DON'T deny them access, there IS a much better way. Subtly identify them (by IP, cookie, whatever you're doing), and then sporadically generate false errors throughout the system. Create odd, database errors or just straight up techno-jargon. They will become tired of this, and eventually they will just go away. If they approach you with the problem, just tell them that it works fine for you and that you don't know why it's erroring out. Don't thank me, thank Phil Greenspun - photo.net
Adam. > -----Original Message----- > From: Jeff Fongemie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2002 7:32 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: there must be a better way... > > > Wednesday, February 06, 2002, 8:23:41 AM > Hello everyone, > > I have a site with a simple forum. A situation has developed > where I need to ban a few users from posting. > > Since this was never intended for much, there is no sign in > feature to establish users so I'm just going to deny their > IP's. It is working fine, lucky for me they seem to have > static IP addresses and don't know enough to get around > this. > > But, is there a more elegant way of achieving the following: > (ips masked to protect the guilty) > > <CFIF cgi.remote_addr is "66.xx.xx.xx" or cgi.remote_addr is > "66.xx.xx.xx" or cgi.remote_addr is "24.xx.xx.xx" or > cgi.remote_addr is "198.xx.xx.xx"> > > > If I had to ban many users, this could get messy! > > > > > Best regards, > Jeff Fongemie mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > ______________________________________________________________________ Dedicated Windows 2000 Server PIII 800 / 256 MB RAM / 40 GB HD / 20 GB MO/XFER Instant Activation � $99/Month � Free Setup http://www.pennyhost.com/redirect.cfm?adcode=coldfusiona FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
