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#18330 Need advice about banned IP

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Latest post by nicholas on Thursday, 28 November 2013 01:34 CST

BigStef
 Hi, there's here a guy wich enter rubbish in my comment system (Jcomment). I know his IP it is : 5.39.219.26 and comments look like "kamqetqjsjupgopvnfb, lqkoxsruet , lshvbcmkux" Mh... RUbbish as I said... I have enterred his IP in the .htaccess in the "Custom .htaccess rules at the top of the file" with a :
<Limit GET HEAD POST>
order deny,allow
deny from 5.39.219.26
allow from all
</Limit>
I found this in topic on stackoverflow.com

But Comment goes on... So i put his IP in the WAF IP blacklist, ... But comment goes on...
I just don't understand how that guy can still send comment on my website...
Have any suggestion to help me stop that ? Thanks by advance...

Stephan Herby PAO Production New Caledonia - Canada - France

nicholas
Akeeba Staff
Manager
Regarding the .htaccess code, you have to ask SiteGround if the allow limit in .htaccess.

Regarding WAF, have you also enabled the IP blacklist feature in the Configure WAF page? By default it's turned off as most sites don't use this feature and it costs one database query per page load.

Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos

Lead Developer and Director

πŸ‡¬πŸ‡·Greek: native πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§English: excellent πŸ‡«πŸ‡·French: basic β€’ πŸ• My time zone is Europe / Athens
Please keep in mind my timezone and cultural differences when reading my replies. Thank you!

BigStef
Hi Nicholas,
Thnks a lot for the "enabled the IP blacklist feature in the Configure WAF " suggestion. Have done it ! Now waiting for the results, also for an answer from SiteGround on .htaccess and LIMIT...
Will keep you informed here, Thanks again for your reactivity on support.
As that guy come each 24h i will know soon if it is OK there and close tocket right after...

Stephan Herby PAO Production New Caledonia - Canada - France

nicholas
Akeeba Staff
Manager
You're welcome, Stephan!

Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos

Lead Developer and Director

πŸ‡¬πŸ‡·Greek: native πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§English: excellent πŸ‡«πŸ‡·French: basic β€’ πŸ• My time zone is Europe / Athens
Please keep in mind my timezone and cultural differences when reading my replies. Thank you!

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