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#9764 Feature idea: Log user IP address

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Latest post by user21438 on Monday, 14 February 2011 06:00 CST

Friday, 11 February 2011 06:53 CST

user21438
Hi Nicholas,

I was wondering if it's possible or difficult to log a user's IP address when they log in? One scenario is that I get forum spam, created by fictitious users, usually from the same IPs. Kunena has a feature built in that logs IPs by post, so I used to use that as my source of IP information. I was thinking it would could be useful if ATP could log user's IPs, as not all extensions do this. Maybe even add check boxes next to each IP to do mass blacklisting? I'm just thinking out loud.

What do you think?

Best,

Matt

Saturday, 12 February 2011 16:21 CST

nicholas
You mean logging the last IP a user was logged from, or logging all IPs a user has ever logged on from?

Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos

Lead Developer and Director

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Sunday, 13 February 2011 13:27 CST

user21438
Hi Nicholas,

Good question. It might be interesting to see all of them to determine if they have a static or dynamic IP, which would be useful when it comes down to determining if/which IP should get banned.

What do you think?

Best,

Matt

Sunday, 13 February 2011 14:29 CST

nicholas
I am thinking that this is the best way to flood your database and make your site crawl to a screeching halt :) On this site alone, I have several dozens of logins every day. In this rate, logging all this information per user session would end up chewing off several megabytes of database storage in a dramatically big table that is dead slow to select from. It would be useful on some occasions, yes, but with the average hosting quality I've seen it is a really bad idea. Besides, a clever spammer is always behind a proxy or TOR.

Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos

Lead Developer and Director

🇬🇷Greek: native 🇬🇧English: excellent 🇫🇷French: basic • 🕐 My time zone is Europe / Athens
Please keep in mind my timezone and cultural differences when reading my replies. Thank you!

Sunday, 13 February 2011 15:57 CST

user21438
Hi Nicholas,

That's a great point and why I asked the expert first. Oh well, back to the drawing board.

Best,

Mat

Monday, 14 February 2011 01:26 CST

nicholas
No problem. It was something I had already considered before your post ;)

Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos

Lead Developer and Director

🇬🇷Greek: native 🇬🇧English: excellent 🇫🇷French: basic • 🕐 My time zone is Europe / Athens
Please keep in mind my timezone and cultural differences when reading my replies. Thank you!

Monday, 14 February 2011 06:00 CST

user21438
You're always one step ahead of me ;)

Thanks!

Best,

Matt

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