It seems on one site that a PHPSESSID is used to redirect certain banned users to a 'banned' page. Clearing cookies, using IP proxies, trying different browsers, and using a combination of these does not help to circumvent it. Thus, it seems that it's not just an IP ban; something else is being used to ban without falling for the typical proxy trick. I have never seen such a ban in practice before until now. Does anyone know what this could likely be? Thanks for any insight.
I would doubt it is the session id, as that is normally a (pseudo) random string. They could possibly maintain a database of proxy IPs they do not trust, perhaps?
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I would doubt it is the session id, as that is normally a (pseudo) random string. They could possibly maintain a database of proxy IPs they do not trust, perhaps?
Maybe the ban doesn't relate to PHPSESSID.
Tested many proxies from http://www.hidemyass.com/proxy-list/, mostly ones listed as 'new', and they all result in the same message about the guest being banned.
The proxies have been tested on one true IP address so far. I wonder if they really banned all of those proxies, or if they are somehow detecting that it's the same source using the proxies.
universal ban through PHPSESSID
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Originally Posted by NogDog
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