board by using the wild card *, however, you also risk blocking people other than the member you suspect. If there were a way to stop it, it would most likely need to be installed as an option by the Forumotion technicians.

I wouldn't recommend a lengthy e-mail delay for new registrations, as it could make your forum look bad. Commonly when registering to a website the e-mail for your account activation is almost instant. While it could be useful to some, to others it could be a nuisance. Again, if this were to be an option it would need to be added by the Technicians as you have no ability to modify properties of the activation e-mail.

Hi Ange,

Thanks for looking into this . I agree on what you say. Would it be possible for FM staff to ask FM technicians if there would be a way to implement this in the near future? It might just be one of the checkboxes in the network configuration. Preferably, I'd like to see both options (e-mail delay / proxy blocking) as one of the admin or staff configurable security options in the ACP. I think this could benefit all of us. I'm aware of the wildcard usage and unintentionally blocked out other members in the past using it.

We don't have direct contact as the Technicians are on the French support most of the time. Your best option would be to propose it within the suggestions forum. The chances of it being added, however, depends on a number of factors.

Ange Tuteur wrote:We don't have direct contact as the Technicians are on the French support most of the time. Your best option would be to propose it within the suggestions forum. The chances of it being added, however, depends on a number of factors.

Okay. Thanks Ange! Great input!   I figured it might be getting to something like that, but instead of just boldly posting directly into the Suggestions section, I wanted to check with staff members here before doing so. I'd like to wait a little bit more and see if anyone else would have a nice suggestion or knows about it, if you don't mind.

I would suggest you create a suggestion thread for it. If the English staff favor it, there might be a way to contact Forumotion/Forumactif technicians.

Ramdaman wrote:I would suggest you create a suggestion thread for it. If the English staff favor it, there might be a way to contact Forumotion/Forumactif technicians.

I appreciate your suggestion very much, Ramdaman! +1 'd you as well as the others posted in this topic.

Any (staff) members / pro-admins anything to tell on this before I post in the Suggestions section? Anyone, please? Buttercup? Derri maybe? Base? Anyone? Please, do favor my suggestions when posted.

I'll leave anyone the opportunity to post here before I do (within 24 hrs from now). Please, respect the forum rules and not steal my ideas on this!

Thanks a lot guys! So far, so good!


Happy Thanksgiving to all of you! And please, remember to give with all your heart!


Regards,

Samantha


P.S.: Please, do call me Samantha... I understand, but SamanthaS sounds really silly to me 
TY!

I think this topic has stayed open long enough for anyone to react. I think the best way to go now is to make them 2 suggestions in the Suggestion section. I'll try to work on that the coming days. Meanwhile, this topic can be closed.

Please staff, do support the suggestion when posted. Thank you!



Samantha.

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