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Gravity forms is relatively bulletproof when it comes to shrugging off spam submissions (without any additional add-ons like Re-Captcha etc.).
BUT – we recently were hit by a determined set of spam submissions that swamped our forms – irksome to say the least. Scroll down a bit to see the video of how we slowed down and throttled the deluge to a trickle. The premise behind the methods explained in the YouTube How To Video are to ONLY use onsite methods and not rely on outside services like Captcha or Akismet.
Most surprising of all to us was that the spam submissions were mainly from the Netherlands and other Euro based countries and NOT India, China, Russia and those usual suspects.
Of course it could be that spammers from those countries have ‘hijacked’ servers in these European Countries.
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See below our list of IP’s Blocked so far.
Blocked IP: Country – Region – City – ISP – ASN
- 192.40.57.57: Netherlands – North Holland – Amsterdam – PERFORMIVE – 46562
- 202.160.145.52: India – Maharashtra – Shirpur – Adarsh Infosolutions – 133674
- 88.147.152.9: Russia – Saratovskaya Oblast – Saratov – Rostelecom – 12389
- 138.199.56.226: Czechia – Hlavni mesto Praha – Prague – Datacamp Limited – 212238
- 92.38.136.69: Russia – Moscow – Moscow – G-Core Labs S.A. – 199524
- 46.166.187.72: Netherlands – South Holland – Rotterdam – NForce Entertainment B.V. – 43350
- 185.107.95.212: Netherlands – North Brabant – Steenbergen – NForce Entertainment B.V. – 43350
- 188.122.82.146: Russia – Moscow – Moscow – i3D.net B.V – 49544
- 122.161.72.165: India – National Capital Territory of Delhi – New Delhi – Bharti Airtel Ltd., Telemedia Services – 24560
- 191.101.31.48: France – Paris – Paris – COGENT-174 – 174
- 138.199.36.248: Germany – Hesse – Frankfurt am Main – Datacamp Limited – 60068
- 212.237.127.72: Iraq – – – Kurdistan Net Company for Computer and Internet Ltd. – 206206
- 196.244.192.228: Finland – Uusimaa – Helsinki – Packet Exchange Limited – 58065
- 138.199.59.133: Poland – Mazovia – Warsaw – Datacamp Limited – 212238
- 185.229.243.46: Netherlands – North Holland – Amsterdam – AS40676 – 40676
- 192.40.57.56: Netherlands – North Holland – Amsterdam – PERFORMIVE – 46562
- 190.2.132.141: Netherlands – North Holland – Amsterdam – WorldStream B.V. – 49981
- 185.107.57.71: Netherlands – South Holland – The Hague – NForce Entertainment B.V. – 43350
- 190.2.132.155: Netherlands – North Holland – Amsterdam – WorldStream B.V. – 49981
- 146.70.86.125: Netherlands – North Holland – Amsterdam – M247 Ltd – 9009
- 107.181.180.173: Netherlands – North Holland – Amsterdam – PERFORMIVE – 46562
- 185.107.80.193: Netherlands – North Brabant – Steenbergen – NForce Entertainment B.V. – 43350
- 46.166.182.115: Netherlands – North Holland – Amsterdam – NForce Entertainment B.V. – 43350
If you click on each of the IP Addresses you will be taken to a detail page on WhatIsMyIP.
Definitions:
IP: An IP address is a unique address that identifies a device on the internet or a local network. IP stands for “Internet Protocol,” which is the set of rules governing the format of data sent via the internet or local network. In essence, IP addresses are the identifier that allows information to be sent between devices on a network: they contain location information and make devices accessible for communication. The internet needs a way to differentiate between different computers, routers, and websites. IP addresses provide a way of doing so and form an essential part of how the internet works.
ISP: Internet Service Provider. The term Internet service provider (ISP) refers to a company that provides access to the Internet to both personal and business customers. ISPs make it possible for their customers to surf the web, shop online, conduct business, and connect with family and friends—all for a fee. ISPs may also provide other services including email services, domain registration, web hosting, and browser packages. An ISP may also be referred to as an information service provider, a storage service provider, an Internet service provider (INSP), or any combination of these three based on the services the company offers.
ASN: An autonomous system number is a unique identifier that allows an organisation to connect to other organisations and ISPs to be able to send and receive IP addresses which can be further distributed to benefit from resilient, scalable, high-performance Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) connectivity directly to the Internet. It was introduced to regulate how Internet Service Providers (ISP) control routing within their networks and exchange routing information with other parties. Autonomous system numbers can be public or private. Public ASNs are required for systems to exchange information over the Internet. A private ASN can be used instead if a system is communicating solely with a single provider via Border Gateway Protocol (BGP).
Video: We Blocked these Spammers and were shocked to see where they were operating from
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