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Original Author
---------------
	David Angier (http://angier.co.uk)
	
Updaters
--------
	2008-04-02 by William Roboly (http://openject.com)
	2007-09-02 by Juerg Rohrer (http://timeforchange.org) 
	
Modelled After Drupal 6 version
-------------------------------
	2008-03-10 by Paul Maddern (http://www.arcadegeek.co.uk)
	
Overview
--------
Bad Behavior is a set of PHP scripts which prevents spambots from
accessing your site by analyzing their actual HTTP requests and
comparing them to profiles from known spambots. It goes far beyond
User-Agent and Referer, however.

The problem: Spammers run automated scripts which read everything on
your web site, harvest email addresses, and if you have a blog, forum
or wiki, will post spam directly to your site. They also put false
referrers in your server log trying to get their links posted through
your stats page.

As the operator of a Web site, this can cause you several
problems. First, the spammers are wasting your bandwidth, which you
may well be paying for. Second, they are posting comments to any form
they can find, filling your web site with unwanted (and unpaid!) ads
for their products. Last but not least, they harvest any email
addresses they can find and sell those to other spammers, who fill
your inbox with more unwanted ads.

Bad Behavior intends to target any malicious software directed at a
Web site, whether it be a spambot, ill-designed search engine bot, or
system crackers.

Notes from William Roboly
-------------------------
This version of badbehaviors was adapted from Juerg and Paul's work.
It came to my attention that someone needed to update the module to
work with the latest version of the badbehavior library and the 
solutions available were lacking proper support. 

I hope this version satisfies everyone.

Happy Drupalling!

Requirements
------------
- Drupal 5.x
- PHP 4.3.0 or greater
- BadBehavior 2.0.13
  (http://www.ioerror.us/software/bad-behavior/bad-behavior-download)
 
Installation
------------

1. Extract the tarball into the modules folder of your Drupal install.

2. Download BadBehavior 2.0.13 from
   http://www.ioerror.us/software/bad-behavior/bad-behavior-download/,
   unzip and copy the resulting bad-behavior directory into 
   modules/badbehavior folder.

3. Enable the module as usual from the Drupal admin>>modules page.
 
Configuration
-------------
1. If desired, configure settings under the new
   admin>>settings>>badbehavior menu item.
 
Logs
----
1. View BadBehavior logs at the new admin>>logs>>badbehavior menu
   item.

2. Click on the detail link next to any log item for full details.

Frequently Asked Questions
--------------------------
See: http://www.ioerror.us/software/bad-behavior/bad-behavior-faq/

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  1. Original Author

  2. ---------------

  3. 	David Angier (http://angier.co.uk)

  4. 	

  5. Updaters

  6. --------

  7. 	2008-04-02 by William Roboly (http://openject.com)

  8. 	2007-09-02 by Juerg Rohrer (http://timeforchange.org) 

  9. 	

  10. Modelled After Drupal 6 version

  11. -------------------------------

  12. 	2008-03-10 by Paul Maddern (http://www.arcadegeek.co.uk)

  13. 	

  14. Overview

  15. --------

  16. Bad Behavior is a set of PHP scripts which prevents spambots from

  17. accessing your site by analyzing their actual HTTP requests and

  18. comparing them to profiles from known spambots. It goes far beyond

  19. User-Agent and Referer, however.

  20. 

  21. The problem: Spammers run automated scripts which read everything on

  22. your web site, harvest email addresses, and if you have a blog, forum

  23. or wiki, will post spam directly to your site. They also put false

  24. referrers in your server log trying to get their links posted through

  25. your stats page.

  26. 

  27. As the operator of a Web site, this can cause you several

  28. problems. First, the spammers are wasting your bandwidth, which you

  29. may well be paying for. Second, they are posting comments to any form

  30. they can find, filling your web site with unwanted (and unpaid!) ads

  31. for their products. Last but not least, they harvest any email

  32. addresses they can find and sell those to other spammers, who fill

  33. your inbox with more unwanted ads.

  34. 

  35. Bad Behavior intends to target any malicious software directed at a

  36. Web site, whether it be a spambot, ill-designed search engine bot, or

  37. system crackers.

  38. 

  39. Notes from William Roboly

  40. -------------------------

  41. This version of badbehaviors was adapted from Juerg and Paul's work.

  42. It came to my attention that someone needed to update the module to

  43. work with the latest version of the badbehavior library and the 

  44. solutions available were lacking proper support. 

  45. 

  46. I hope this version satisfies everyone.

  47. 

  48. Happy Drupalling!

  49. 

  50. Requirements

  51. ------------

  52. - Drupal 5.x

  53. - PHP 4.3.0 or greater

  54. - BadBehavior 2.0.13

  55.   (http://www.ioerror.us/software/bad-behavior/bad-behavior-download)

  56.  

  57. Installation

  58. ------------

  59. 

  60. 1. Extract the tarball into the modules folder of your Drupal install.

  61. 

  62. 2. Download BadBehavior 2.0.13 from

  63.    http://www.ioerror.us/software/bad-behavior/bad-behavior-download/,

  64.    unzip and copy the resulting bad-behavior directory into 

  65.    modules/badbehavior folder.

  66. 

  67. 3. Enable the module as usual from the Drupal admin>>modules page.

  68.  

  69. Configuration

  70. -------------

  71. 1. If desired, configure settings under the new

  72.    admin>>settings>>badbehavior menu item.

  73.  

  74. Logs

  75. ----

  76. 1. View BadBehavior logs at the new admin>>logs>>badbehavior menu

  77.    item.

  78. 

  79. 2. Click on the detail link next to any log item for full details.

  80. 

  81. Frequently Asked Questions

  82. --------------------------

  83. See: http://www.ioerror.us/software/bad-behavior/bad-behavior-faq/

  84. 

  85. 

  86. 

  87.