The Cover Project
General Category => Feedback => Topic started by: OvalDrumage on December 12, 2022, 11:13:51 AM
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Hello,
I am completely unable to access this site from my VPN. I get a message saying I'm banned on any server I try. There are many legitimate uses for VPNs and blocking them entirely prevents many legitimate users from accessing the site.
(https://i.postimg.cc/c1zthmqH/image.png)
Thank you.
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We don't block VPN per se but when enough abuse comes from certain one it gets blocked for awhile until it cools down then unblocked.
Rinse and repeat.
In mean while visit us VPN-less, just stop torrents during that time... jk ;)
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I am a moderator on another site and we have had to block some VPN addresses because people abuse them to spam forums. We would get 10-20 spam accounts created in a day and that's not a busy forum. I use VPNs and they have legitimate uses, but people using them to spam ruin it for everyone.
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I wish this was implemented better. I got the message, and it stayed banned after disconnecting the VPN so I thought it was a real ban until I saw this post. After clearing cookies, I could log in off-VPN and it's fine.
Maybe there's not much you can do unless you rewrite the forum code, but it's pretty annoying.
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We only do IP bans for countries with known malicious activity like Russia and China. Drop me a dm with more info and i'll help figure this out