there really is no good way to eliminate proxy traffic from your site. you can enter the commands i mentioned above into your .htaccess file, but it won't block all proxies and it WILL block some legitimate users. it's just not a very practical solution, imo.
my site, GeorgeNoorySucks.com, averages about 2 new members each day. that's not exactly an incomprehensible rate, so here's what i'm able to do:
all members signups are admin approval only. when someone signs up, i google search their ip address used to do so. if it's a proxy site ip address (which you generally WILL know just by googling the IP), they're denied access. pretty simple system, really, and the most effective method of keeping sanity about my website. i have also had a couple people who gave me a hard time using proxy sites and posting porn on my site as some act of revenge or whatever and i couldn't stop them UNTIL i began doing this. it only takes about 30 seconds of my time and that's time well spent. it certainly is quicker than meandering about the whole site trying to remove dozens of pornographic pictures some arse has decided to post.
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Re: How can I ban proxies?
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Reply #13 on: January 02, 2009, 01:44:56 PM »
Right there is no easy way so what I have done temporarily is set the activation option to "Admin Approval" I also added to the registration a rule that states
If you register using a FREE Proxy. ( ie.....hideyourip.com or maskip.com or something obvious )your account will NOT be approved. It worked for me. My pest went away. After 2 weeks I changed it back to member approval. so far so good.
