Extension:BlockOpenProxies

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BlockOpenProxies Release status: beta
Description	Blocks open proxies
Author(s)	Nathan Larson (Leucostictetalk)
Latest version	1.0.1
MediaWiki	1.23+
Tables	proxy
License	GPL
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BlockOpenProxies is a MediaWiki extension that blocks open proxies. It contains a MediaWiki script, addProxies.php, that creates a proxy table and adds to it a list of IP addresses from a CSV file. (TODO: The table should be added by update.php, not by addProxies.php.) (TODO: It's pointless to run this (possibly expensive) query except when the user is trying to edit.)

Installation

• Download and extract the file(s) in a directory called BlockOpenProxies in your extensions/ folder. If you're a developer and this extension is in a Git repository, then instead you should clone the repository.
• Add the following code at the bottom of your LocalSettings.php:

require_once "$IP/extensions/BlockOpenProxies/BlockOpenProxies.php";

• Done! Navigate to "Special:Version" on your wiki to verify that the extension is successfully installed.

Usage

Download bannedips.zip from http://www.stopforumspam.com/downloads/ and unzip it to the maintenance directory. Also put addProxies.php in the maintenance directory. Go to the command line, and do

$ php addProxies.php --file=bannedips.csv

Parameters

Option/Parameter	Required?	Description
--delete-existing	No	Clear the proxy table of all existing proxies before adding the new ones
--file	Yes	Filename

See also

• http://www.stopforumspam.com/downloads/ — Daily-updated CSV files of open proxy IP addresses
• Extension:StopForumSpam

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