An alternative would be to specify an IP and a submask. The range you specified actually covers multiple subnets, the first two being:
Northern Telephone and Data Corp
72.1.0.0/19 = 72.1.0.0-72.1.31.255
TierraNet Inc
72.1.32.0/20 = 72.1.32.0-72.1.47.255
Thanks - a couple of questions:
1) Can myBB banning actually handle IPs entered in the format 72.1.0.0/19 ?
2) Assuming I'm certain I want to ban the whole range 72.1.0.0 - 72.63.255.255 wouldn't that method require far too many entries to be made? I'm just requesting the ability to enter a start and end IP where everything in between would be banned.
I don't believe mybb will ban in the manner that laie suggests.
function get_banned_ips()
{
global $mybb;
$banned_ips = explode(",", $mybb->settings['bannedips']);
$banned_ips = array_map("trim", $banned_ips);
return $banned_ips;
}
/**
* Checks if a specific IP address has been banned.
*
* @param string The IP address.
* @return boolean True if banned, false if not banned.
*/
function is_banned_ip($ip_address)
{
$banned_ips = get_banned_ips();
foreach($banned_ips as $banned_ip)
{
if($banned_ip != "" && strpos($ip_address, $banned_ip) !== false)
{
return true;
}
}
return false;
}
As you can see it does a strpos() which of course won't match a range in the manner suggested.
As I said before this is fixed in MyBB 1.4
Which syntax is used in MyBB 1.4 -- subnets or hyphenated range?
subnets as follows:
127.0.0.*
or
127.*.0.1
or
127.*
etc...
cool! we need that! any hlep to put a stop to those spam trolls !
and competitve sites
Tikitiki Wrote:subnets as follows:
127.0.0.*
or
127.*.0.1
or
127.*
etc...
Does this work in the latest version?